If you are considering making a personal injury compensation claim, our dedicated team of no win no fee solicitors in Birmingham are here to help. We have years of experience in helping people just like you to get the full amount of compensation they’re entitled to, all with a minimum of stress.
Personal Injury Solicitors Guide
We understand that making a personal injury compensation claim can seem like a big step. Our personal injury solicitors have created this simple guide to help explain the process and to make sure that you understand how to go about making a claim. We’ll show you how we can help to make the process straightforward and as stress-free as possible and also how having help from an experienced team of personal injury solicitors allows you to get the full compensation payment that you are entitled to.
Experiencing an accident leading to personal injury is stressful, especially if your injuries take a long time to heal, or if you have to take time off work while you recover. Not only is there considerable pain and discomfort, there can also be an emotional consequence from what has happened to you and you may even be placed in financial difficulties if you have additional expenses or are unable to work while you heal. Our team of personal injury claims solicitors are here to help.
We know that the idea of making a compensation claim can seem overwhelming, but our expert team of experienced personal injury claims solicitors have been helping people just like you to get the compensation they deserve year after year, with almost no paperwork to complete by you.
If you would like to discuss your personal injury compensation claim, or if you are ready to begin your claim, call us on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or claim online today. We’re open 24 hours a day and our caring team are ready to take your call.
Accident At Work Compensation Claims
Although all employers have a responsibility to keep their staff safe and the workplace free of hazards, sometimes things get missed. If you have been injured in an accident at work, our personal injury solicitors are here to help get you the compensation you are entitled to.
An employer will need to pay out compensation for an accident at work if you are injured while you are at work and either completing a task you were assigned or doing something you would normally be expected to do. You will need to show that your employer could reasonably be expected to have foreseen what happened to you and that they did not put enough measures in place to keep you safe.
This just means that you cannot claim if you were injured as a result of using machinery or equipment without the knowledge or consent of your employer and that you can only claim against them for accidents that happen at a time when they are able to influence the environment you are in. Thus you could not claim for an accident during your commute, as they were not able to take steps to protect you at this time, but you could claim for an accident when you have been asked to visit a client’s premises, as your employer needed to make sure that the environment they were sending you into was safe.
Personal Injury Compensation Claims With Our No Win No Fee Solicitors In Birmingham
We know that making a compensation claim can seem stressful. Our personal injury solicitors want to take the stress out of the process and make it easy for you to get the compensation you deserve. We are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to make sure that you can access legal help and support when you need it. Just call us on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or claim online and we will arrange a free call back at a time convenient to you. This level of support can be invaluable in helping you to feel confident about the personal injury claims process.
During the short conversation that begins your personal injury compensation claim, our team of no win no fee solicitors in Birmingham will listen carefully to what has happened to you, making sure that we fully understand the details of your case. This includes what led to your accident, the full details of your injuries and the way in which these have impacted your life. We can then give you the kind of personalised advice and service that you deserve.
Working with our expert team of personal injury solicitors means that we will be able to take over the vast majority of the admin and paperwork. We know that the time following an accident or injury can be stressful, so we complete almost all of the forms for you.
If you are considering making a personal injury compensation claim, you don’t have to do it alone. Call now or claim online to see how easy it can be.
Working With Our Personal Injury Solicitors Can Get You The Most Compensation After Your Car Accident
Working with our no win no fee solicitors in Birmingham means that you will have the benefit of our years of experience and training devoted to helping you get the best possible payment following your non-fault car accident. We are able to handle all of the communications with the other person’s insurance company, which reduces the stress on you. We are also able to give you an accurate and realistic estimate of how much compensation you are entitled to. This can be important as insurance companies often make extremely low first offers in the hope that clients are willing to accept these. With the help of our car accident claim specialists, you will get the result you deserve without any additional hassle.
How Much Compensation Am I Likely To Receive For My Personal Injury?
Everyone who is considering making a personal injury compensation claim wants to know how much compensation they can expect to receive as a result of what has happened to them. Our dedicated team of experienced personal injury solicitors will give you the best possible estimates as to how much you can expect to receive, based on the information you give us.
Compensation claims for all accidents and injuries are in two main parts. The first is to compensate you for the pain and suffering that you have experienced. The guideline amounts for these are ranges set by the Judicial College, and are set nationally and reviewed regularly. These guideline ranges for any particular injury can be very broad, which allows them to take into account the individual nature of your specific personal injury case. Our years of experience helping people just like you with their personal injury compensation claim allows us to give you the best possible estimate of where in this range your injury is likely to fall.
Your compensation claim will also include an amount based on the impact that your injury has had on your life. This is designed to make sure that you do not lose out financially as a result of your injury. This can include the cost of any medical treatment that you may have had to pay for privately, for example if there is a long delay to access physiotherapy via the NHS you can be reimbursed for this if you pay privately. If you are unable to work during your recovery, you can also apply for money to compensate you for the money you would have earned had you still been able to work. If your injuries are very serious, you may be able to claim for any modifications you need to your home or vehicle to make sure that you are able to continue to live the life you want.
As may now be obvious, the amount that you are able to claim in the second part of this compensation is often far greater than that available if you were just taking the Judicial College guidelines into account. Our dedicated team of no win no fee solicitors in Birmingham are able to ensure that you are claiming for the full range of expenses you are entitled to, because we believe that you should never be left worse off as a result of an accident or injury that wasn’t your fault.
How Quickly Can I Expect My Personal Injury Compensation Claim To Be Resolved With No Win No Fee Solicitors In Birmingham?
It can be difficult to be sure exactly how long a particular personal injury compensation case will take, as some take far longer to finish than others. We realise that it is important to finish your case as quickly as possible, to allow you to put your personal injury behind you and move on.
At the very fastest, cases can be resolved in just a few months, and some can even take just a matter of weeks. For a case to be settled this quickly, the other side will have accepted liability very quickly, without the need for lengthy investigations and evidence-gathering. They will usually be claims for smaller amounts of money, and so associated with less severe injuries. With less money at stake, the other side is less likely to consider it worth their while to string out the negotiations to encourage you to accept a lower offer.
Complicated personal injury claims include those which involve multiple people who are all partially responsible for what happened, as well as those with very serious injuries. Cases like that will usually take far longer to be resolved than those which are straightforward. If the claim has to be decided in court, the delays can increase further.
Can I Get No Win No Fee Help With My Personal Injury Claim?
One of the most daunting aspects of making a personal injury compensation claim is the risk of high legal fees, especially if there is no guarantee that your claim will be successful. At Free Legal Justice, we believe that you should never be left worse off as a result of trying to get the justice you deserve. This is why we offer our services on a no win no fee basis to almost all of our clients.
With a no win no fee agreement, we are able to work on your behalf, without you having to make any payments to begin. We will only receive our payment once you get the compensation you deserve. If we are unable to secure this for you, you won’t owe anything. Importantly, our fees are set at a percentage of your compensation payment, meaning that you can rest assured that you will always receive the vast majority of the money awarded.
In a few situations, we are unable to work on a no win no fee basis. If you are unlucky enough to fall into this rare category, we will explain this straight away, and we will discuss the range of alternative funding options open to you to make sure that you can still get the legal help you need at a price that you can afford.
If you are thinking about making a personal injury compensation claim, our team are available 2/7 on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or claim online now.
Will I Be Left With Large Bills For My No Win No Fee Solicitors In Birmingham If I Lose?
No. You will definitely not be asked to pay anything at all if we are unable to get you the compensation payment you deserve. We offer our services on a no win no fee basis to ensure that everyone has access to support from our highly trained personal injury solicitors. Otherwise, only the very rich would be able to make these kinds of claims without worrying. We believe that you deserve justice for your accident or injury, and a no win no fee agreement is the fairest way for us to help you.
How Long Can I Wait Before Making A Personal Injury Compensation Claim?
All personal injury compensation claims should be resolved within a time period of 2 years from the date at which the injury was sustained. In general, we recommend that clients begin their proceedings much earlier than this, as waiting can reduce the time available for negotiation. If you are approaching the deadline, or if you would like further guidance, contact our personal injury solicitors today.
In some cases, it can be important to wait a little time after the accident or injury before making the claim, as long as you stay within the two-year time limit. This is useful when the injuries you have sustained have not fully healed and where there is a chance that they could take longer to heal or be more serious than you realized. Taking advice from our no win no fee solicitors in Birmingham is not the same as starting a claim however. If you have suffered an accident or injury, contact as soon as possible to discuss your options and have the best chance of making the best possible case.
I’m Worried That Making An Accident At Work Compensation Claim Could Cost Me My Job
Legally, your employer is not allowed to take any action against you to punish you in any way for making a compensation claim following your . This includes not giving you promotion opportunities you would otherwise have had, changing your job to one that you like less, firing you or making your workplace so unpleasant that you resign (this last one is known as constructive dismissal).
Good employers don’t want to punish their employees for making an accident at work compensation claim. They recognise that your compensation claim is important to allow you to adapt to your injuries and that you were entitled to better protection than you received.
Making an accident at work compensation claim doesn’t just help you. Your colleagues can also benefit from you making an accident at work claim, as it will often encourage an employer to be more careful with their health and safety rules and can improve overall safety and working conditions.
You may also be worried that your company cannot afford to make a compensation payment and that the company will fail as a result. This would mean that you could still lose your job. Fortunately, this cannot happen. All employers are required to have Employers Liability Insurance, which covers them for all compensation payments for accidents at work. Your accident at work compensation claim would be paid out by the insurance company, ensuring that the company is not at any short-term risk as a result of your claim.
Call us on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or claim online to begin your accident at work compensation claim now. Our team of expert personal injury claims solicitors are available 24/7 to ensure that you get the help you need, when you need it.
How Do I Make A Compensation Claim?
In order to make a personal injury compensation claim, you will need to follow a standard process.
Getting legal advice before starting your personal injury compensation claim can dramatically increase the likelihood of you receiving the compensation you deserve, and can also help you to make a claim for the full amount that you are entitled to. Our personal injury claims specialists are available 24 hours a day on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or you can claim online and we will call you back at a time to suit you.
Once you have asked us to act on your behalf, we will write to the person responsible for your accident. We will inform them that you are making a personal injury compensation claim, and that you believe that they were at fault. We will ask them to accept that they were to blame (this is called accepting liability).
If the other person refuses to accept that they were to blame, we will show them evidence that makes this clear. This evidence comes in many forms, including statements, photographs and videos and even their own accident book. Once we have provided them with evidence, very few employers will continue to dispute liability.
Once we have established and agreed who was to blame, we will then conduct negotiations on your behalf to agree the amount of compensation that you will accept. It is very common for the other party to offer a very low amount of compensation to begin with, to see whether you will accept this (a practice known as making a lowball offer). We will always advise you as to whether we believe that the amount of compensation being offered for your injuries is fair or not. Whether to accept an offer of compensation will always be your decision. If you reject an offer, we will explain this to the other party and provide the reasons we believe that you are entitled to a higher amount.
It is very rare for it to be impossible to reach agreement on the settlement amount for a personal injury compensation claim. In cases where the other person refuses to accept liability, or if we are not able to reach agreement as to a fair amount of compensation, we may need to go to court to get you the compensation you deserve.
Get Help From Our No Win No Fee Solicitors In Birmingham For Free
The idea of making a personal injury compensation claim can seem daunting, with clients unsure as to how to begin. Luckily, our highly-experienced team of personal injury solicitors are here to help.
When you are ready to begin making your personal injury compensation claim, or if you would like to discuss it further before making the first step, you can call us on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317. If you prefer, you can claim online and take advantage of our free call back service at a time that is convenient for you. Our dedicated team of experienced personal injury claims solicitors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure that you have access to the help you need.
During our conversation, we will need to ensure that have the full picture of what happened with your accident. This includes the full extent of your injuries, the circumstances surrounding your accident (including who you believe was to blame) and the ways in which your life has been affected by your injuries. As soon as we understand this, we are in a position to provide you with the kind of personalised advice that you need.
We only take our fees once compensation has been agreed and is being transferred to you. Our fees are a minor percentage of your compensation payment, meaning that you will always receive the bulk of your compensation payment directly into your bank account. This allows you to have the financial support you need and lets you concentrate on your recovery.
Can I Make a Claim For My Accident?
If you have suffered an accident, you may be unsure as to whether you are entitled to claim compensation. In most cases, you will be able to make a claim, but there are a few conditions that must be met.
The first essential feature of a personal injury compensation claim is that you must have experienced an accident and that you must have suffered an injury. You are not able to make a compensation claim if you have not experienced any negative consequences. You are able to claim if you trip over some cracked paving and hurt yourself, but you are not able to claim if you stumble slightly over the same paving slab but do not injure yourself.
The next consideration when wondering whether you are able to make a personal injury compensation claim is to think about who is responsible for your accident. There must be someone else to blame for what happened to you, and this is the person or organisation that you will claim against. In the case of an accident or injury at work, your employer will almost certainly be the person at fault. This is because they have a legal responsibility to keep you safe and your injury demonstrates that they were unsuccessful in this task.
It is also necessary that the other person could reasonably be expected to have anticipated what happened to you. This is not the same as saying that they must have seen it coming or that they knew that this would happen to you. Just that they must have been able to predict it, if they had put sufficient effort into thinking about health and safety matters.
The final requirement is that they must have failed to take enough measures to keep you safe. Even if they have taken some measures, you are still able to claim if these were clearly inadequate.
If you are considering a personal injury compensation claim, our dedicated team of personal injury claims solicitors want to help you get the payment you deserve. There’s no need to wait. Call us on 0800 567 7074 or 0121 565 4317 or claim online today. We’re available 24/7 to give you the help and advice you need.
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