If you have suffered a personal injury having been involved in an accident that was not your fault, it may well be the case that you are entitled to compensation. After all, you did not deserve your injuries and it may be that because of your accident and the injuries that resulted, you have incurred extra expenditure that you should not be liable for. So yes, in most cases where your injuries were sustained through no fault of your own you will be entitled to compensation and you can go about obtaining this compensation by contacting a lawyer who can guide you through the process. Despite more and more people being aware that they are able to make a claim for compensation, some refrain from doing so because they are under the impression that the whole process of getting that compensation will be laborious and simply something that they cannot be bothered with. The aim of this blog is to show you that making a claim for compensation is far simpler nowadays and can be over in a matter of months.
The Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury claims has made the process of obtaining compensation a great deal more straightforward. Because of this, you are able to get hold of the compensation you may deserve faster. What this Protocol has done is set out a series of steps that are to be taken by your solicitor and the other side when dealing with you claim. For instance the first thing your lawyer will do for you is take all your accident details. This will allow him/her to produce what is known as your Letter of Claim. This sets out what your accident involved, the injuries you have suffered, and the details of any other losses (for example, a loss of earnings) that you may have also suffered. This is then sent to the other side who have 21 days to acknowledge this letter and either deal with your claim themselves, or, as in most cases, instruct their insurers or solicitors to deal with your claim. Once the other side has acknowledged your Letter of Claim they are allowed a maximum period of three months in which to investigate your claim. This is not to say that the whole process of sending your Letter of Claim out and the period for investigations will take nearly four months, but instead to say that this is the maximum time it should take. Your claim may be settled in a month or two months if everything goes well.
At The Injury Lawyers we are well aware that you want your claim to be dealt with as fast as possible and you want to be updated on any progress that is made. That is why we promise to contact you every two weeks to ensure that you are always up-to-date. We will also make sure we contact the other side on a regular basis to ensure that they are progressing their investigations of your claim. The Injury Lawyers understand your anxieties and concerns and therefore aim to deal with your claim in the quickest time possible, and at the same time make sure you get the maximum compensation you deserve.
