What to know the secret to a successful claim for personal injury compensation? Well, read on for the three step guide to claiming the right way and maximising the potential of your compensation case:
Go Direct to an Injury Lawyer – Avoid Claims Companies, Insurers, and Middlemen
To get the advice and representation you need, go directly to a proper personal injury lawyer. Claims management companies, insurers, brokers, or any other middlemen are not lawyers. Sure, they can probably give you some advice; but they’re not qualified to run a personal injury claim from start to finish – so what do they really know?
All they can do is give you advice and then refer your claim on to a solicitor – always for a referral fee. There are hundreds of companies out there just dying to take a cut from your claim– so don’t let them! They may say they will never take a percentage, but will they take a monetary cut? They may say they will never charge you, but will you incur a deduction? It’s easy to hide the fact that a referral fee will leave you with less money in the small print of the paperwork. Going directly means you know there are no middlemen.
Besides, even if there is no catch or cost to you, the solicitor that has bought your claim will have less money to spend on you. This leaves you with potentially far lower service levels than you deserve, a cash strapped solicitor without the funds to fight hard for your claim, and ultimately less money for you. This is often known as Legal Expense Insurance, or Legal Protection, or Motor Legal Protection, in road accident claims.
Going directly to an independent Injury lawyer means you get the best advice and representation for a claim. There are no middlemen, no backhanders, no catches, and no cuts! Provided you get a good injury lawyer anyway!
Get a Proper Professional Personal Injury Lawyer
It’s always best to get a lawyer that specialises and deals only with claims for personal injury. This should guarantee you a bespoke service – you’re dealing with a lawyer that only represents victims of personal injury – so you’re getting the best advice with the most experience. A personal injury specialist, with years and years of dealing with personal injury claims, will be able to maximise the potential of your claim; making sure you get the maximum compensation you deserve.
Get The Genuine No Win No Fee
So, you’ve gone direct to a law firm – now what? Make sure they offer you a Genuine No Win No Fee agreement. The No Win No Fee part of most agreements is the same – if you lose, you pay nothing to your lawyers. The variance between agreements stems from what happens if you win.
For example:
The Injury Lawyers Genuine No Win No Fee: means that you are guaranteed 100% compensation, because our legal fees are limited to whatever we can recover from the other side.
Standard No Win No Fee from other lawyers: means that your solicitor will only seek to recover your fees from the other side. If they fail to get any or all of their fees paid for by the other side, they could rightfully under the agreement charge you for any outstanding amount.
Some of the less victim-friendly No Win no Fees are rather explicit and state that the solicitor WILL recover lost fees from your compensation. Some are less subtle – utilising the “seek to recover” part, and then telling people verbally that “it has to be written this way; don’t worry, we won’t charge you.” To be fair, most reputable companies would uphold this. But just remember: they could, if they wanted to, charge you. And some companies will use that power.
For more advice, you are more than welcome to give us a quick call on our claims helpline.
