Looking for a compensation lawyer, but sceptical about who to go with or whether you should even claim?
There is a lot of negative stigma around the idea of making a claim and around compensation lawyers, but the facts are these: not all what you hear is true; when you need us, you need us; and you have a basic human right to claim.
As a firm of specialist compensation lawyers let me tell you a little bit more about who we are and what we do for our clients.
Specialist compensation lawyers…
At The Injury Lawyers we only help people make claims for personal injury compensation. It’s regularly referred to as the law of tort, and generally speaking it’s about justice for the victim to allow them to receive compensation fairly for what they have had to go through.
We can only act within the scope of the law, and if the law entitles you to be compensated, then you have the right to make your claim. Our knowledge and experience is in how to use the law to show that genuine victims are entitled to be compensated for what has happened to them.
How does it work? What do compensation lawyers do?
The idea of pursuing compensation is to put you back in the position you would have been in had the accident never occurred. This can mean claiming damages for the injury and suffering itself; recovering lost earnings from time off work; recovering treatment and medical expenses; and many other things.
We use independent medical evidence from an expert who has a duty to the court to give their professional opinion. They are not tied to us or the other side – they are independent and their duty, as explained above, is to the court.
Is it wrong to make a compensation claim?
The law is clear and it is your right to claim compensation. There is a lot of media hype about pushy firms, fraudulent claims, a “compensation culture”, the costs of claims driving up other costs, and lawyer’s legal fees. But generally speaking, what you hear/or read is absolute rubbish.
You may of course be sceptical of me saying that as a person who works for an injury law firm, but if you do your research and know the facts, then you will find that it is nothing more than media-fuelled hype. It’s important to know that the insurance industry is worth billions and has a lot of sway with a lot of influential people. Lawyers on the other hand do not.
Here are some truths for you that should help to put your mind at ease:
- Yes there may be some pushy or unscrupulous claims firms, but like many things in life, it happens. Most firms like us are not like that at all
- Only genuine negligence victims are entitled to compensation. You cannot simply just claim when being in an accident, and you do have to prove your case. Rarely, fraudulent claims do happen, but the culprits are usually caught out. Again, like most things in life, there are the cheaters who ruin it for the genuine people
- There is no “compensation culture” and this has been debunked as a media fuelled myth a long time ago
- Lawyer’s legal fees are capped and fixed for practically all types of claims. Where they are not, we can only recover what we can genuinely claim for. And most of the time that’s stripped down and reduced significantly as well
If you ever see a news story about what seems to be an unusually high legal bill and a small amount for the victim, there is normally a good reason. In most cases it’s because the opponent has defended the case and dragged it through the court system and eventually either accepted fault or lost at court. A lot of those fees won’t even be going to the lawyers – they’ll be going to the experts that the firm had to pay for to prove the victims case…
Call 0800 634 7575 to get your compensation claim started today, or if you prefer why not arrange a callback from one of our team, for instant FREE advice on whether you have a claim to make! Just fill out the quick form below and we’ll call you when you have time to speak.
