For those of you unsure as to what you can actually claim for as a former patient of the media dubbed ‘Dirty Dentist’ Mr Desmond D’Mello, read on for advice straight from our specialist Daybrook Dental Negligence Team.
These are not just any straightforward dental negligence claims – claiming for psychological injuries is a very niche and specialist area of law. You need to understand where you need to go for the best advice.
A complex area of law – don’t leave it to the amateurs
As a midlands based law practice who specialise in negligence claims, we’re best placed to be representing the many victims of the Daybrook Dental scandal. The majority of these claims will be psychological injury cases, so it’s important to be represented by lawyers who have particular expertise in this area of law.
Many firms don’t have that kind of experience because they’re only used to representing people for physical injuries; and there is a huge difference. A lot of those affected by the PIP Breast Implant scandal – of which we represent a large majority of them – suffered significant psychological injuries at having dangerous silicone placed in their bodies.
We have secured payouts ranging from a few thousand pounds to tens of thousands of pounds for those affected the worst.
A lot of firms often turn down victims who want to claim solely for psychological injures.
Large Group Action Expertise
We’re one of the few firms in the country who have represented a majority of victims for previous Group Litigation proceedings. You may have heard of the American term which is a ‘class action law suit’ – over here on the other side of the pond we call them Group Litigation Order proceedings. A Group Litigation Order (or GLO to save your tongue!) is an Order from the High Court to group all of the victims together so we can fight for them efficiently as one case.
This is the way things should be done as it helps to minimise Court costs and Court time and it helps to streamline the road to results.
In GLO claims there are normally strict deadlines to adhere to. Any failure to adhere to the deadlines can result in your claim not being allowed to join or continue with the group action. This can have serious consequences on your ability to claim – in the PIP cases we were informed that a firm actually missed the deadline for joining their claims. The result was devastating when the Judge refused to allow them to join after the deadline!
That’s why it’s important to seek advice and representation from a firm of lawyers who not only specialise in dental negligence claims and psychological compensation claims, but also a law firm with specialist expertise in group action cases.
The above, combined with the fact we’re right here in the midlands at the heart of the scandal, is the reason why we firmly believe that we are now representing more victims of the Daybrook scandal than any other law firm out there.
Speak to the specialist on 0800 634 7575 for peace of mind today.
