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Accident at Work Claim – how long does it usually take to settle?
This isn’t a straightforward question to answer – so to guide you in the best way I possibly can, I’ll explain the process and some general timeframes and tell you the main factors that affect the length of an accident at work personal injury compensation claim.
One important thing to know though is that the quality of your lawyer can affect the speed in which it takes to settle a claim, so make sure you go to the best like us!
Why do solicitors take a percentage of your compensation?
In the past, for most accident claims, lawyers would not take a percentage from your payout and 100% compensation was a common thing. But you’re probably reading this as you have noticed that lawyers now want to take a cut of up to 25% from your compensation if you claim with them!
So what happened to 100% Compensation? Why are lawyers now wanting to take 25% from you payout?
Simply put – the government changed the law.
Slipped on a ramp – advice from The Injury Lawyers
For some reason, a lot of ramps can often get very slippery in wet weather, and you’d think they’d have really good grip on them given that a sloped surface could be even more of a hazard if it’s slippery.
If you are the victim of a slip on a ramp, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation? I’ll split this one in to two sections – one for accidents at work, and one for general ones when out and about.
Put your foot through some flooring? Advice from The Injury Lawyers
You’re walking along and your foot suddenly goes through the floor – stopping you in your tracks and causing an injury – what can you do about it?
Well you may have a claim for personal injury compensation if this has happened to you. We would defiantly be able to look in to a claim on a No Win, No Fee basis; no one expects their foot to just go through a floor.
Injuries caused can be widespread – whether you twist your knee or ankle because your still moving forward when your foot falls through, or whether your foot is badly bruised and grazed from the friction of falling in, this kind of thing should never happen. If it happens in a public place or a place of work, there may be a claim against those is in control of the premises / the employer.
Injured in a Rented Flat? Landlord Compensation Claims Advice
If you rent a flat, the landlord is responsible to ensure that you’re not injured through negligence. This means that if you’re injured because something was wrong or defective in the flat, you may have a claim if the landlord was responsible.
For example:
- Slips due to an unrepaired leak
- Trip on an unrepaired defect – such as a raised flooring tile
- Hit by a falling fixture that was dangerous
- Electric shocks from poorly maintained electrical goods or sockets
100% Compensation Claims with The Injury Lawyers
In April 2013, the government stopped lawyers being able to recover all of their fees from the other side. They did this because they think that an accident victim should have more of an “interest” in their claim. We think it’s unfair – why should the victim lose some of their compensation that is meant to be recovered to compensate them for what’s happened in the first place!?
Now, other law firms are deducting up to 25% from their clients compensation payout to cover something called a Success Fee which is no longer recoverable. 25% is the maximum they can take from you.
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Coccyx Injury Compensation Advice
The coccyx, also known as the tailbone, can cause a lot of pain and discomfort when injured. It can very easily be injured from falling down and landing on your back or your buttocks. The pain, sometimes referred to as coccydynia, can last for a number of weeks or months and unfortunately there isn’t a great deal that can be done, or will be done, about it.
The NHS will normally just treat a coccyx injury with pain medication. You can’t really have any kind of physiotherapy in the area either, so it really is a waiting game. It can cause a lot of pain when sitting down or moving around so it’s common for most people to have lengthy periods off of work when suffering with a coccyx injury.
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How to Compare Personal Injury Lawyers – Who is the Best?
If you’d have asked me this 12 months ago, I would have explained to you that it’s all about making sure your solicitor goes the extra mile when it comes to the service that they offer. But since the government changed the law in April 2013, it’s now more of a case of which lawyers is the cheapest!
Nowadays it’s somewhat of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow to find a lawyer prepared to find your claim on the basis that you keep all 100% of your compensation if you win. This is because our government decided that victims of negligence should have to pay to claim when they stopped lawyers being able to recover all of their fees from the other side.
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The Injury Lawyers 100% Compensation Offer
January – always a bit of a tight month after the big spend over Christmas and blowing a load more money in the after-Christmas sales! Add that to the fact most people are on a bit of a comedown after time off work over the festive period with friends and family, and we have a fairly unhappy population!
So here’s something to cheer you up – if you have had an accident and you have been thinking of making a claim, you may already be aware that last year there were loads of changes brought in by the government which have stopped lawyers being able to offer 100% compensation agreements.
But as a belated Christmas prezzie for you, we can still offer you a 100% compensation agreement! The law changes have stopped solicitors recovering something called a Success Fee and an After The Event insurance premium from the opponent. We can still recover our other fees so we don’t have to charge you!
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Train Accident Compensation Claims
Given the stint of adverse weather we’re having, I imagine most people are struggling to actually catch their train given the amount of delays and cancellations I’m hearing about on the radio! But if you’re lucky enough to have caught your train, but unlucky enough to have been involved in an accident, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?
Common Cases
Common examples of cases we deal with for claims for injury caused on trains are:
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