Thanks to government law changes that happened in April 2013, law firms are no longer allowed to recover all of their legal fees from your opponent. For years, most accident victims have been able to keep all 100% of their payout for pain, suffering, and financial loss thanks to access to justice rules that made the culprits, not the victims, pay for claims.

But unfortunately, the giant insurance industry reared its ugly head and convinced the government to change the law – probably because of how much money they plough in to political parties. But I’ll spare you the politics lesson and give you the info you need to know about how much lawyers are now charging their clients.

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According to reports from the BBC (Source), work on the huge Crossrail project site has been suspended following the death of a contractor who was hit by a piece of falling concrete at the end of last week. The victim was said to be a 43 year old contractor who was spraying concrete in the early hours of Friday morning when he was fatally injured.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed, and a full investigation is due to be underway.

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Most lawyers will take 25% from your payout – we don’t!

Did you know that most law firms will now want to take 25% from your compensation payout to cover fees that the government have stopped law firms recovering? Now, we are subject to less fees than we used to be able to recover because the government stopped us from being able to recover our Success Fee from the opponent.

But we can still offer you a 100% compensation agreement for work accident claims – read on to find out how!

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Whiplash claims are fairly common; so many people who start one are often very keen to know how much compensation they may be entitled to receive. So what is the standard payout for whiplash claims? As a firm of lawyers who specialise in all sorts of personal injury claims, including whiplash claims, what can we tell you?

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Also known as No Win, No Fee – this means that a solicitor should not charge you if a claim doesn’t win. This isn’t technically anything to do with 100% compensation as an agreement for funding should encompass both scenarios of winning and losing as separate things; but a No Win, No Fee agreement is the common name used for a Conditional Fee Agreement which outlines what you pay whether the claim wins or loses.

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In times where people are tightening their belts and spending less in the grip of the ongoing credit crunch, low cost supermarkets like Lidl are becoming increasingly popular for shoppers. I’ve seen a few spring up around where I live, and shops like this are set to get busier and busier.

So what happens if you are injured in an accident at a Lidl store and you believe you may have a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Council claims can be risky – and thanks to government law changes that happened in April 2013, lawyers are not allowed to recover the same level of fees we used to be able to. The result is that other lawyers will now want to deduct up to 25% from your compensation to cover their Success Fee which is designed to help offset the cases we take on and cannot win.

But we can still offer you a 100% compensation agreement for a council claim. So read on for more info!

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Should you take a claim settlement or have treatment? The big question!

With many injuries, treatment like physiotherapy is often key to help you recover from any ongoing symptoms at a much faster rate. You have a duty in law to ‘mitigate your loss’ which means you must take all reasonable steps to help yourself recover as quickly as possible and keep your losses to a minimum.

But when faced with the decision to accept an offer from the other side or have physio, what’s the best option?

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100% compensation for medical negligence claims

When we feel we have a medical problem, our first point of call is, rightly so, our GP. You’d expect to be able to visit your GP and either get the reassurance and advice that you have nothing to worry about and your problem can be easily resolved, or you’d expect a referral to an expert.

We all know that the NHS is stretched, and the waiting times to see GP’s are long; but what we don’t expect is to be let down by our GP’s resulting in further complications or unnecessary suffering.

So what happens if your GP fails to take proper action, fails to refer you, or fails to properly diagnose you for a long period of time? Do you have any rights if this causes further unnecessary suffering?

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Traffic lights are natural accident hotspots despite the fact they’re there to prevent accidents and keep the flow of traffic moving as easily as possible. But most people in the UK live such busy lives that we’re constantly rushing around, and we’re all too tempted to ‘amber gamble’ or jump a just turned red light when driving; or cross a crossing when the lights are not in our favour. Traffic suddenly slowing is also a huge cause of accidents too.

If you are injured in an accident at traffic lights, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

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