We all attend supermarkets, whether it be on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It is therefore crucial that they are safe places. For the most part our trips to supermarkets go by uneventfully and safely, but for some, accidents can happen. At The Injury Lawyers we have many clients that approach us after an accident in a supermarket, and we are able to advise them of the following.

Do you have a claim?

If you have suffered an accident in a supermarket that was through no fault of your own, and you have suffered injury as a result, you may have a claim for compensation. At The Injury Lawyers we offer free claims assessments whether we take on your claim or not, so you have nothing to lose by simply getting some free legal advice and assessing your options.
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OK – so you’ve had a car accident, it wasn’t your fault, and you’re wondering what on earth you should do to sort it all out! It can be particularly scary if it’s your first time in an accident as well; made even worse if the driver at fault was being quite nasty with you as they knew they were at fault, and were perhaps trying to dodge the bullet.

Here is your one stop shop advice guide as to what exactly to do. My best suggestion is read this first before you do anything (and I mean anything  – including speaking to your own insurers) and you will hopefully be able to rest a little easier when you know what you need to do.

At The Scene
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For those who may not be sure, here is a bit of advice on what an Accident Claim is, what it entails, and what happens if you make one:

An accident claim is generally a claim for compensation for injuries and loss incurred after an accident you have been involved in that was caused through no fault of your own. The accident must have been caused by someone else’s negligence – whether it’s a person or a company. You can actually be partly to blame, and still make a claim, subject to a reduction in your payout. But, ultimately, the thing to know when trying to figure out of you have an accident claim is whether the accident was the fault of someone else.

If this accident has caused you to suffer any sort of injury, you are entitled to make a claim for compensation that reflects the nature, severity, and length of the suffering involved. You are also able to take in to account for any literal financial losses you incur as well; a matter I will come on to shortly.
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OK – so you have had an accident at work and you want to know if you are entitled to make a make a claim for compensation. Well, here is a quick guide to fill you in as to whether you could be entitled to thousands of pounds in compensation for your injuries, suffering, and loss.
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In most cases, making a claim for compensation for the injuries you have suffered out of a relatively minor road traffic accident is actually a quite straightforward and fast process.  At The Injury Lawyers we are well aware of a perception that some people hold that claiming for compensation takes years and years and is ultimately not worth the hassle.  Yes, we admit that there are some claims that do take a couple of years; however, most straightforward road traffic accidents are settled within a few months or less.  If you think you have a claim for compensation arising from a road traffic accident, please do not be put off – it’s easy, especially when you instruct a quality injury lawyer.

The first step of your road traffic accident is to complete what is known as a ‘Claim Notification Form’.  Your injury lawyer will take you through this – it is again straightforward.  We just collate the details of your accident, get you to sign the form and then submit it electronically to the other side.

Once your Claim Notification Form is submitted the other side have 1 business day in which to acknowledge it and then a further 15 business days to investigate your accident and come back with an admission or denial of liability.  Just because they have 15 days does not mean it will necessarily take this long – they could well admit liability within a day, and it really does depend on the efficiency of the other side.  One thing for sure though is that it should not take months to resolve.  Under previous law the other side could take nearly 4 months to come back to you with their position on liability – now they have roughly 3 weeks.  Who said claiming for compensation still takes ages?
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At The Injury Lawyers we are experts in the field of personal injury as this is the only type of law we deal with.  Importantly, we have vast experience in dealing with claims for compensation for whiplash injuries.  When we receive a whiplash claims we give it our utmost attention because we know how serious a whiplash injury can be – as many of my colleagues can testify.  This blog gives a brief outline of a whiplash injury and how to make a claim for compensation for your whiplash injury.

Causes:

Most of our whiplash claims arise from road traffic accidents – typically where our client has been correctly proceeding in their vehicle and a negligent third party has collided with the rear of their vehicle.  What this means is that our clients head and neck area is suddenly jolted and a whiplash injury ensues.  That said, whiplash injuries occur in other types of road traffic accidents and we have also come across them in sporting accidents where again the person’s neck is suddenly jerked.
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OK – so you want to make an accident claim, and you have no idea what to do at all, and no idea what it actually entails. You’ve probably seen the adverts on TV for No Win No Fee lawyers, and 100% compensation, but you still don’t really understand the ins and outs of how it all works.

Here is a quick guide to fill you in:

No Win No Fee
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If a minor i.e. anyone under the age of 18, or a protected party as deemed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, has an accident that was not their fault, and they have been injured as a result, they, like anyone else, can make a claim – the process is slightly different.

Say, for example, your child has an accident a school – I bet you can’t imagine them calling a law firm and making a claim – so how do we get around this? Well it is through the system of having a ‘Litigation Friend’.

A Litigation Friend is someone that acts on behalf of the child or protected party in the running of their claim for personal injury. This person is normally a parent or guardian, but can also be a carer, social worker, or suitable person. It is important that whoever the Litigation Friend is, they have regular contact with the claimant and they have their best interests at heart.
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When you are first thinking about making a claim for compensation you will no doubt be considering which injury lawyer to instruct.  Again, you will no doubt be looking for a specialist injury lawyer who has an abundance of experience in dealing with the sort of accident you have had.  Most importantly though you will probably be looking to instruct an injury lawyer who will not charge you a penny for your claim as they will recover their fees from the other side if you win, and write them off if you lose. This is extremely important because you do not want to be lying awake at night thinking about potentially hefty bills coming through your letterbox from greedy lawyers.

At the end of the day you want compensation for your injuries and you do not want to be paying a fortune to get this compensation, as that would defeat the object of claiming.  Good news – there are numerous injury lawyers who will not charge you a penny for their work whether the claim wins or loses.  Here is a quick guide to our Genuine No Win, No Fee agreement.

At The Injury Lawyers we never charge our clients a penny for our work if the case is won or lost.  You get to keep 100% of the compensation you are awarded if you win as we recover our fees directly from the other side.  There simply are no catches, and to make you feel secure, we write into our agreement with you that we will NOT even seek to recover our costs from you if the other side do not pay them all.
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The Injury Lawyers are an independent firm of personal injury experts. When I say independent, I mean that we are not linked to any insurance company, so we fight tooth and nail to maximise your compensation amount. We are also not a claims referral company – we have qualified solicitors and legal executives in house ready to deal with your claim. So we do not sell claims on for profit, nor do we buy any claims from insurers, claims companies, garages, or other companies / persons; we are proud to say that all our clients come to us directly and we feel that this says a lot about the service we provide and the results we get for our clients. In the following blog I will be discussing the various benefits that The Injury Lawyers offer and the reason why so many clients come to us directly everyday requesting our services.

Genuine No Win No Fee Agreement

We offer all our clients what we like to call a Genuine No Win No Fee Agreement. We say genuine as there are no hidden charges for you to pay whether you win or lose your claim. This gives you that added peace of mind and security to pursue your personal injury claim in confidence; after all, solicitors costs can run into the many thousands of pounds so you want to know for sure that there is no onus on you to cover any of these costs. We back our promises up in writing as well.
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