Making a Claim
Where do I start with my Personal Injury Claim?
This will be the hard part choosing who you want to work with – whether you go to a claims company or a firm of solicitors. Whoever you choose you will need to talk them through the facts of your claim.
Step 1. Your Solicitor will talk to you in depth about the incident and it will be beneficial at this stage for you to provide names, addresses and photographs pertinent to the incident. You will be given some paperwork to sign which is confirmation that you want a particular solicitor, firm or comapny to work on your behalf.
Step 2. Evidence gathering. Your solicitor may write to your doctor and or witnesses for corroboration of the facts you have presented.
Step 3. Your Solicitor will write to the company, or person involved in the incident to inform them of your intention to claim against them.
Step 4. Usually the company or person will choose to settle out of court and your solicitor will make a claim for your injury, time and loss of earnings
Step 5. You will be awarded your compensation
Do Be Aware
** If you do not win your case which may have gone to court you may have to pay the successful persons costs. If the case has not gone to court you will not have to pay any costs if that was the arrangement agreed with your solicitor however you may still have to pay the disbursement costs of the successful party. Your solicitor should be able to arrange insurance which should cover these costs, but they will have to formally agree this with you.