So you have been injured at work, out on the streets or in a motor vehicle accident, of course your first priority should be getting the correct medical treatment, care and rehabilitation if your injury is quiet severe, but if someone has been negligent, an employer, the local council of the driver of another vehicle for example then of course you should be compensated for your injuries and any loss of earnings but there is a correct and an incorrect way to go about this.
In certain situations you will need to get your own personal injury solicitor so when you are searching online – the place that most people now search for services whether it’s a local locksmith, a skip hire company or a personal injury solicitor – it’s a good idea to visit the solicitors website and read any feedback and testimonials from clients that they have helped win compensation for in the in the past, if you don’t see any client feedback then it’s best to avoid that particular solicitor or law firm because you have to wonder why they don’t have any feedback, maybe it’s all bad!
It’s also a good idea to avoid large national compensation companies that advertise on national TV, we all know the ones, as you will not get a good service and could end up losing out on thousands or pounds of compensation that a local, professional personal injury solicitor would have got you because bigger doesn’t mean better and you don’t think a large law firm based in London for example will send a solicitor all the way up to Wigan or Warrington, no of course not they’ll contact a local solicitor who is on their books, so to speak, which will usually be a bad one that can’t get his or her own business, think about it? A local personal injury solicitor who is good at his or her job with have plenty of business anyway so won’t want to be wasting their time to get a percentage of a claim for a large national firm.
Do you need to use insurance appointed Solicitor if you have had a Road Traffic Accident?
Regardless of what some insurance companies are telling their customers, no you do not need to use an insurance appointed Solicitor, to be honest we strongly recommend against it as this is done to get a quick turnaround and not to get you maximum compensation. In fact there are actually only a handful of actual insurance companies and most companies that you find on price comparison websites etc are simply resellers, I mean you don’t think Sainsburys or Asda have an insurance dept manned by skill solicitors? No of course now they are resellers like most companies, so chances are that both you and the other driver are insured by the same company so the task of the solicitors will be to payout the minimum amount even if this means siding with the other party when you know that you are not to blame.
Even if the two insurance companies get together an decide to pay the other party out this is not the end of the matter, many people have gone on to win and get big payouts, the insurance companies and their solicitors are just hoping you’ll see this as losing and drop the matter… do not..
So should you use a personal injury solicitor to make your claim?
Yes, of course, it’s the only way to get the maximum compensation that you deserve and a personal injury solicitor will know all the different types of losses you can claim too , losses that you, yourself would not have thought of in a million years.
Remember, insurance companies are not your friends and the solicitors they appoint do not have your best interests or welfare at heart, in fact most won’t even be on your side no matter how nice they come across.
Will getting your own personal injury solicitor not cost you more money?
Of course not, and if the case or claim is strong most will offer a no win no service. Also, unlike a number of large national companies who will take their fees out of your compensation payment a personal injury solicitor will simply put in a bill for his or her time and expanses that will need to be paid on top of any monies that you win meaning that you will retain all of the compensation that you are awarded.
