Injury lawyers work on personal injury claims which are often on a no win no fee basis. This means that should an injury claim be won or lost, there is no cost to you, the claimant.
Personal injury is where a person suffers an injury due to another person or organisation’s negligence and receives an injury of some kind as a result. Personal injuries include the following:
- Road traffic accidents: Whiplash and other injuries sustained as a driver, passenger, or pedestrian are all classed as a personal injury and a compensation claim can be made.
- Accident at work: Hit by a moving vehicle, struck by a falling object, a repetitive strain injury (RSI) or a manual handling injury are all good examples where a compensation claim can be made for personal injury. Other work related injury claims include discrimination at work, and unfair dismissal.
- Medical negligence: This term is used to describe someone who has suffered an injury or loss due to medical error. It does not necessarily have to come from an operation. It could for example, be made if someone is administered the wrong drugs.
- Sports injury: An injury sustained through participating in sport where a coach or instructor has given the wrong advice which has left a person injured. This also includes injuries sustained as a spectator.
- Dog bites: A person that is bitten by another person’s dog maybe entitled to claim.
- Slipping, tripping or falling: If a person slips, trips or falls because of another’s negligence, they may well have grounds to claim. Slipping on spilt food in a restaurant or super market, or in a pothole in the road are good examples of this type of personal injury.
- Criminal injury: Injuries that have been sustained as a result of a crime perpetrated.
The role of an injury lawyer
A personal injury lawyer will listen to your case and decide if the case is winnable and a claim for compensation can be made for your personal injury. Many will work on a no win no fee basis which means you will not have to pay for legal fees, win or lose. As our injury solicitors will only take on cases they feel can be won, and because of there legal skill, they have a high success rate at winning personal injury compensation claims.
Are injury lawyers qualified?
Injury lawyers are just as qualified as any other type of lawyer or solicitor, and have sat the same exams. They have chosen to practice personal injury law and have specialised in this field. This is one of the reasons their success rate is so high.
How do injury solicitors get paid?
Personal injury solicitors and lawyers get paid by charging a success fee in addition to the compensation payout from the losing party. This fee covers the solicitor’s fee and it does not affect your personal injury compensation payout. Our personal injury lawyers and solicitors do not charge a percentage of your compensation as part of their payment.
Call us or complete the compensation form, and find out if you can make a claim for personal injury compensation. Our injury lawyers will not put you under pressure and you will be under no obligation to press ahead with the claim for compensation.