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No Win No Fee Solicitors 101
Nobody wants to be involved in an accident but if you have been and you were not to blame then you can make an injury compensation claim.
It's possible you could have had an accident at work, you could have suffered a road traffic accident, an accident while walking outside due to an unrepaired pathway or manhole cover or it may have been an accident in another environment.
You can make a claim if this accident occurred within the last three years and if you want to make a successful claim then you need to find a good no win no fee solicitor for help.
Most claims are made against employers, auto insurance companies and local authorities for injuries to the body and the stress and trauma of the accident.
Making a successful claim is not that easy as it is your responsibility to convince the court that you were entirely blameless and that the third party involved is 100% culpable.
If you believe that you are in no way negligent and that your case is worth pursuing then it is essential that you find a competent no win no fee lawyer to help you with all the case preparation and decide on which areas of your claim to concentrate on to have the best chance of winning.
The whole point of hiring a no win no fee lawyer is so that you do not have to pay any fees even if your case is not successful. Once you have decided on a solicitor they will want to discuss all details about your accident and subsequent injury and then they will make an assessment as to whether you qualify for the no win no scheme or not.
The solicitor will require a complete catalog of events from you and require that you provide important documentation such as expenses, hospital records and even prescriptions for medicines that were required to treat your injury. At this stage it is highly likely that the lawyer will call upon another independent medical expert to examine you and add further weight to your claim and after that they will make contact with the guilty party and inform them that a claim is underway.
It is often advisable for the third party to go for an out of court settlement so that they can avoid very high court fees. In many cases the third party may wish to settle out of court as the legal costs of a court case are very high. This is a very common occurrence and less than 10% of claims end up in court. It goes without saying that you need a convincing case to convince a third party to pay up so it makes sense to get professional help with the handling of your claim. When you have been injured in an accident then contracting an experienced professional to assist you is vital.
You need to do your homework before choosing a lawyer by discovering what kind of success record they have experienced with similar accident cases in the past. It may be that you know someone who won their claim and if so ask them for a referral.
After you have researched the available solicitors and narrowed them down to a few possible then get in touch with them and ask them to verify in writing the fee structure to make sure you will not have to pay. The last things that you need after suffering an accident are large solicitors bills that come as a shock because you didn’t confirm this. If you are happy with their fee arrangements then ask them to take you through the whole process from start to finish so that you fully understand what will happen if you hire them.