Frequently asked questions

 

Q. How much will I have to pay?

 

A. Nothing! We act for you on a strictly ‘no win – no fee’ basis, which means that we do not get paid unless we win your case and if we do win your case, your opposition will not only have to pay you 100% of your damages but we will recover your costs on top. This is provided you do not lie to us or mislead us or act in any other unreasonable way which we are sure you will not do.

 

 

Q. Do you take any money from my damages?

 

A. No, the only way you would have to pay anything towards your case at all would be if you lied to us or deliberately mislead us or acted in some other unreasonable way, for example instructing another solicitor the day before trial. If you merely give us honest and consistent instructions and co-operate with us, then you will never see a bill from us. We operate on a ‘no win – no fee’ basis and recover our costs in full from the other side and do not make any deduction from your damages.

 

There are only two types of case where we have to charge a fee from the damages and that is for cases against the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority which is a government scheme or under the Motor Insurers Bureau ‘Untraced Driver Agreement’ which again is a government scheme whereby we are not able to recover our costs on top.

 

 

Q. Will I have to pay the other party’s costs if we lose.

 

A. In English law the loser pays the winners costs so we must consider the scenario of you losing the case and being ordered to pay your oppositions costs. As your solicitors we have a duty not to put you in a bad position. We therefore guarantee that we will consider carefully your risk and we will make sure that you are adequately insured against this risk.

 

The insurance to do this is known as After The Event insurance (or you may already have insurance in place). This insurance can be purchased on a deferred basis whereby the premium is not payable until the conclusion of the case whereupon it is recovered from the opposition. We are solicitors, we have a duty to you that is enforceable by law. We will honour that duty and we guarantee to protect your risk.

 

 

Q. Will I have to pay for disbursements such as medical reports, court fees, police reports etc?

 

A. No, we will fund all these on your behalf. We have funding in place to cover any expense that we need to incur on your behalf and all of these fees will be recoverable from the other party upon the conclusion of the case.

 

 

Q. What can I claim?

 

A. You can claim for any financial loss that you have suffered as a result of the accident. This can include the costs of repairs to your vehicle, any property damaged in an accident, loss of earnings, traveling expenses, medical expenses, future loss of earnings and even the cost of your family caring for you during your injury. We would ask you to keep accurate records of all expenses and receipts where appropriate which will help us claim these on your behalf.

 

Also you will be able to claim pure compensation for your pain, suffering and loss of amenity and we will use our skill as lawyers to find cases similar to yours where courts have awarded amounts of damages. We will advise you at all stages on the amount that you would claim.

 

Our promise to you is to guarantee that we will leave no stone unturned in recovering compensation and damages on your behalf. We will seek to recover every penny to which you are entitled.

 

 

Q. How can you be experts in so many areas?

 

A. Experience. We have a team of personal injury experts who have been involved in many thousands of cases over several decades, this vast experience is at your disposal.

 

 

Q. Why should I ring you?

 

A. Because if you do, we guarantee that we will look after you and you alone.

 

 

Find out more about making a claim by filling out our simple online claim form today.