ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CLAIMS

Our solicitors deal with road traffic accident claims on a no win no fee basis and pay compensation in full. We do not ask you to fund or finance your claim as it proceeds and will never ask you to pay any legal expenses including medical records, specialists reports or court fees. We absolutely guarantee that all road traffic accident claims handled by specialist solicitors are completely risk free.

There are almost a quarter of a million road traffic accident claims every year in the United Kingdom including over 40,000 very serious injuries and almost 4,000 deaths. The legal profession has responded to the large numbers of accident victims who require expert representation and specialist solicitors can now be accredited as members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts. Membership of this panel is restricted to solicitors who can show expertise and experience over a long period of time and who also have adequate resources available in a modern office environment.

Our solicitors are all member of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts and are also members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Some of our solicitors are accredited by ‘Headway’ the national brain injury charity and some are recognised by the ‘Spinal Injuries Association’. We are able to deal with a wide range of road traffic accident claims varying from simple whiplash, cuts and bruises right through to injuries of the utmost severity including catastrophic brain or spinal injury.

Almost all drivers are insured and our applications for compensation are usually directed at insurance companies however there is a hard core of drivers who are not insured, or whose insurance cover is repudiated due to erroneous information provided on the proposal form or who have inadvertently allowed their insurance to lapse. In these cases and in cases where the driver of the vehicle has not been traced we are able to make a claim to the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) however in untraced cases our terms and conditions may vary.

We do not only take on ‘dead cert’ cases and we are willing to consider every potential claim and give you detailed advice on your prospects of success and the anticipated value of the claim. Even if you know you were partially to blame we are still able to claim on your behalf although your damages may be reduced by a percentage to take account of the legal maxim of ‘contributory negligence’.

The Limitation Act 1980 determines the applicable time limits for making claims for personal injury which must be either settled or legal proceedings must have been issued within three years of the accident. There are exceptions to this general rule for those under the age of 18 years at the time of the accident, for those who are mentally disabled and in cases where the injury was not apparent immediately following the accident. Failure to abide by the time limits may mean that the potential claim becomes statute barred and the opportunity to claim compensation may be lost forever. If in any doubt about these matters take immediate qualified legal advice.