subject: Making a Personal Injury Claim [print this page] Did you know your personal injury claim is worth money before a letter is written or a call made ?
Whatever the cause of your injuries whether it was an accident at work, while out on the roads as a driver, passenger or pedestrian, your may have tripped on a broken pavement or slipped in a shop there is something you need to know.
When you are searching the internet for someone to help you with your claim you will come across dozens of firms trying to get you to sign up with them, but not all is what it seems ...
The people you call may not be solicitors but a claims management company who don't actually deal with your claim. They will sell' your details onto one of their panel solicitors for up to 750.00 for a simple road traffic accident. The solicitors who buy the claim will then carry out the work.
The solicitors dealing withyour claimwill be regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and carry insurance, as will all solicitors, however as the average costs charged to the other side on a road traffic matter are in the region of 1500.00 you have to ask yourself how many cases a person has to deal with if their costs are halved before they do anything.
This could result in reduced level of service.
So how do you know if you claim is going to be sold on:
Just ask - they are obliged to answer you, they are also obliged to tell you how much they receive for passing on your details.
If you are told one of our panel solicitors will contact you soon' as opposed to Mr. Smith or whoever, you can probably assume that they are a claims management company.
Only Solicitors who are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and carry the required insurance can call themselves Solicitors so if the firm you call are called Claims-u-Like' or similar - again you can be pretty certain that they are a claims management company.
Claims management companies are not illegal but they are regulated and it is illegal to trade as one without being registered, you can, should you wish to use one, check their details at http://www.claimsregulation.gov.uk/search.aspx
Making a Personal Injury Claim
By: Mike Massen
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