Avoiding Common Accidents

Although it is of obvious importance to begin a personal injury claim as soon as possible after the event of your accident, this is not always possible.

Perhaps the injury has been unwittingly caused by a close friend or relation, or that the full extent of the injury has not manifested itself until after a certain time has elapsed.

While your ‘no win, no fee’ solicitor would undoubtedly prefer initiating proceedings immediately after the injury occurred, if you allowed a period of time to elapse there should not be any reason why you delay further in seeking no win, no fee compensation.

The solicitor is eager to begin work on your case for a number of reasons. First is the matter of witnesses involved in the accident. It is preferable to record eyewitness depositions as soon after the accident as possible as the memory of witnesses is notoriously unreliable. Remember, even the slightest detail may be pertinent to your no win no fee claim.

If medical records and statements need to be used to process the claim, these will need to done systematically. Doctors and hospitals are usually very busy. Appointments need to be made and interviews conducted. All of this takes time.

Last, the courts are frequently booked for months in advance. Preparations need to be made to ensure you get the court time you need.

However, in accordance with the Statute of Limitations, a three-year period after the cause of accident is now regarded as the benchmark whereby ‘no win, no fee’ claims are judged to be acceptable.

This may of course vary. Injuries caused by exposure to certain industrial chemicals often take a while to manifest. However, a good rule of thumb is to notify the personal injury solicitor immediately.

Shoulder injuries are one of the most common types of personal injury caused by accidents in the workplace. The majority of these injuries are caused by insufficient implementation of Health & Safety procedures and are therefore directly attributable to the employer.

It should be remembered that the shoulder is an exceptionally complex joint. Not only that, it is responsible for the mobility and flexibility of our hands. For many, impaired dexterity could signal the termination of their job which results in a substantial loss of earnings and a very precarious financial future.

An expert ’no win, no fee’ personal injury solicitor will pursue your claim in a court of law. A ’no win, no fee’ agreement means that you can seek redress from your employer at no cost to yourself.

If you are unfortunate to be unsuccessful, then you have lost none of your own money and will have hopefully highlighted health and safety issues in the workplace that may well aid legislation at a later date.

However, if you are successful, then every penny that you were awarded in compensation is yours to keep. The personal injury solicitor will collect his success fee from the negligent party’s insurance policy.  

Even a shoulder injury that, although uncomfortable, gradually becomes better over the course of 10 to 12 months could pay out compensation of up to £2500, while one lasting for a couple of years may well net you between £3-4000. In the unfortunate case where there is lasting damage and acute pain, the amount may be as high as £22,000.

An accident at home, work or outside can often result in a broken bone or fracture. Accidents that occur as a result of a car or motorbike collision, a fall walking home along a clumsily laid pavement or a trip at work can all result in a debilitating injury.

However, it is not always immediately apparent that the victim has indeed sustained a fracture. A closed fracture is one of the most common types of injury. Although the sufferer will be in considerable pain, the fact that the skin remains unbroken often misleads the victim into thinking the injury is simply unsightly bruising.

As the injured party may not realise the severity of the accident, they often do not visit the doctor or the hospital.

It is crucial to attend an Accident and Emergency Unit as soon as possible after the accident. Every year, ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury solicitors attend to thousands of cases where the victim of negligence has delayed receiving medical treatment.

Although this should not affect your claim for no win, no fee compensation, it is important to set the ball rolling as quickly as possible. This will only help your case in the future, making it easier to claim.

This is because the ‘no win, no fee’ claim solicitor collects as much information as possible to make sure your claim will be successful. This means gathering medical records and witness accounts – information which greatly strengthens your claim.

As you will undoubtedly suffer loss of earnings because of your inability to work, a ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury claim will enable you to enjoy a degree of financial security at absolutely no cost to yourself.

Many things can happen in the winter months from frozen pipes to snow drifts. But the most common problem is slipping on frozen ice.

Black ice is virtually unnoticeable to the eye and this type of ice, causes the most risk as you are often walking on it before your aware of it.

Falling on ice may seem like a small accident but it can leave you with broken bones and slipped discs in your back, and off work for months.