Avoiding Common Accidents

Many no win no fee legal firms today specialising in personal injury claims and accident claims of all kinds pride themselves on ‘cutting out of the middleman.’ Run by lawyers specially qualified and accredited by the Law Society to handle injury claims, these law firms obviate the need for compensation assessors (‘the middle men’ they abjure) and provide sound, expert advise to anyone considering making a claim.

Specialists include no win no fee solicitors, specialising in handling cases of workplace injury, disease or psychological illness. More generally, psychological distress is now firmly regarded as an injury, whether it has been caused by unmanageable stress at work, the trauma of an accident or disaster, or through childhood mistreatment. Most no win no fee compensation claims take the form of accident claims, though, with car accident claims (and whiplash compensation in particular) generally coming at the top of the statistical list.

The rule of thumb for prospective claimants is that if your injury has arisen as a result of the carelessness or negligence of another party, whether in the form of a local authority failing to rectify an uneven paving stone or an employer failing to implement adequate health and safety procedures, you have grounds fro making a claim. Act swiftly, though: there is a three year time limit from the date of the accident, beyond which you will be unable to pursue compensation.