Law Articles - How to go about claiming your Injury and accident claims


by ABDUL VASI - Date: 2009-08-12 - Word Count: 523 Share This!

Unfortunate time does not come knocking. We can meet an accident or personal injuries anytime and anywhere. With the cities roads getting more and more dangerous and risky, the need of good accident claims solicitor is on a rise.

Accident can be any unfortunate event, which leaves you with personal injuries, like animal bite, road accidents, criminal accidents, slips and trips in public places, etc. any type of an accident can leave you with different types of injuries. These injuries can be physical and also emotional or mental injuries counts. If you want to pursue an injury claim, then a good analyse of your injury is very important for your case. For claims, damages are mostly roughly divided into two categories: General damages and special damages.

The type and intensity of your injuries decides the amount you can get as Accident compensation and it also governs the probability of your winning the claims in the Court of law. You need analyses of your injuries and damages incurred by you, by a professional physician and also you need to appoint Accident solicitors.

Benefits of appointing an accident solicitor:

1 A personal accident solicitor can advise you and guide you professionally throughout the legal process. 2 He or she can give you an approximate estimate of how much compensation to be claimed and how much you can expect on winning. 3 He or she can file different claims for different damages ad injuries, which further increases your chances of winning at least one or more claims. 4 Injury claims requires a lengthy legal procedure. Common people do not have much knowledge about the legal procedures, clauses, process, paper work and language. Thus, you will need a professional help who understands and have good experience in this field. 5 The procedure will require a lot of paper work, which is not an easy task for a common person who does not belong to a legal field. These are legal papers, which include legal formalities, and legal terms that are only understood by the attorneys.

However, choosing a skilled and experienced accident solicitor is not an easy task. There are some factors, tips and guidelines to be kept in mind while choosing and appointing an attorney:

1 Choose an attorney who specializes in the branch of accident claims, under which your injuries and damages are categorised. Many solicitors solely deals and specialises in various branches like motor accidents, animal injuries, bike accidents, public transport accidents, work related accidents, etc. The attorney who is an expert in the field of your injury claims can guarantee a good compensation and high chances of wining. 2 Always research about the solicitor before appointing him or her. Talk to his or her previous employees to be sure of his or her experience and expertise. 3 Inquire about the 'No Win, No Fee' scheme. Most of the solicitors and firms, provide this scheme to their clients, under which if a client looses the solicitor or firm does not charge their fees. 4 Never keep your agreement commission based. You incurred the injuries so the whole compensation amount is yours. Do not promise any part of the compensation to your solicitor.


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