Accident At Work Compensation

The first step is to approach an accident at work solicitor who specializes in accident at work compensation. There are many solicitors that do this type of work. There are also plenty of company’s who provide a service of finding a local solicitor for you who specialise in accident at work claims. They typical will take some details about the accident and quickly assess the chances of your accident at work compensation claim being successful. If this is the case they will pass your details onto one of their approved solicitors who will handle the case from that point onwards. This service is free to you and will be paid for for the solicitor when they agree with the initial assessment and agree to handle your case.

Sometimes an accident at work solicitor will work for whats known as “No Win No Fee”, as the name suggests you will not have to pay anything if you lose the case, however will pay the solicitor costs if you win, however there are plenty of legal firms who have take this further, their version of this claim their costs from the defendant only if they win the case making this ideal for the claimant ( you ) as you are guaranteed to get 100% of the compensation if you win and pay nothing if you lose. There are certain cases when your solicitor will not take on a “no win no fee” claim, this will be discussed with you before any legal work commences.

The accident at work solicitor will now discuss the work accident with you to fully understand how the accident came about and to get a feel of the type and amount of accident at work compensation to claim. You will not have to fill in piles of paper work as the solicitor will do all of this for you, you will have to sign your name to agree that all details pertaining to the accident are correct.

Your accident at work solicitor will next get in touch with a qualified medical expert to assess your injuries, you will have to attend for a medical examination. Once the report has been sent to your solicitor, the next process will be for solicitor the prepare a schedule of losses. This schedule will be a list of losses that you are claiming for. The schedule of losses is then sent to the company you are seeking to pay work compensation claim. Legally they are known as the defendant.

There is simply two outcomes now from the defendant either they accept responsibility for the claim or they dispute the claim.

If the claim is accepted the job of your accident at work solicitor is to negotiate with the defendant about how much accident at work compensation to claim. If this negotiation is successful your claim will be settled and you will receive your compensation and the solicitor will receive their costs from the defendant. If a figure cannot be agreed then the case will be heard in court.

If the claim is disputed by the defendant then it will go to court. If the case is lost then you will not receive any accident at work compensation nor will you personally be liable to any court costs. Your solicitor will pay these and not get paid for the work they have done handling your case. If your win the case you will receive the compensation agreed or fixed by the court. Your accident at work solicitor will be awarded their cost from the defendant.