This is just a basic explanation of what happens. We will be more than happy to explain this in greater detail as we go along and in fact it is our duty to do so.
Once we have got you signed up with our no win no fee agreement we will then send a letter of claim to the person or organisation we believe is at fault for causing your accident.
In that letter we will set out the reasons why we hold them at fault for what happened to you.
That person or organisation then must pass on our letter of claim to their insurance company who then have a 3-month period in which to investigate the accident circumstances and tell us whether they will admit responsibility or not for what happened to you.
If they accept liability then we will proceed to obtain an independent medical report setting out what injuries you suffered.
At the same time we will also take steps to work out what your claim for financial losses and expenses is worth.
Once we have the medical report and the calculation of what your claim for financial losses is worth we will then work out what the total of your claim is and having liaised with you first will then proceed to negotiate a settlement of your claim for compensation.
When we and the other side’s insurance company have agreed a figure subject to your agreement we will then sort out payment of our legal costs in acting on you behalf. You will receive what is yours and we will receive what is ours.
If however the other side or Defendant as they will be called during this claim decide to reject that they were at fault through their insurers the we will regrettably have to proceed to take court action against them. However we will only do if we continue to believe that you have reasonable continuing prospects of success in winning the claim.
If for any reason we do not think that you will win the case then we will tell you and it is extremely likely that we will then have to stop acting for you.
If as we would expect in the vast majority of cases we still think you have a claim worth pursuing we will take this matter forward by issuing court proceedings against the other side.
This will result in us having to comply with a number of procedural steps on your behalf to prepare this matter for trial before a judge.
At the court trial it is extremely likely that you will be represented by a barrister of our choosing who will present the case to the judge. The other side will do the same to counteract your arguments that they were at fault and then it will be up to the judge to decide whether we have proved our case that the other party was at fault for causing you your injuries and financial losses. If that happens then you will be awarded compensation. If you lose then you will recover nothing.
