When does Duty of Care apply to a compensation case? If you’ve been harmed, and you believe someone else’s negligence is the reason why, two key things need to be proved. The other party owed you a Duty of Care. The other party failed to take reasonable steps to fulfil that duty, resulting in you … Continued
How do I know if an accident was someone else’s fault? It’s thankfully very rare that someone would intentionally cause an injury to someone else – but accidents caused by negligence are far more common. Whether you’ve been shunted from behind in a car, injured by a malfunctioning appliance or fallen badly on a trip … Continued
Claiming for loss of earnings Injuries come in various forms – as do valid claims. It might be that an accident has stopped you from working for a few days or weeks. Alternatively, your situation might be serious enough to prevent you from doing your job for months, years, or even indefinitely. Whatever your circumstances, … Continued
What is an accident book? An accident book provides an employer, business or venue an official means of recording incidents and injuries. Anyone who has suffered a personal injury on their premises has the right to request that the details of their accident and injuries are reported and recorded. The details recorded in an accident … Continued
To give you the best possible chance of succeeding, your claim needs to be supported by the right kind of evidence that will enable you and your solicitor to prove liability and therefore obtain a settlement. Usually the injured person will go to hospital or a GP so that medical evidence is available, but what … Continued
In most cases, when someone has an accident that leads to them suffering a personal injury, it is a new injury, a new health problem and a new issue for the injured person to cope with. For others, a pre-existing health condition is affected. Whether it’s an injury that had been suffered in the claimant’s … Continued
In most compensation claims following an accident at work, a solicitor knows who to address the claim to as the company will still be in business and operating at the same place. However, if a claim is delayed it can lead to problems. If you left a company after an accident at work and didn’t pursue your … Continued
One of the key elements of being entitled to compensation is having a liable person, party or organisation to make a claim against. For the majority of personal injury claims it is usually easy enough to see who is liable, and if you’re not at fault a no win no fee solicitor will likely take … Continued
Prior to the 31st March 2013, claimants pursuing claims for personal injury compensation on a no win no fee basis retained 100% of any settlement awarded to them with no deductions, and paid nothing if they lost their claim. At that time, the system obliged 3rd party insurers to fully cover their legal costs and … Continued
In the vast majority of personal injury compensation claims, claimants report high levels of satisfaction with the service they receive from their claims management company or the specialist personal injury Solicitor that they have instructed to act on their claim. At Direct2Compensation work hard to ensure that our Solicitors are able to settle the majority … Continued
Some people are not convinced that they would be able to get compensation for the injuries that they sustained as a result of somebody else’s negligence. However, if they spoke to a specialist solicitor, they would say there is a chance of winning their case provided there is enough evidence to prove that the accident … Continued
When you first speak to a Direct2Compensation solicitor about your personal injury claim, you need to be completely honest about what has happened and how you have sustained your injuries. While we expect this from our claimants, we don’t expect them to know what to do to ensure that the correct evidence is in place, so part … Continued
In many cases after being injured in an accident, people find themselves unable to discuss or report it to the relevant authorities before they are rushed off for medical treatment. At this stage, someone who has been injured in an accident is rightly focused on getting their injuries seen to rather than thinking about making … Continued
At Direct2Compensation, we’re all about making sure that our injury compensation claimants see the full benefit of instructing us and our expert solicitors when they decide to make a claim for personal injury compensation. You’re pretty much guaranteed to get a better outcome with your claim if you choose to use the services of a solicitor than … Continued
When most people think of a personal injury compensation claim, they usually consider injuries such as a broken arm or whiplash. They will certainly be thinking of a physical injury that is visible. However, as well as physical injuries, a claimant should be aware that psychological trauma is also something for which they can claim. … Continued
If you currently receive state funded benefits, such as Universal Credit or similar, making a claim for personal injury compensation could affect your benefits entitlement and the amount of benefit payment that you receive. Benefits claimants are only allowed a certain amount of savings or income before they would be deemed to have too much … Continued
The regulated personal injury compensation claims sector has literally thousands of companies offering their services. With this in mind, the consumer should be aware that not all companies are worthy and that not every piece of advertising you see can be counted on as being the level of service that you will receive. Be wary … Continued
Any personal injury claimant who continues to suffer from their symptoms has a right to seek rehabilitation therapy in a bid to ease their situation. They can recover more quickly, return to normality sooner and are able to continue to earn their income as they did before they were injured. Third-party insurers are keen to … Continued
The legal right to make a claim for injury compensation is something the majority of people are aware of. But what if the person to whom the claim would relate is incapacitated because of their injuries, or even worse was killed in the accident? Can you make a claim for injury compensation on their behalf? You’ll … Continued
In previous articles, we have covered the importance of making sure that your accident and injuries are properly reported and recorded, such as by way of an accident book and also how important medical evidence is when it comes to making a claim for injury compensation. The obvious course of immediate emergency medical treatment will … Continued
