This guide offers information on how to find a personal injury lawyer. If you have suffered an injury in an accident caused by a third party breaching their duty of care, such as an employer, occupier, or road user, you could be eligible to seek personal injury compensation. When doing so, it could benefit you to have help from an expert lawyer. We explain the services they could offer throughout our guide.
We also look at the factors you should consider before choosing a lawyer to represent you, including whether they have experience handling claims similar to your own. We also look at whether a lawyer needs to be local to you in order to take on your case.
Furthermore, we discuss No Win No Fee agreements and the potential terms that could apply when you work with a solicitor in this way.
Read on for more information on finding a lawyer with experience of the personal injury claims process. Alternatively, call us if you have any questions. We can offer a no-obligation case check for free. If we can confirm your eligibility to claim, we could connect you with a skilled lawyer from our panel to get started.
To get in touch, you can:
- Call on 020 8050 2736 to find out more.
- Use our live chat feature below.
- Enquire about your claim online.
Choose A Section
- Should I Use Recommendations and Reviews To Find A Personal Injury Lawyer?
- How Can A Personal Injury Lawyer Help Me?
- Are They Specialised In Personal Injury Law?
- What Are Their Payment Terms?
- Contact Us For Free To Start Your Claim
- Useful Resources About Using A Personal Injury Lawyer
Should I Use Recommendations and Reviews To Find A Personal Injury Lawyer?
There are many ways you can go about looking for the best personal injury lawyer for your case, including:
- Looking at reviews: You can read reviews on the law firm websites as well as independent review sites, such as Trustpilot. This can give you an idea from a previous claimant of how a claim has been handled. Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners offer further insights into other reputable firms.
- Taking recommendations: You might seek word of mouth recommendations from family or friends.
Alternatively, you could get in touch with us. Our panel of expert personal injury lawyers have experience helping many eligible claimants secure a compensation payout. If you have valid grounds to pursue a claim, you could be connected with them.
Call using the number above to find out more about how we have helped others in the past and the services we could offer you.
How Can A Personal Injury Lawyer Help Me?
Whilst it’s not a legal requirement to use a personal injury lawyer when seeking compensation, there are many benefits to doing so. For example, they can:
- Help you collect supporting evidence.
- Speak with witnesses and collect a supporting statement.
- Ensure that important documents are sent on time.
- Submit you claim in full within the time limit. For personal injury claims, this is generally three years from the accident date as per the Limitation Act 1980.
- Provide a regular update as to the status of your claim.
- Use all evidence provided in support of your case to value your settlement.
- Explain jargon or provide a legal glossary.
The expert lawyers from our panel could offer similar services provided you have eligible grounds to pursue compensation for your personal injury.
If you would like to work with them, please contact us using the number above.
Are They Specialised In Personal Injury Law?
Before choosing a lawyer to represent your personal injury claim, you should consider whether they have experience and knowledge of personal injury law. Therefore, it is important to research and select a solicitor with experience with your type of claim. In the initial consultation with the lawyer, it’s useful to ask:
- What experience do you have with personal injury claims?
- Have you and your firm successfully handled cases like this in the past? What is your success rate?
- What credentials and qualifications to you have?
- How long have you been practicing?
- Can you direct me to any client feedback?
Does A Personal Injury Lawyer Have To Be Local?
You might think you need to choose a personal injury lawyer local to you. This is why many people may use the firm in their local high street. However, in some cases, they might not have the necessary experience to handle your case.
As such, it’s important to choose a lawyer that has experience handling claims similar to your own rather than focusing on location. Given that much communication can take place via email or over the phone, the location of your lawyer isn’t the main factor you should consider.
Our panel of expert lawyers have experience handling different types of personal injury claims, including those for an accident at work, a road traffic accident, or an accident in a public place where you have sustained a physical and/or psychological injury.
If your claim seems eligible, we could connect you with a lawyer who is skilled in representing your specific type of claim.
What Are Their Payment Terms?
There are many terms under which a lawyer could offer their services. In some cases, a No Win No Fee agreement could be offered. There are many different types, one of which is called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Under a CFA, you can generally expect the following terms:
- At the start of your claim, you won’t be expected to pay an upfront fee for work to begin on your case.
- When your claim is in progress, no ongoing fees will be required for the continued work on your case.
- Following the completion of an unsuccessful claim, you won’t be required to pay a fee for the completed work on your case.
Following the completion of a successful claim, you will need to pay a success fee. This is deducted from your compensation as a percentage. However, the percentage has a legal cap which can ensure you receive the majority of your awarded settlement.
The lawyers on our panel offer their helpful services and to represent eligible claimants under the terms of a CFA. Find out more by getting in touch via the contact details we have provided below.
Contact Us For Free To Start Your Claim
If you have suffered an injury due to a third party breaching the duty of care they owed you, you could have valid grounds to pursue personal injury compensation. However, if you’re unsure, you can get in touch to speak with us and receive a free consultation.
During this consultation, we can assess the validity of your claim and if it’s found you’re eligible to proceed, and you wish to continue with our services, we could connect you with an expert personal injury lawyer from our panel.
Alternatively, you can get in touch to ask any questions and for free guidance about personal injury claims for harm sustained in an accident at work, road traffic accident, or public place accident.
For more information, you can:
- Call on 020 8050 2736 to find out more.
- Use our live chat feature below.
- Enquire about your claim online.
Useful Resources About Using A Personal Injury Lawyer
For more of our helpful guides about personal injury claims:
- This article looks at making a claim against a council for personal injury.
- Here are details on how to find the best pedestrian accident solicitor for your case.
- Read about claims for slips, trips and falls in the workplace.
Also, we offer some external resources to help:
- Read about the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) who offer information about choosing a solicitor.
- Information about common legal issues from the Law Society.
- Guidance on civil litigation from the Law Society.
Thank you for reading our helpful guide on how to find a personal injury lawyer to help you seek compensation. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via the contact details provided above.