Operating throughout the United Kingdom including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, The UK Occupational Illness Solicitors Network is able to deal with a wide variety of industrial disease claims ranging from minor problems to injuries of the utmost severity. All claims are dealt with using the no win no fee scheme and compensation is always paid in full with no deductions whatsoever. There is no need to fund or finance any legal case as it proceeds and there is nothing to pay out at any time. In the unlikely event that the case is lost there is nothing to pay either to your own solicitor or to the solicitor for the other side. Claims handled by our solicitors are guaranteed to be totally risk free. You will never have to pay anything to anyone.
The UK Occupational illness Solicitors network members are all qualified as specialists and in England and Wales they are all members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts. Membership of the panel is only open to those with detailed experience and knowledge of settling complex personal injury cases including industrial disease claims.
If you require urgent medical treatment it can often be arranged on a private basis at an early stage with payment being taken care of by the third parties insurers. Insurers take the view that early intervention with appropriate medical treatment will reduce the overall period of illness and incapacity thereby reducing the amount of compensation likely to be awarded against them in a personal injury claim.
All of our personal injury solicitors have invested in computerised claims management systems which ensure that claims are dealt with as fast as the medical evidence will allow. As soon as there is a settled prognosis for the injury an offer can be made by the insurers and early payment can be arranged. Most cases now take less than twelve months for full settlement and even in industrial disease claims where the medical evidence remains unstable for a lengthy period of time arrangements can often be made for an interim payment of substantial damages well before a final prognosis is reached and well before a final award is determined.
In the UK a legal claim must either be settled or legal proceedings must be issued in a court of law within a fixed period of time known as the ‘limitation period’ failing which the claim becomes ‘statute barred’ and the opportunity to claim compensation may be lost forever. The normal period is three years however the period does not start to run until the illness is discovered. There are other exceptions for minors and the mentally disabled. If you have been injured you should never, under any circumstances, delay seeking legal advice from a qualified lawyer.
If you would like to speak to a specialist solicitor who only deals with personal injury claims you can either use the 24/7 helpline or complete the form or just email us. If after talking to us you decide not to take matters further then you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged for our advice.
