Now There Is No Legal Aid, How Do I Find A Personal Injury Solicitor?

META: Despite the fact legal aid is no longer available in such cases, a personal injury solicitor may still be able to assist you on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. If you feel you have a strong case, make every effort to secure representation in this way?

Lega aid was available for personal injury claims before the year 2000. However, as with many areas of law, especially such things as head injury compensation etc, personal injury claims were becoming more and more costly to the UK tax payer and as a consequence, the Government felt obliged to cut off such access to people. The result of this is that personal injury solicitors have had to find another way of ensuring that people who are unable to afford such a claim, can still have an access to justice.

If you are fortunate enough to be super rich, then the best levels of justice are available for you; unfortunately, as mean as this sounds most people associated to the British legal systems know this, even though they would protest otherwise! We already know that deep down this is absolutely true. Legal aid would never have been stopped for personal injury cases in the frist place if the Government were ever trying to argue against this fact.

But, this has been stopped. So, when you experienced an accident that was not your fault, where does this actually leave you? If you do not have the necessary funds to pay for their services then what personal injury solicitor will take on your case?

This is where a personal injury solicitor would have boxed very clever and devised a way around the Government’s cruel lack of compassion in this regard. You will have a strong case of a ‘no win no fee’ agreement if you satisfy a certain criteria.

The relevant criteria that will be assessed in this regard are as follows:

The accident must not have been your fault.

Another person or legal entity (e.g. a company) an accident they must have been responsible for. This liability would usually arise through their own negligence or through a breach of their duty of care towards you.

In some way a loss has to have been suffered on your part. This could be through pain and suffering or some direct financial loss that you are entitled to be compensated for.

Securing personal injury solicitors that will take your case on is difficult, but it is possible if the above criteria can be identified successfully. You will not be able to progress with your claim if you are unable to satisfy any of the criteria. Unless you are willing to instruct and pay them yourself accordingly. Even then, they should be clear about your chances of success with the case from the very start.

When legal aid was stopped personal injury solicitors had to find a way of filling this void in the legal system. A lot of people feel that such companies are trying to profit from other people’s misfortune and perhaps there are some firms where this is true. When people have suffered an injury, which was not even their fault, and have suffered financially, then they have every right to try and recupe their money? For those who attempt to argue otherwise they would have to be vary mean spirited.e. our lovely Government)!

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