Before hiring a compensation claim solicitor, it is important for claimants to be aware about the various types of solicitors available. Claimants should also know about the legal services offered by solicitors in UK. This article will elaborate on all this information and much more about compensation claim solicitors.
Compensation claim solicitors can be divided into two categories. The first category consists of personal injury solicitors. These legal professionals offer legal help related to personal injury cases. Personal injury cases can be divided into 4 broad categories that are road accident claims, work accident claims, trip or falls and clinical negligence claims. Usually personal injury solicitors specialize in only one field but it is not uncommon to see personal injury lawyers specialize in multiple personal injury fields.
All personal injury lawyers in UK are required to be registered with the Law Society and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. These two establishments ensure that the registered attorneys follow the law and stay up to date with laws.
The second category of compensation claim solicitors consists of criminal injury lawyers. These legal professionals handle compensation claims that arise from hateful or violent crimes like mugging, theft or assault.
Majority of the personal injury lawyers in UK offer free legal services. These services are known as no win no fee service and no obligatory service. The no win no fee service benefits claimants since through this service claimants can opt for free legal help related to claims. The no obligatory service is another beneficial service that allows claimants to ask legal questions to solicitors without committing to hire any particular solicitor. The no obligatory service allows claimants to ask questions to various legal professionals without any obligation and this helps claimants decide which solicitor is right for them. Both independent solicitors and solicitors working for accident claim company offer these free legal services.
While selecting a compensation claim solicitor the claimant should look for desirable traits such as honesty, good communication skills and good knowledge. Honesty plays a very important role while selecting solicitors since dishonest solicitors often make promises that they cannot keep which leads to the claimant getting frustrated after a while. Good solicitors should have good communication skills and these legal professionals should be able to express their thoughts without using legal jargon. Good solicitors should not only have a good educational background but they should also have sufficient experience in winning cases.
Claimants should stay away from solicitors that make offers that are too good to be true like getting maximum compensation for accidents that are the claimant's fault since in UK there is no law that allows claimants who are at fault to get compensation. These selection traits are applicable to both personal injury attorneys and criminal injury lawyers.
