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what we will do for you

We offer a first interview without charge. We will visit claimants at home or in hospital as appropriate. All our offices have disabled access.

We can investigate and obtain suitable funding including investigating the availability of pre existing legal expenses insurance or arrange funding through a conditional fee agreement backed with a policy of legal expenses insurance.

We will interview witnesses, obtain Police accident or Health and Safety Executive reports and where appropriate commission our own accident investigation reports.

Where it is to our clients advantage we will seek an early determination of liability for the injury.

We will arrange an immediate needs assessment under the terms of the rehabilitation protocol, and seek interim funding to provide for those needs identified and to ensure that life is made as comfortable as possible in the circumstances pending the full settlement of the claim.

We will commission reports from experts in the appropriate medical disciplines as well as those relating to care, rehabilitation, employment and loss of earnings as required.

We will engage a suitable and experienced case manager to assist in the rehabilitation process and to ensure that long term care and accommodation needs are appropriately met.

We will arrange for the purchase and adaptation of suitable accommodation to meet the future needs of the individual and their family where this is required.

Consideration will be given to securing settlement of claims based upon the periodic payment of damages for future care with those payments indexed linked to protect against the effect of inflation.

Advice will be provided on the overall assessment of damages and cases taken to trial when settlement cannot be achieved by negotiation.

A full investment management service is provided in house to maximise the investment return on awards together with the appointment of a professional receiver for those clients unable to manage their own financial affairs.

An appropriate trust can be set up to protect damages awards.