If you’ve been injured due to negligence, you may like to know more about No Win No Fee solicitors for Scotland. This article will investigate eligibility requirements for personal injury claims.
No Win No Fee solicitors Scotland guide
If you hire a No Win No Fee solicitor to support your claim, you may benefit from expert legal representation without the financial risk that this can entail. This guide explores what a No Win No Fee arrangement means for you. If you would like to some guidance on the personal injury claims process, you might find this guide useful.
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- A Guide To Using No Win No Fee Solicitors For Scotland
- How Could Personal Injury Claim Solicitors Help Me?
- Why Make A Personal Injury Claim Using Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Solicitors For Scotland?
- Personal Injury Claim Eligibility
- Evidence That You Need In Personal Injury Claims
- Compensation For A Personal Injury Claim?
- Learn More About How To Use No Win No Fee Solicitors
A Guide To Using No Win No Fee Solicitors For Scotland
To sue for negligence, you must be able to prove that a breach in the duty of care that was owed to you caused your suffering. You don’t need a solicitor to claim, but you could find the support of a solicitor helpful.
A No Win No Fee solicitor could have specialist knowledge in the area you are claiming for. For example, if you suffered an injury due to a trip, slip or fall in a public space, you might benefit from working with a lawyer who has experience in public liability claims. A claim could also be made if you suffered an injury in an accident at work or a road traffic accident as a result of negligence.
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How Could Personal Injury Claim Solicitors Help Me?
As stated above, to make a successful personal injury claim, you need to prove that you were owed a duty of care and a breach in it caused your injuries. A solicitor could help you collect the evidence needed for a personal injury claim.
When your solicitor has specialist knowledge, they know what types of evidence can be collected. For example, No Win No Fee solicitors for Scotland specialising in road traffic accidents aren’t going to request an accident log book. That’s because an accident log book records workplace accidents.
Additionally, a solicitor can provide updates on your claim. They may also be able to provide you with an expected timescale.
Call our advisors to find out more about how No Win No Fee solicitors support personal injury claims.
Why Make A Personal Injury Claim Using Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Solicitors For Scotland?
The solicitors on our panel could offer representation through a Speculative Fee Agreement or Damages Based Agreement as per the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018.
This generally means:
- No fees owed to your lawyer if your claim fails
- Nothing to pay them upfront or as the claim progresses
- A capped success fee to be deducted in the event of a successful claim
Call our advisors for a free assessment of your claim. Should it seem valid, you could be connected to our panel of solicitors.
Personal Injury Claim Eligibility
In order to sue for negligence, it is vital that you can prove that a breach in the duty of care owed to you caused or contributed to your injuries. Below, we look at some circumstances that could entitle you to make a personal injury claim.
Accidents In A Public Place
When in a public space, the party in control of the space is responsible for ensuring the reasonable safety of those who use the premises. This duty of care is set out in the Occupiers’ Liability (Scotland) Act 1960.
Injuries you could suffer in a public place include:
- A broken or sprained ankle from tripping over uneven paving.
- Falling from a height due to damaged railings, causing multiple injuries.
- A head injury because an object fell from a height, such as a shelving unit in a shop, and hit you on the head.
Accidents At Work
While you are at work, your employer owes you a duty of care. What this means is that your employer should take reasonably practicable steps to prevent workplace injury. This is set out under section two of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA).
Workplace injuries could include:
- A slip and fall causing broken bones from poor housekeeping.
- Burns due to a lack of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Faulty machinery causing lacerations or traumatic amputations.
Road Traffic Accidents
Whilst on the roads, road users owe each other a duty of care to act in a way that stops harm from occurring. The Road Traffic Act 1988 sets this out. This is in conjunction with the Highway Code, which sets out additional rules and regulations. Not every rule in the Highway Code is law, but some are legal requirements.
Examples of road traffic accident claims could include:
- You are hit by a car as a pedestrian because the driver failed to stop at a traffic light. This could result in a serious injury.
- A motorcyclist fails to give way to traffic on the right and so collides with a car already travelling around the roundabout.
- A car swerves into the cycle lane because of a lapse in attention and knocks a cyclist from their bike. This causes multiple fractures, including a skull injury.
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Evidence That You Need In Personal Injury Claims
It is vital that you have evidence to support your claim. You must be able to demonstrate that a breach of a duty of care that was owed to you caused your injuries.
The following can be used as evidence:
- Medical records.
- CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage.
- Accident log book or police statements.
- Witness contact information.
- Photographs, including of your injuries or of the accident scene.
This list is not exhaustive. A No Win No Fee solicitor could advise you on what evidence could support your claim. They might also be able to help you collect evidence.
Time Limits For Personal Injury Claims
The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984 sets the personal injury claims time limit. Most personal injury claims must be started within three years from the date of the injury.
However, some exceptions may apply to this time limit. Call the team for more about time limit exceptions.
Compensation For A Personal Injury Claim
You may have accessed a personal injury claim calculator to help assess the value of your claim. However, each claim is based on individual factors and circumstances related to your claim. Therefore, the figure it gives might not be accurate.
Firstly, however, your claim will include general damages. This is compensation for your pain and suffering.
Legal professionals may use the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) when assigning value to injuries. This is a document that includes guideline compensation brackets for a number of different ways that you could be harmed. It comes from Judiciary UK.
In the table below, we’ve included examples from the 16th edition. It should be used for illustrative purposes only; these figures may not represent what this head of your claim is worth.
Judicial College Guidelines
| Injury | Notes | Potential Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Chest injuries (c) | Some continued disability from damage to the chest or lungs. | £31,310 to £54,830 |
| Less severe facial scarring | Significant psychological reaction to substantial disfigurement. | £17,960 to £48,420 |
| Severe shoulder injuries | Significant disability from brachial plexus damage. | £19,200 to £48,030 |
| Less severe elbow injuries | Function impairments without serious disability. | £15,650 to £32,010 |
| Moderate ankle injuries | Less serious disabilities, such as standing or walking difficulties from fractures of ligament tears. | £13,740 to £26,590 |
| Nose or nasal complex fractures (i) | Permanent airway damage, breathing difficulties and/or tear duct and nerve damage or facial deformity from serious or multiple fractures requiring surgery. | £10,640 to £23,130 |
| Serious toe injuries | Serious great toe injuries or multiple fractures to two or more toes. | £9,600 to £13,740 |
| Moderate neck injuries (iii) | Acceleration or exacerbation of pre-existing neck problems or soft tissue injuries with protracted recovery time and future vulnerability. | £7,890 to £13,740 |
| Minor head injury | There may be some minimal brain damage, continuing symptoms and headaches which could impact award amount. | £2,210 to £12,770 |
| MInor back injury (i) | Full recovery without surgery within 2-5 years. | £7,890 to £12,510 |
Settlements for these kinds of claims can also include special damages. This second head allows for claimants to be reimbursed for expenses related to their injury. However, costs must be proven, such as with payslips or receipts.
You might be able to recover:
- Medical expenses, such as physiotherapy.
- Lost income.
- Repairs or replacements of property damaged in the accident that caused your injuries.
Call our advisors for examples of what you could claim under special damages as well as a free estimation of your claim.
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Our advisors can answer your questions about No Win No Fee solicitors for Scotland. If your claim seems like it might be eligible, they could put you in touch with our panel of solicitors. To get in touch:
- Use the number at the top of the screen.
- Use the live chat.
- Alternatively, start your claim online.
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