When you initially contact us, you will speak to Robert Sardo or one of his team. You will always speak to a qualified personal injury lawyer, not a legal adviser at a call centre.
Robert, who heads up the team, has over 20 years’ experience and has Senior Litigator Approved Status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is an Approved Member of the Law Society’s Specialist Personal Injury Panel. Detailed below is how the process of a claim usually progresses.
First interview
This is completely free and enables us to find out the exact circumstances of how your injury occurred, the nature of the injury and the effect it has had on you mentally, financially and socially.
From this information, we are then in the best possible position to judge the merits of your case and provide the best advice. There is no obligation to use our services.
Second interview
If it is decided to proceed with the claim, we will explain the whole process to you and we can agree the method of funding.
You will need to bring with you your identity documents, e.g. passport, together with any documents/records you have about your accident.
Permission may also be required for us to write to your doctor and any hospital you have attended to obtain your medical history.
Rehabilitation
Apart from striving for the maximum compensation, we will be actively pursuing the defendant to fund additional medical treatment to enable you to get back to full health as quickly as possible. As a local solicitor we will be familiar with local services such as Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, etc.
Presenting your case
We now prepare your case and present it to the defendants who have a set period of time to consider the claim.
If they accept responsibility, we obtain and present to them expert medical evidence about your injuries.
At this point an offer of compensation is made and we will advise you as to whether or not we believe the amount to be a fair offer. If the offer is accepted, we arrange all the paperwork and a cheque is sent to you.
If we believe it is an unfair offer and you have grounds for a better award, we’ll negotiate for you to have the amount increased.
Only if the defendants won’t make a realistic offer or accept responsibility for your accident, do we use Court proceedings