PERSONAL INJURY & ACCIDENT COMPENSATION

The expression no-win, no-fee in personal injury compensation claims is slightly confusing in that it suggests that if you win, then you have to pay something from your compensation. In law, the cost follow the event. This means that the loser has to pay the costs of the winner. This means that if you win your personal injury compensation claim, then the loser, most commonly an insurance company, will...

When you persue a personal injury compensation claim, you are entitled to 100% recovery. In simple terms, you do not have to pay anything to start the claim of the claim, nor do you have to pay anything at the end of the compensation case. There are two exceptions to this rule and they are: when you pursue an MIB untraced driver claim and when you persue a criminal injury claim. In these two cases,...

In law there are two standards of proof. They are often referred to as the burden of proof.  In crime, the proof is beyond reasonable doubt. In civil law, which includes personal injury law, the standard of proof is a lesser one. It is on the balance of probabilities. A simple way to explain the two is as follows. If you saw a man in the street wearing a Manchester United shirt, it would be reasonable...