You have been involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) and have suffered injuries as a result of the same. What do you do next? Seek medical attention and the legal advice of an accident injury solicitor. Here’s why this may be set to change as of 2020. 

 

Making a claim for personal injury can be, in some cases, a complicated and lengthy process, if in the wrong hands. MG Legal’s team of accident injury solicitors specialise in such matters and would always recommend obtaining the advice of a solicitor when pursuing a claim. Our team are on hand to provide out of hours appointments and home visits to assist with such matters. 

There are a range of different hazards to be aware of on the roads in order to keep yourself, and other road users, safe. Your Lancaster law firm come across accidents that have occurred on the roads on a daily basis, known as RTAs – Road Traffic Accidents - and have expert road accident solicitors to assist with such matters. 

In a world where social media filters are used on a daily basis to hide how we really look, and HD TV shows all our wrinkles and defects, many of us don’t feel too comfortable out there in the real world, and we decided to have a nip or a tuck, botox fillers, or even dental braces, to give us the perfect smile. 

In any sport, from boxing to ballet and beyond, there’s always the chance that any one of us, can, and will be injured. 

 

According to a recent survey, the most common sporting injuries are, in no particular order: shin splints, sciatica, pulled hamstring, torn cruciate ligament, concussion, and the good old-fashioned groin pull. And yet it may not always be the person partaking in the sport that gets injured, MG Legal, accident injury solicitors in Lancaster, have also successfully helped those just spectating, receive an award of compensation, too! 

Apparently, the passing of the Civil Liability Bill will stop insurance fraud arising from road traffic accidents. Aviva, insurers of 1 in 4 motor vehicles in the UK, will say that last year, 2017, it detected £59 million pounds worth of fraudulent injury claims (the writer is unsure if this sum relates also to vehicle damages, credit hire, and solicitors’ costs, arising out of the road traffic accident claims). Aviva, obviously jubilant in the knowledge that the Civil Liability Bill has passed though the Commons, and the Lords, will say that they are presently investigating more than 17,000.00 road traffic accident claims they believe to be fraudulent, and that motor insurance accounts for 60% of all fraud detected by their offices. 

Let’s tell it exactly as it is- representing yourself in court, or when drafting legal documentation, is not a good idea. The rules (Civil Procedure Rules 1998, as we are talking about road traffic accident solicitors, in this instance) are not ‘watered down; for the general public, and there is no special dispensation afforded by the courts to those injured in road traffic accidents who do not have the means to instruct a solicitor dealing in road traffic accidents. And yet, despite the obvious pressures put upon the court system (trust us when we say, it’s already busy, and complicated enough), and the lack of parity for those representing themselves, the Civil Liability Bill is coming to a legal system near you in April 2020. 

We’ve all heard it. Whether it’s down the local, or in some less highbrow magazine.. ‘some bloke from Timbuctoo received a trillion quid for his personal injury settlement, when he lost a fingernail at work’… 

 

But did he, and are these stories all part of the urban myths that have a habit of frequenting the quarters of the less-sober of us…? 

When one thinks of personal injury, you’d be forgiven for thinking of road traffic accident solicitors, accident claim solicitors, accident injury solicitors, and personal injury solicitors Preston, but not teachers being injured by unruly pupils in the classroom. 

When people are injured, and it’s somebody else’s fault, then the first cause of action, other than seeking medical assistance, is to go and see your personal injury solicitors Preston. You see, being injured may just be the start of your problems.. imagine you’ve suffered an injury that affects the rest of your working life; or if you are injured, and can go back to work, it may be that you’re not in a position to do your previous job as well, or may be subject to disadvantage on the open labour market, if at any time you decide to leave your job, or are forced to do so in the increasingly volatile and changing world of employment.