• Do you need Legal Advice for a Job Accident?

If you have had an accident at work that was not your fault, it is always worth getting job accident legal advice. Your employer has a legal duty to keep you safe at work, and if they have breached that duty and you have been injured as a result, you could be entitled to compensation.

Health and Safety rules are important, and by making a claim you are both securing your financial future and enforcing the importance of safety at work. So how do you go about getting job accident legal advice, and what is the process involved?

Get an assessment of your claim

The first step will only take you a couple of minutes. By filling in Maximum Compensation’s online form or telephoning the free claims helpline, you will be able to get a free assessment of your claim for work injury compensation within 24 hours. The 100% Compensation team review the information you have submitted, and telephone you back to let you know what chance of success your claim stands.

Collect information

If you do decide to continue the claim, the next part of getting job accident legal advice is for your legal team to start to collect all the information necessary for the case to proceed. This may include statements and medical reports, depending on how much evidence you already have available.  

When all the information has been collated, your legal team will advise you on what will happen next in the proceedings and amount of compensation you are likely to receive.

Start the claim

The protocol for job accident legal advice insists that your lawyers make contact with the lawyers (or insurers) acting for the other party and let them know that you intend to claim. Often, this will trigger an offer of a settlement from your employer (or former employer, as the case may be). If it is a clear cut case of responsibility that the employer and their insurers accept that they would lose in court, they often admit liability and move on to the question of how much you are entitled to for damages.

Assessing damages

There is a standard accepted tariff for the amount of compensation that certain injuries attract. This figure is a starting point to compensate you for the pain and suffering that you have endured, but you may also be advised that you can claim for loss of earnings and other expenses. The job accident legal advice you received at the beginning of the process should have outlined whether this was possible.

The award or settlement

Whether your compensation came from an award in court or an agreed settlement, the next step is to bank your cheque. Some legal advisors levy a success fee from this amount, but Maximum Compensation insist that their clients keep all of the money that is due to them. Our fees are recovered directly from the person who was responsible for your accident.

Are you looking for job accident legal advice? Maximum Compensation can provide the whole claims service free of charge. Our fees are recovered from the other party if you win. Call today to find out more.

1. Fill in the 2 minute 'Free Online Claim Assessment Form'
2. Contact us on any of the following numbers: 08707 02 02 02 or 0800 292 2182
3. Email us at accidenthelp@100percent-compensation.co.uk or
4. Fill in the call back form and we shall call you back at your convenience.

Please note the service we provide is confidential and it won't even cost you for trying.

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"I'm very pleased with 100% Compenstation, everything is going along smoothly and I've been treated very well. Everything has been made easy and the solicitor was very nice and understanding."

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