The Cost of a Clinical Negligence Claim?
All 1stClaims solicitors will offer you a FREE, NO OBLIGATION one hour interview to discuss your claim. In certain circumstances our solicitor will travel to your home address to see you. At this initial appointment your 1stClaims solicitor will discuss the options available to fund your case which can include any of the following methods:
- Legal expense insurance
- Trade union assistance
- Legal Aid
- No win no fee agreement
- Private payment
Initial Contact With A Solicitor
Initial contact with our solicitors is completely free of charge. They will explore all funding options available for you (see below) and advise you whether they can help you with your claim, and if so, how your claim can be funded. You can then decide if you would like to proceed or not (and will have incurred no expense up to that point).
Legal expense insurance
Household contents insurance policies often provide legal expense insurance cover for taking action in claims for clinical negligence. Your 1stClaims solicitor will consider your policy documentation and assess whether this will be a possibility.
Trade union assistance
If you or your partner is a member a trade union, this sometimes entitles you to qualify for legal assistance for a clinical negligence claim. Your 1stClaims solicitor will consider this for you.
Legal Aid
All 1stClaims solicitors are approved by the Legal Services Commission to undertake work on a legally aided basis if you meet the assessment criteria in terms of your financial position and the merits of the claim. Your 1stClaims solicitor will discuss with you the legal services requirements and if you meet the criteria will complete the appropriate forms on your behalf to make an application for legal aid. If the claim is on behalf of a child they will normally receive legal aid as only the child's income and assets are taken into consideration.
No win no fee agreement
If none of the above funding options are appropriate your 1stClaims solicitor will discuss with you whether your claim could be pursued through a conditional fee agreement. This is an agreement whereby if you win your claim you receive 100% of your compensation but there are no charges if you don't. In these cases you may be asked to make a contribution towards the costs and disbursements. However, at the point that you are offered a No Win No Fee Agreement you can then decide whether to proceed or not.
Private Payment
If none of these funding options are available you can decide to pay privately for your advice.
Can We Help You?
We understand that if you are on our website you may well be confused: confused about the treatment you have received (or lack of it) and confused about your options. This is why we offer you a free, no obligation discussion with one of our medical negligence solicitors. Simply call us on 0800 2888 693 or complete our Medical Negligence enquiry form to be advised of your options.
Remember, all initial enquiries are completely free of charge and we will investigate all funding options for you.
We are here to help you from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday,
8.30am to 6pm on Saturday and 9am to 6pm on Sundays.
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“My reason for contacting you was to help me find a solicitor to deal with a medical negligence claim. My previous solicitor no longer does this kind of work. I can thoroughly recommend the services that 1st Claims offer for anybody who is seeking advice regarding medical negligence. The lady who took my details was very efficient and polite. Within hours I was phoned by a solicitor who you had recommended, and matters are now proceeding in a satisfactory way.
Before contacting you, I was apprehensive that I was not going to find anybody who would be able to help me in this specialised field. The benefits of your service are the fast response, followup and a good understanding of what is required.
I have complete confidence in recommending your excellent service. I am actually a retired doctor and can understand whether the people with whom I am dealing have a clear knowledge of what is required. Before I rang 1st Claims, i contacted a marketing agency and was told:-
1. That as my claim was so old, it was time barred.
2. they were unable to help as I had already been to another solicitor.
Both the reasons that I was given are completely wrong.
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