Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer
If you have suffered a personal injury and wish to seek compensation for damages, it’s highly advisable that you retain professional help. The legal process in the UK has a history going back hundreds of years and as a result, the rules have become very convoluted. Navigating the legal process yourself, without specialist knowledge, can get your case thrown out of court, leaving you with nothing but your injury.
In the UK there is an organisation known as the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), which is a not-for-profit association of professionals dealing specifically with personal injury law. This association of professionals, academics, barristers and solicitors deals with all types of personal injury issues, from car accident claims to industrial accident claims and everything in between.
Membership in APIL means the professional you deal with has been accredited as being competent in a specific field or fields of personal injury law. If a lawyer (Senior Litigator level and upward) is APIL accredited, it means he or she has at least five years’ experience in his or her area of specialisation. APIL membership also means that the member has agreed for follow a consumer charter and code of conduct and be bound by APIL’s rules and guidelines.
Many APIL lawyers and solicitors also offer the no win no fee payment scheme. A no win no fee solicitor agrees to handle your case and defer payment of his or her legal charges until the case is decided and then only if he or she wins the case for you. While there are other fees to be paid along the way such as fees to obtain evidence or to pay an expert witness, no win no fee lawyers open the legal door to thousands of UK residents who otherwise could not afford to pursue their cases.
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