NotYouAgain Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 If you have a case go direct to a Solicitor, the right Solicitor or legal firm can help you a great deal. Avoid if you can the No Win - No Fee Conmen who are out there: The reason being that Insurance Companies pay them less to settle a case than they would pay a well regulated firm of Solicitors. Meaning insurance company Assessors have different payment rates for 'who handles your claim'. They know that the NO WIN - NO FEE firm are only interested in getting paid out and you [the client] can in effect 'go-to-hell/ YOUR interests are secondary to them. If you do go down this route of engaging an no win-no fee firm, then read and take into account in their contract the all important small print paragraph that says in effect: "If we advise you to sette your claim, and you do not take our advice, then you must pay us our fees and we'll drop out of the case? They know you won't want to do this - and to avoid paying them you'll settle and so they'll get paid fairly quickly. You didn't by any chance think they'd fight your case to the bitter end for you did you? A case worth lets say £45000-00, will only get an offer of £15000-00 plus legal fees and costs if you engage one of these firms???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Solicitors don't make that decision, their clients do. Insurers don't pay out if they think they will win a case. Settling is just that. The clue is in the phrase "settlement". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dink Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 If they get a percentage of the claim, im sure they will fight to the end, and some companies do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlicbread Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 i currently have a claim ongoing and they are fighting it, the other insurers offered XXX amount and they said it was too low so are now taking it to court to get more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 If they get a percentage of the claim, im sure they will fight to the end, and some companies do this. No solicitor does. We don't have contingency fees in the UK. THe only relationship between damages and costs was in RTA claims, but that changed as of today, with the new reforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 When by mother got knocked down the police advised us not to use no win no fee ambulance chases and to contact a “real “ solicitor, read into that what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dink Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 When by mother got knocked down the police advised us not to use no win no fee ambulance chases and to contact a “real “ solicitor, read into that what you will. Police advised you to claim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Police advised you to claim Why is that shocking. They didn’t suggest it directly but when I mentioned it they offered the advice I quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYouAgain Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 I suffered damaged hearing in an explosion caused by faulty equipment, Health and Safety Engineers blamed the firm and their impartial report was the basis of my claim, liability was admitted, thanks to the internet I was able to rate my correct award at £48500, this sum was based on my age and measurable hearing loss, my No Win - No Fee Solicitor accepted £14500.00, he / they got maybe £5000 fees, so the total insurance payout was in the region of £20 000. The Insurance Company must love No Win - No Fee Claim handlers. Its worth adding that in America I would have got maybe £200 000, it needs to be made public that British Insurance Awards are still a pitance. An American lady got scalded in the USA, she spilt a cup of coffee she'd purchased over herself in an Mc Donalds - she claimed it was too hot, and was awarded $12 MILLION dollars. In the UK the word Insurance Company should be read as Rogues in Pin Striped Suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 An American lady got scalded in the USA, she spilt a cup of coffee she'd purchased over herself in an Mc Donalds - she claimed it was too hot, and was awarded $12 MILLION dollars. In the UK the word Insurance Company should be read as Rogues in Pin Striped Suits. Thankfully we haven’t got as bad as the Americans but there is time yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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