Monday, September 20th, 2010 at
8:49 am
My son was knocked down and broke his leg in July 2007 and the solicitor took on the case in october 2007. They have all medical records, results from a medical examination in November 2009 and police reports etc. the last written correspondence i got was October 2009 and subsequent phone calls from myself usually result in the secretary saying someone will get back to me or as in the last call in February this year I was told the barrister was very busy at the moment! this is the first time ive done anything like this so i have no idea if this is normal?
I am in the U.K. so other countries may differ.
Well the guy who hit my son was covered by Zurich……
Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at
5:43 pm
There was a meeting of the barristers ordered by the judge,but nothing came of it.Now my solicitor says the senior barrister is getting involved along with the junior barrister.
Is it in the senior barristers interest to get it settled before trial and has he a better chance of doing so????
Thanks for any information reguarding this.
it a personal injury case in the uk
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at
3:48 am
Hi all just pondering a thought.
A friend of mine was hit by a car in January of this year. His leg was broken quite severely and required a few operations, pins and a metal cage to repair it (forgive my lack of medical knowledge) His total recovery time was approx 3 – 6 months. He is now fully mobile but is restricted from certain activities due to the weakness in his leg.
What I want to know is how much personal injury compensation he is likely to get??? He is banding around figures of £250,000 but I am skeptical for a number of reasons.
1) The Judicial Board Studies Guidelines quotes £22,650 for a serious broken leg.
2) He has never been employed since leaving school 6 years ago so cannot claim loss of earnings.
3) He is a well known bull shitter.
4) He was messing around on a car park with a load of idiot boy racers at the time of the accident.
5) A friend who had a similar serious break AT WORK on his arm received only around £30,000.
So I guess I want everyones opinion, do you think he could get £250,000??? He has never been employed, is fully healed except for some possible future weakness in the leg. His Barrister is trying to claim it was his intention to join the Armed Forces and claim loss of potential earnings that way……even though this is complete crap because has done nothing with his life except sit on his backside at home smoking and claiming benefits in the 6 years since leaving school. He never enlisted in the forces or attended a single interview. His interest stopped at getting some brochures from the Army Careers office a few years back.
As we all joke his greatest achievment in life has been to get run over……..What do you all think??
Monday, June 28th, 2010 at
9:11 pm
Hi
From my research,people have been going to the high court on the morning of there case and they had to fill there barrister of any on-going treatments and there current health!!
Should the solicitor not keep there barrister up-dated or is this the way they operate?????
Thanks for any info…
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at
9:25 am
I have a Personal injury claim that has been ongoing for nearly 3 years and we are now in a position to instruct a barrister. After an initial offer to settle by the insurers, which I was advised to reject, we have heared nothing. As of yet no one has admitted liability.
My question is at what stage (if any) will people start to talk and move to a settlement? and then if they cannot reach an agreement how long will it take to go to court?
Friday, March 19th, 2010 at
3:59 am
To cut a long story short, I suffered serious multiple injuries in a car accident 16 months ago & while treatment is still ongoing I do have a definite prognosis for the ‘outcome’ of my injuries from my consulting surgeon so there is no question over the long term effects of my injuries.
However, my solicitors seem to be very reluctant to get things moving with the claim and despite continued ‘pestering’ from myself they still have not obtained the medical reports from my surgeon or physiotherapy department in order that they can obtain the required "Independent" medical report in order to process my claim & seem very laxed about even trying to get them.
This leads me to believe that whatever the delay in their action is, it is purely for their own financial benefit & not mine and when I questioned them today I was told "it will take a long time to obtain all the medical documents" and they need to get a barrister involved. Yet when I telephoned the treating hospital today they told me copies of everything can be obtained within 30 days.Bearing in mind I have been asking them politely since November to ask for these copy reports & they are apparently ‘Still sorting things out’ ………..
My question therefore is (A) As a client of theirs (And therefore they are working for me, not the other way round), am I entitled to demand that they move quicker to resolve the case and (B) Why does a Barrister have to be involved? The other party admitted full liability straight away so there is no question of apportioning blame – The other driver was on the wrong side of the road and hit me head on at 60m.p.h!!) and the surgeon has already given me a long term prognosis of future treatment (There is no chance of full recovery due to the severity of injury to one limb).
Are my Solicitors just ‘stringing me along’?
**This is a U.K case
Friday, March 12th, 2010 at
8:38 pm
In these types of cases does the barrister not see up to date medical reports?
What does it mean when the solicitor says the case is ready for listing?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at
6:50 am
My mate has a claim in for an injury which occurred a few years ago,he has a good solicitor/barrister on the case from day one.
They have lodged a claim for £300.000.00.+.
This is mainly made up of future suffering and loss of earnings.
Will the insurance company let a case go to court or settle out of court?
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