Our aim is to give you clear and honest advice as to whether you are entitled to compensation as a result of an injury you have received due to the negligence of another party. Whether your injury is from an accident while on Holiday, Slip and Fall, Injured at work or road traffic accident but to name a few, we would be more than delighted to take your case for you. At Lalloo & Company, we have many connections within the Insurance Industry, and therefore we can offer you clear and precise advice as to how best to deal with your case.
The Claims Process made simple:
First Contact:
Once you make contact with Lalloo & Co Solicitors, we will arrange for you to meet with an experience Solicitor in Personal Injury Law at a time that suits you.
On meeting with
you we will take a detailed note of the circumstances of your accident, and the
circumstances in which your were caused to be injured. Once we have had a full
consultation with you we will able to advise in relation to Liability (i.e. who
do we think is at fault for the accident, and the likelihood of success on your
part), Tactics (i.e. the best way to deal with your case) and Quantum (the
estimated amount in compensation that you will be entitled for damages due to
the injury sustained).
We will discuss
such as issues and the Statute of Limitations (i.e. are you within the legal
timeframe to take your action) and advise in relation to this.
Once the above is
discussed a, Form A (Injuries Board Application Form) will then be completed
with the assistance of a Solicitor.
We will then take
up a medical report on your behalf from your GP or Hospital, and this is to
hand, we will be in a position to send your application with the medical report
and required fee to the injuries board.
Injuries Board
Stage
The first step in any Personal Injury claim is that to the Injuries Board. The
board is an independent body that is set up to assess claims where liability is
admitted only. Where an award is made, we will also advise on Quantum (i.e.
examination of the award and weather the award made is sufficient compensation
for your loss).
If the award is
sufficient then the award is accepted. If not sufficient, then the award is
rejected and an Authorisation will issue entitling you to issue proceedings as
against the Defendant.
That is were there
is no dispute as to who caused the accident. These cases are called Assessment
of Damages cases, and the board will make an award within its statutory time
limit.
Where Liability is denied by a Defendant
This occurs where the Defendant (the person you are claiming from) denies that
they/there servants or agents are the cause of your injury. Once the injuries
board received correspondence from the Defendant stating that they do not
Consent to the Assessment, then the Injuries Board will issue what is called an
Authorisation under Section 14 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Act 2003.
Once this is received the Statute of Limitations will start to run again after
6 months from the date of the authorisation.
It is important
then to proceed with the matter and this is done by way of proceedings.
Issuing
Proceedings
Once we have
received an authorisation on your behalf, we will then be in a position to
draft the legal proceedings and have them issued in the appropriate
jurisdiction. Once they are issued, they will be served on the Defendant and
the legal process will proceed.
There are numerous
steps to be taken during this process, and we will make sure that your case is
dealt with pro-actively and efficiently keeping you up to date on all progress
that is made.
We have extensive
knowledge of the Personal Injury Process, at both Injuries Board level and at
Legal Proceedings stage. We will make sure that you are provided with Counsel
that are competent and have the experience that is required for your case, and
we will also make sure that you are provided with expert witnesses (such as
motor engineers, surveyors etc) that are very well respected in the industry
should they be needed.
Settlement Meeting/Tenders or Lodgements
At such times, the Defendant may invite the Plaintiff (the person taking the
action) to a settlement meeting. This is where the Defendant will try and
settle you case, even where liability is unclear. i.e. they may offer 50% of
the value of the injury because they are of the opinion that the cause of the
injury should be split. We will advise you in relation to such meeting and
offers as they occur.
In the case of a Tender/Lodgement, this is where the Defendant will put a sum
of money to the Plaintiff by way of a formal document. The Plaintiff can then
decide, after our advise if given, as to weather they accept this formal or
not. In cases of a minor, the Judge will make a decision as to weather the
offer is acceptable or not. Should the Tender not be accepted then the case
will proceed as normal and it will go to Trial. There are costs issues in
relation to these formal offers, and we will advise of same should this apply
to your case.
To make matter easy in these busy times, we can provide a service that you can
complete online to enable us to act on your behalf and seek the relevant
compensation. This is only a starting point and of course as we will need to
meet at an early stage of the process.
We aim to eliminate as much stress as possible for you, as we know that taking
a case can be quite stressful for some people.
We can provide legal advise on the following non-exhaustive areas of personal
injury:
Please request a call back if you wish to discuss your accident and book a consultation
for free.
Personal Injury Claims
