Just wondering if any of the regular readers here have any experience or advice about using a solicitor. It’s not something which I had really considered before, being a typical law biding soul.
However I had an accident recently (although a friend suggested not referring to it as an accident as this can imply that nobody was at fault) which has left me with a broken ankle, this in turn has stopped me doing my job as I drive most of the time. However my boss has said that the company can’t afford top pay me for all this time off. It could be up to 12 weeks before I can drive again according to the hospital, and even then, they said I wouldn’t be able to drive all day every day for even longer.
As you probably understand this leaves me in a somewhat difficult situation, as if work will not pay me, I certainly can’t afford to live on benefits and I doubt very much that they would pay my mortgage for me anyway, which just leaves the option of getting some legal help to sue the council, not something I would ordinarily consider, however this whole situation has left me rather skint.
The accident happened because I was walking back to my car carying a rather large heavy item which did obscure my vision somewhat, as I walked on a footpath there was a big chunk of the paving slab missing, my foot went in, my ankle rolled over and hey presto, broken ankle. Just to rub salt into the wound, I also got a parking ticket for overstaying at the car park too before a friend could get down there to move it for me.
So I’ve heard all about these no win no fee solicitors, even more so now after having a few days at home in front of daytime tv, but are they any good? Some are specialist personal injury lawyers, some clinical negligence and some seem to cover everything. Could I just walk into my local solicitors in swindon and ask them? And, probably most importantly are there really no fees at all? I can imagine there is some loophole where they can charge some legal fees, or do they just claim their court costs from the other party? These are all the things I am trying to understand before I launch right into it.
