Personal injury compensation claim advice from leading UK personal injury solicitor

Claiming compensation for a personal injury can be a daunting prospect. We have helped more than 100,000 people claim compensation in excess of £10 million per annum following accidents that were not their fault. We are one of the UK's leading personal injury solicitors and have developed our service to make it as straightforward as possible for everyone to claim personal injury compensation. Our staff deal with a multitude of type and severity of injury claims and their experience is key to our success as a leading organisation in this field. We aim to take the stress and mystique out of claiming compensation. Our team is committed to achieving the best possible result for you, whilst also dealing with your claim in a compassionate and understanding way.

We have developed our service to make the process of claiming personal injury compensation as straight forward as possible.

This is what you can expect when you contact JMW personal injury solicitors:

1. Your initial call or email will be received by a member of our claims team. They will be able to answer any questions you have about our service and assess the circumstances of your injury and advise the likelihood of having a successful claim for personal injury compensation. To help us to do this, you will be asked to provide information regarding the accident, your injury and who you believe is responsible.

2. If your injury is of a severe or sensitive nature we are happy for one of our experienced personal injury staff to visit you at home or hospital to discuss your injury and answer any questions.

3. Should we feel you have a valid case and you would like us to help you to pursue a personal injury claim, a member of our personal injury team will be appointed to start to put together evidence to support your claim. They are responsible for obtaining all the information we need to put your claim together as quickly as possible. This may include witness statements, medical reports, police reports and engineer's reports, which will be used as evidence to support your claim. We will also send a 'Letter of Claim' to the other person (or their insurance company) giving notice that you intend to pursue a claim against them for damages caused by their negligence. We will ask you to keep a personal injury diary as a record of your recovery to show how your injury or illness has affected your everyday life. We will then keep you informed every four weeks on how your claim is progressing.

4. Treatment and rehabilitation is central to JMW personal injury policy. Over the years we have helped a number of clients effectively rebuild lives that have been shattered by a devastating injury, with the help of rehabilitation services. Depending upon your injury, this could include some of the following: medical attention, pain relief, physical therapies (e.g. physiotherapy), surgery, retraining and counselling. We have access to the very best providers of rehabilitation services including assistive technology, physical aids, events and rehabilitation services.

5. Once all the information required to support your claim has been gathered, your claim will be passed to a different member of our personal injury team. They are responsible for securing the best possible amount of compensation for you. They will put together a 'Schedule of Loss and Damages', which details all the financial losses (heads of claim) that are being claimed for.

• Pain, suffering and loss of amenity
  
  
• Loss of earning/overtime
  
  
• Cost of medication/prescriptions

This will be sent to the other side, prior to entering into negotiations to settle the claim..

6. Our priority is to ensure the best possible compensation for our clients and early settlements aren't necessarily advisable. Whilst the majority of our cases are settled out of court, in some cases it may be necessary to issue Court proceedings. If agreement can't be reached it may be necessary to pursue your claim to trial. This may happen in cases where there is a dispute on liability or a likely high compensation award.

At JMW our personal injury solicitors are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and are active supporters of charities and government bodies that aid the victims of accidents such as Headway and Brake. We are also members of the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel - which means we have met the Law Society's rigorous standards.

Choosing a solicitor to fight your compensation claim is a very important decision. For free, confidential advice without obligation call us on 0808 144 0043 or complete our free claim assessment opposite.