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Using a Personal Injury Calculator

For anyone that has suffered an accident at work there will likely be some interest in obtaining some fast compensation claim estimates for any such work injuries caused. When searching online for a personal injury calculators there will be a whole host of sites that has dedicated pages where visitors can quickly obtain injury claim estimates. There is usually two ways in which this information will be provided. The most sophisticated would be an interactive body that will have various clickable areas that will provide relevant compensation estimates. For example, if you click on the chest then you should see asbestos-related disease compensation amounts perhaps for mesothelioma. The second way in which this information will be presented would simply be a categorised list of injuries with compensation amounts attached.

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Posted by admin - February 16, 2012 at 1:21 am

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The Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme

We have already looked at Lexcel Accreditation that is awarded to solicitors that have earned the title for providing an exceptional service. Any such solicitor that has Lexcel Accreditation would receive to quote The Law Society: "Rigorous Independent Assessment Every Year" to maintain the high level of standards expected from earning such a title. This of course arises from The Law Society who represent solicitors in England and Wales. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales and this is part of The Law Society, although it operates separately from it. And so The Law Society is certainly the one name that every solicitor would wish to earn an Award from. Lexcel Accreditation is just one such Award though, with there also being an Accreditation Scheme that is split out between various areas of law.

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Posted by admin - December 2, 2011 at 3:02 am

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Hilary Meredith Solicitors Introduction

It is likely that you will have been introduced to Hilary Meredith Solicitors (Hilary Meredith Solicitors Ltd) via regular TV ad campaigns that have ran here in the UK. This legal firm that chooses to run through the HM Solicitors domain was put together by an experienced lawyer by the name (yes you guessed it) Hilary Meredith, back now in 2003. The one and only Hilary Meredith office is located in Wilmslow, Cheshire, and so it is actually quite local to my own region. Personal injury is certainly a major focus for this firm, with the majority of their team working these cases (accidents at work, road traffic accidents etc). It is worth noting though that Hilary Meredith Solicitors put considerable effort towards military accident claims and they are one of the primary names usually associated with any high profile case involving the Armed Forces.

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Posted by admin - November 12, 2011 at 4:24 am

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From the Accident to the Work Accident Claim Q&A

This posting contains 20 Q&As that address popular queries starting from the initial work accident, right through to the work accident claim. The aim has been to answer each question in the manner that you are the claimant who has suffered an accident at work. The earlier posting (The Work Accident Claim Process) walks you through the steps taken by a designated solicitor, but this posting today looks at steps taken before this time starting at the earliest point whereby the accident has recently took place. As noted, 20 popular queries have been added today that covers most of the bases, but if you do have any further questions then do ask them and I will add them below (although for more specific questions it may be better asking them to the experienced solicitor that takes on your personal injury claim case).

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Posted by admin - November 2, 2011 at 2:37 am

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Claims Direct Introduction

When watching some early morning TV today I spotted a Claims Direct TV ad and so thought an introduction should be made for them here. The first thing that I noticed was that there was no celebrity/recognisable face fronting their ad campaign and there was non of the common annoyances that you tend to see in a similar personal injury ads. When studying the background of Claims Direct I was highly impressed with this company. Claims Direct is a trading style of Russell Jones & Walker Solicitors. The Russell Jones and Walker Solicitors (RJW) are an established legal team of 400 employees, spread across 10 nationwide offices in the UK, with 80 years experience in the industry. To note the real mark of quality here, they have earned Lexcel Accreditation and have solicitors on the Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme.

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Posted by admin - October 18, 2011 at 1:04 am

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Fentons Solicitors Introduction

Fentons Solicitors (Fentons Solicitors LLP) is becoming an increasingly recognisable legal firm with frequent TV ad campaigns shown throughout the day. What differentiates Fentons to many other discussed firms here is that Fentons have the solicitors on board themselves; this is in fact a very large legal team that are each named within their "Our People" section. These personal injury solicitors cover many areas such as accidents at work, road traffic accidents, industrial disease claims, motorcycle accidents, holiday claims, military claims and so on. It is good to see that Fentons Solicitors have dedicated departments to specialist areas and so work accident claims are taken by experienced accident at work compensation claim solicitors. There is some useful information on their site such as for example in regards to their "Case Studies".

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Posted by admin - October 11, 2011 at 1:47 am

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Personal Injury Solicitors Liverpool

This is the first targeted solicitor posting focusing on personal injury solicitors in Liverpool. The city of Liverpool has been the first area covered as one of the leading legal firms in the UK is based in this area. Usually targeting personal injury Liverpool solicitors can be daunting with there being such a large number out there to choose from, but with considerable research being carried out here, I am confident that the best option has been sourced and introduced to you in this posting. Work accident compensation claims are the primary focus of this site, but accident at work solicitors wasn't the only focus today. The more broad "personal injury" has been covered that accounts for various other compensation claims from public liability claims to road traffic accident claims and so on. Moving to this personal injury solicitors Liverpool recommendation...

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Posted by admin - October 2, 2011 at 9:15 pm

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National Accident Helpline Introduction

National Accident Helpline is a personal injury specialist that certainly has a clear focus on this industry, running not just National Accident Helpline yet also the No Win No Fee Claims and Underdog sites. As I'm aware, the National Accident Helpline was formed back in 1993 and so they have valued experience. This personal injury specialist alike their competitors offer no win, no fee compensation claims that are provided by personal injury solicitors that are not addressed on their site, so no idea how many they have on call and just what quality measures are put in place. One point I must make that when I have researched them in the past I have been impressed with the content found on their site, which is very clear and informative. This is aided by a neat compensation claim calculator that gives you an estimation of the level of compensation that can be made for your personal injury claim.

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Posted by admin - September 30, 2011 at 1:43 am

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First 4 Lawyers Introduction

First 4 Lawyers who are more commonly address as First4Lawyers, are a popular legal company here in the UK. This is another brand that appears on our TV breaks on a regular basis with there current frontman being Andrew Castle. This company based in Huddersfield looks to cover most personal injury cases, with the categories listed on their site "Road traffic accident, Accident at work, Slip, trip or fall, faulty product" and there are various others listed in their "More" section. No win, no fee compensation claims with 100% of the compensation paid out are dealt with at First 4 Lawyers. This isn't a specific lawyer/solicitor firm though, as it states that they forward applications on to recommended specialised solicitors, although they don't go into great details about just who will be taking on the compensation claim.

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Posted by admin - September 27, 2011 at 1:06 am

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Injury Lawyers 4 U Introduction

Injury Lawyers 4 U are a highly recognisable legal brand in the UK that can be found appearing on our TV ad breaks on a regular basis. These ads are headed by Billy Murray who is well known for his role as Don Beech in ITV's The Bill. Injury Lawyers 4 U are also addressed as InjuryLawyers4U, Injury Lawyers 4U and Injury Lawyers for You. If you have seen their adverts, you will be aware that one of their headlines is that they provide a 100% no win, no fee service. They have a national network of lawyers that specialise in personal injury cases. Interestingly, I read up that around 60 or so personal injury solicitor firms contribute financially to the Injury Lawyers 4 U marketing budget. As far as I'm aware, when a call/email comes through it will be the next firm on the list that takes on that enquiry/lead (not sure if this is ran by turn or by location).

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Posted by admin - September 14, 2011 at 4:55 am

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