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Dumfries Personal Injury Solicitors – No Win No Fee Claims

Last updated 23rd October 2024. Learn how personal injury solicitors for Dumfries could help you with claiming compensation.

Within this guide, you should be able to find all of the information you need, to begin understanding how the process of making an accident claim works. We will cover key concepts such as eligibility and liability, as well as some of the most common types of claims in more detail. This is in the last part of the guide, and explains why we feel this service is the simplest and most effective way for Dumfries residents to have their claim processed.

If you have any questions when you reach the end of this guide, or you simply want to proceed with your claim straight away, speak to one of the Legal Expert team on 0800 073 8804 who will be ready and waiting to help you.

An injured woman in a neck brace and arm cast talking to a personal injury solicitor.

How Our Personal Injury Solicitors For Dumfries Could Help You

Legal Expert is a specialised team of accident and injury solicitors. We focus completely on personal injury cases, and have proven time and time again we have what it takes to secure significant compensation settlements on behalf of our clients.

We operate in a fully transparent manner, and are always available to answer any questions you have about your claim, and to keep you updated on what we have been doing for you. We won’t use legal jargon to confuse you; we explain everything in simple terms. We always aim to get you’re the maximum level of compensation we can, but won’t do anything that could put your ability to make a claim at risk. If you would like to know more about how we can help you get the compensation you are entitled to, please give us a call on the number at the bottom of this guide.

Contact our team today to find out if you could work with our solicitors for Dumfries and Galloway based claims.

Check Your Eligibility To Make A Compensation Claim

To be eligible to connect with our personal injury solicitors for Dumfries, you must show that you have suffered negligence. Negligence is when you suffer an injury because a responsible third party breached their duty of care.

Depending on where you are, there are multiple third parties that can owe you a duty of care:

  • At work, your employer owes you a duty of care under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. This means that they must take reasonable steps to ensure your safety in the workplace.
  • In public, occupiers owe you a duty of care under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This means that anyone who controls a public space must take steps to ensure the reasonable safety of those who lawfully visit their space.
  • On the road, all road users owe one another a duty of care to use the roads safely to avoid causing an accident. This also means that all road users must follow the rules in The Highway Code and The Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure each other are safe.

As such, here is the personal injury claims eligibility criteria:

  1. You were owed a duty of care by either an employer, occupier, or road user.
  2. The third party breached their duty of care.
  3. You were injured as a result of this breach.

If you can prove each of the above criteria, then contact us today. You may be able to connect with one of our No Win No Fee solicitors for Dumfries.

Do I Need To Use Personal Injury Solicitors In Dumfries?

Many people wrongly think that they must use a local legal firm to process their accident claim. This is simply not the case. You can use a local firm if you wish, but there is no legal requirement to do so.

With this in mind, you need to ask yourself the questions, is my local solicitor the most suitable for the task? If your local legal firm happens to be a personal injury specialist, you are in luck. But if they are not, then you are probably going to be better off looking further afield.

For example, here at Legal Expert, we focus solely on injury and accident claims. We operate on a national level, and can assist people in Dumfries to make their claim. We can also arrange for you to have a free local medical examination, if one is needed to support your claim. Call us on the number at the bottom of this guide to learn more about how to claim.

How Could No Win No Fee Personal Injury Solicitors For Dumfries Help Me?

As already discussed, when you are pursuing a claim, you aren’t limited to working with solicitors in Dumfries and Galloway. Solicitors trained in Scottish law could support your personal injury claim. They may offer their services under the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018. This can mean they work on your claim under a Speculative Fee Agreement or Damages Based Agreement. These are types of No Win No Fee agreements.

When working with a No Win No Fee solicitor, they generally don’t charge fees for their services, if your claim fails. If your solicitor succeeds with your claim, they will take a success fee from your compensation. The law caps what percentage they can take as a success fee.

Our advisors are available 24/7 with free advice. They can check your eligibility to claim, and if it seems valid, you could be connected with a solicitor for Dumfries claims.

To talk to an advisor:

Helpful Resources And Contacts In Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway Divisional Headquarters

Cornwall Mount

Dumfries

DG1 1PZ

Tel: +44 1786 289070

Web: http://www.scotland.police.uk/

Opening hours: 24 hours.

Dumfries Sheriff Court

Buccleuch St

Dumfries

DG1 2AN

Tel: +44 1387 262334

Web: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/home

Opening hours: Weekdays only, 9am to 5pm.

Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary

A75

Cargenbridge

Dumfries

DG2 8RX

Tel: +44 1387 246246

Web: http://www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk/Dumfries_and_Galloway_NHS

Opening hours: 24 hours.

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