By Mark Ainsdale. Last Updated 13th November 2024. Welcome to our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield guide. On this page, you will find a guide to choosing the best firm of personal injury solicitors to process a personal injury claim on your behalf. It contains everything you need to know about making a claim and covers some of the most common types of claims. You must be within the personal injury claim time limit of three years to make a claim. If you are, this guide should be useful to you.
How To Make Your Personal Injury Claim
In order to make a claim with one of our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield, you must have suffered negligence. Negligence is when you are injured because a duty of care was breached.
Here are some places where you are owed a duty of care:
- In public places – Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, anyone in control of a public space (an occupier) owes a duty of care to all lawful visitors of their space. This means that they must take steps to make sure that the public are reasonably safe on their premises.
- On the road – all road users owe each other a duty of care. This means that all road users must follow The Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988 to make sure that everyone is kept safe from injury.
- At work – Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, all employers owe their employees a duty of care. This means that they must take reasonable steps to make sure that their employees are kept safe from injury while working.
Below is the personal injury claims eligibility criteria:
- An occupier, road user, or employer owed you a duty of care.
- They breached their duty.
- You were injured from this.
So, if each of the above has happened to you in Sheffield, please contact us today. By chatting with one of our advisors, they may be able to connect you with one of our No Win No Fee solicitors for Sheffield.
Choosing The Best No Win No Fee Solicitor Can Be Critical To Your Claim
To have the maximum possibility of having a successful outcome to your claim, you need to find the best personal injury lawyer to process your claim for you. All legal firms are not the same. Some of them only focus on specific types of cases or areas of the law. Others only offer legal services such as conveyancing. What you need is a specialist legal firm that deals with No Win No Fee accident claims. Legal Expert is such a legal firm. We process hundreds of accident claims every year and offer our claims service to people across the UK. Therefore, you would greatly benefit from working with our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield.
Does The Location Of A Solicitor Matter?
It might seem logical to you to use a local Sheffield solicitor to process your claim, as it will be easier to deal with a local firm. You could use a local firm if you wish to, but there is no real reason to do so. You can keep in touch with your legal team using the telephone and email no matter where they are. A more important consideration than a physical location is how effective your solicitor will be in processing your claim.
Some legal firms, such as us here at Legal Expert, work nationwide, helping people all across the UK to make accident claims. Our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield can book for you to have a medical assessment in the area. So, your local medical experts include,
Ravindra Sawant
Britannia Way
Catcliffe
Sheffield
S60 5BD
Ghulam Wattoo
Blades Enterprise Centre
John Street
Sheffield
S2 4SW
Slip, Trip, And Fall Injury Claims
Of all the types of accident claims that we process here at Legal Expert, slips, trips, and falls are most common after road traffic accidents. These accidents can happen anywhere, at any time. Either in a public place or at work. Something as simple as a wet floor in a restaurant can cause a slip, which results in serious injuries. If you are injured in a slip, trip or fall, Legal Expert should help you make a compensation claim for your injuries. Please get in touch with our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield today about how to claim.
What Are Serious Injury Claims?
A serious injury claim is any claim that involves claiming life-changing injuries. Injuries such as paraplegia, quadriplegia, loss of a limb, damage to one of the internal organs, or severe brain damages are examples of such injuries. When Legal Expert processes a claim for serious injuries, we know that we will likely need to claim for additional types of damages. These damages will compensate the claimant for the loss of life quality, inability to work, and other long-term effects of their injuries.
Claim For A Road Traffic Accident In Sheffield
Road traffic accidents are the most frequent type of accident for which we process a claim here at Legal Expert. We can assist in claiming for all types of RTA injuries. From minor cases of whiplash through to the loss of a loved one in a fatal car crash. If the accident was not your fault, or in some cases, if nobody was at fault, Legal Expert should be able to help you make a claim.
No Win No Fee Compensation Claims With Personal Injury Solicitors For Sheffield
Legal Expert offers our national No Win No Fee claims service to residents of Sheffield and all across the UK. We offer more than simply processing your claim; we can also provide you with value-added services, such as a free medical examination in the Sheffield area. There is no risk involved in using our claims service to try and claim compensation, as we don’t charge a fee until we win your compensation for you. Give our personal injury solicitors a call today, as you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
What Does No Win No Fee Mean For Claimants?
Our No Win No Fee agreement is very easy to understand. It is based on a standard Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). What this means is that when you come to us and ask us to handle your claim, we won’t charge you any fee initially. We will not ask you to pay any ongoing fees as we process your claim, even if settling can take many months. Finally, if we are unsuccessful in winning you a compensation payment, we will zero our fees, and you pay nothing. When we do receive compensation award for you, though, we will take our fees out of the payment before giving you the rest. Please get in touch to find out more about how to claim.
Getting Started
If you are ready to engage Legal Expert as your personal injury claims solicitors to process a personal injury claim, the process of getting started is very simple indeed. Call the number you will find below, and talk to one of our legal team. They will go over several questions with you, and the answers to these questions help us understand more about your claim. Once we know enough to make informed recommendations, we can give you free advice on what to do next.
I Still Have Some Questions, Where Can I Find More Advice?
Do you want to know more about how the Legal Expert national claims service works? Or maybe you have general questions about the process of making a personal injury claim? If you have any questions, please contact Legal Expert right now on the number below. When you do, one of our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield will be on the line to provide you with the information and answers you need, using plain and simple English and not legalese.
How To Contact Our Team
Do you believe you have a valid reason to make a personal injury claim? Are you ready to proceed with that claim right now? If so, please call Legal Expert on 0800 073 8804, and we can get your claim started as soon as possible.
Information For Helpful Contacts
If you need to get in touch with the Police in Sheffield, for example, to report a road traffic accident you were involved in, here are the contact details:
South Yorkshire Police
Snig Hill Police Station
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
Telephone: 101
Website: southyorks.police.uk
For information about the local court that covers the Sheffield area, you can try these contact details:
Sheffield Combined Courts Centre
The Law Courts
50 W Bar
Sheffield
S3 8PH
Telephone: +44 114 281 2400
Website: courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/sheffield-combined-court-centre
The closest NHS hospital to Sheffield to get treatment is this one:
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Rd
Sheffield
S10 2JF
Telephone: +44 114 271 1900
Website: www.sth.nhs.uk
At the link below, you will find a guide to claiming compensation for a head injury:
A guide to claiming for a head injury
At the link below, you will find a guide to claiming compensation for a back injury:
A guide to claiming for a back injury
Other Guides Available To Read
- Bournemouth Personal Injury Solicitors
- Dudley Personal Injury Solicitors
- Littlehampton Personal Injury Solicitors
- Worksop Personal Injury Solicitors
- Llanelli Personal Injury Solicitors
Personal Injury Solicitors For Sheffield FAQs
What is a Letter Of Claim?
So, this is the written notice that the defendant receives about the victim’s intention to take legal action.
And how would the defendant respond?
Once in receipt of this letter, the defendant has 28 days to admit or reject liability.
What happens if the defendant quickly accepts liability?
This could see the quick agreement of a settlement figure for the victim to receive.
But what happens if the defendant doesn’t accept liability?
In that scenario, the solicitor would then begin legal proceedings on the client’s behalf.
Why might the defendant reject liability?
They may genuinely feel that they aren’t responsible, or perhaps they wish to avoid paying out to the claimant.
What is the benefit of the case going to court?
This would potentially allow the claimant to achieve their maximum compensation target if they’re successful.
Conversely, what is the downside of a trial?
The legal costs are higher, plus if the case is high-profile, it could bring unwanted attention for the victim and also the defendant.
When could I begin my compensation claim?
You can take the first step towards a claim today by speaking with us here at Legal Expert.
Thank you for reading our personal injury solicitors for Sheffield guide.
