If you have had an accident and been injured, you may have insurance cover for the cost of instructing a solicitor that you didn't even know you had. Most of us hold some form of insurance - household (buildings or contents), medical, car, holiday - the list is endless. Many such policies have Legal Expenses Insurance (LEI) as an add-on, often buried in the small print. If you need to make a personal injury claim following an accident, LEI is one way of funding your claim. Others are "no win - no fee" and, in Scotland, Legal Aid. There can also be similar cover through bank accounts, credit cards and bank / organisation memberships. Some of us at Moray Claims / Grigor & Young are members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and they have produced a helpful downloadable pamphlet which includes discussion about these issues. How we can help We can help you determine whether this type of funding - or any of the others - would be available to help you Continue Reading
Funding a personal injury claim
This can be a confusing subject and the funding landscape for personal injury claims is constantly shifting.
These articles deal with a range of topics in relation to funding personal injury claims, including:
- No win-no fee
- Legal aid
- Legal expenses insurance, generally
- Before the Event (BTE) insurance,
- After the Event (ATE) insurance, and
- Qualified One-way Cost-Shifting (QOCS)