Finding a miners knee solicitor to deal with a compensation claim can be a hit and miss affair. Almost every high street solicitor deals with personal injury compensation claims whether or not they have the relevant experience. Industrial injury claims in particular are not always straight forward and to succeed it is essential that the lawyer knows what he’s doing and has experience of dealing with similar claims. Whilst there have been only a few knee injury claims dealt with by the courts to date, our lawyers have vast experience in other types of claim for which there has in the past been a claim handling agreement regulating a government compensation fund and in particular have dealt with numerous respiratory claims and musculo-skeletal injury claims on behalf of miners.
Our miners knee solicitor specialists are all members of the Law Society’s panel of personal injury experts which is an exclusive body, entry to which is by examination and experience and membership is only granted to those with expertise obtained over a number of years dealing with personal injury compensation claims. A member is not only required to achieve a minimum standard at inception but must also attend regular academic courses of continual professional development throughout the year and in addition his office and facilities must reach an adequate standard. Our solicitors are also members of APIL (the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) which is an independent, not for profit organisation providing accreditation to lawyers specialising in the area of personal injury law.
It is hoped and anticipated that there will be a compensation fund and claim handling agreement set up by government during 2006 or 2007 for knee injuries. If this arrangement follows the previous precedent of other similar compensation funds it will be essential for potential claimants to ensure that they keep up to date with events as they develop as there will certainly be time limits attached to the submission of claims. Failure to apply before the period expires will almost certainly mean that the opportunity to claim will be lost forever.
The miners unions have sought in the past to attempt to claim compensation on behalf of their members and ex members however one of the larger regional unions has recommended its members to see their own private miners knee solicitor if they wish to pursue a claim. It is up to an employer to provide a safe system of work and if injury occurs as a result of an employers failure to properly carry out their duties and responsibilities to their employees than they are liable to pay compensation for any injury that has been sustained. If you would like to speak to a specialist personal injury solicitor at no cost and with no obligation just complete the contact form or phone the helpline on 0870 420 5589. If after talking to us you decide to proceed no further then you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged for our initial advice which is completely free.
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