So, what should you expect when you first meet a personal injury solicitor?
The Offices
Unlike the Dickensian movies you may have seen, accident solicitors these days like to work out of offices that are spacious and open-plan.
Like banks, they hope to give visitors the feeling of being friendly and comfortable.
More often than not, you'll be met by a receptionist, but it is also likely that as soon as the solicitor knows you have arrived they will come and greet you and walk you through to their offices or a meeting room depending how packed their rooms are with files.
The Discussion
Having enter the room, it is likely that the first thing the compensation solicitor will ask you to do is to tell them all about what happened.
It is at this time, the notes you wrote following the accident will come in handy as you can use these to tell the solicitor all about the accident.
If possible, you should also hand over any photographs you took at the scene of the accident and a copy of your medical report, if you have one.
Don't be overly concerned if the accident solicitor doesn't say too much at this time and don't worry if you see them taking notes from time to time.
They only do this to jog their memories of facts they may want to ask you more about later or use against the other party.
The Questions
Frequently your personal injury solicitor will hear your story before they ask you any questions. Once you have completed your story they will then ask some questions that they feel are central to whether or not you'll win your case.
When answering these questions you need to be as honest as you can – after all, if you mislead the accident solicitor you are really only misleading yourself.
Waste his time, and you are wasting your own.
Agreeing To Act For You
So long as your story and your answers to his questions give the solicitor grounds to believe you have a claim, he'll likely agree to act as your compensation solicitor.
In that case you should expect the following things to happen:
• If you have not already had a medical examination by this point, the solicitor will then arrange for you to have one.
• The solicitor will arrange for you to sign an engagement letter authorizing you to retain his/her services.
And from there, the next steps would be the waiting for a decision having you winning or not, but these are the steps they follow in most cases.
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