If you have experienced clinical negligence or you suspect that you have experienced clinical negligence, then you will have been through a very difficult time. One of the most traumatic aspects of clinical negligence is that it eats at the foundations of trust in professionals and it can be difficult to come to terms with what happened. So it is important to appoint the very best clinical negligence solicitor to try and make sure that the case is as successful as possible.
Initially there are some practical things that you need to establish with any potential solicitor. You need to talk to them about how the legal fees for the claim will be met. There will be legal fees and someone has to pay them, but it should not be you! If you have to pay the legal fees out of the money that you receive as compensation, then you could find that it actually reduces the amount of compensation that you are left with. So establish right at the start whether or not you will have to pay the legal fees.
Next you will need to ensure that the solicitor you are appointing has relevant experience in clinical negligence. It can be a very difficult issue to prove, so you need to have someone with a lot of experience within this field. It is very much in your own interest.
You now need to establish if the solicitor is able to offer you a free assessment and advice session. This will provide you with the opportunity to talk through your claim with a solicitor and find out whether or not it is likely to be successful.
Due to the fact that clinical negligence is such a complex area, it is very important that you feel very comfortable with the solicitor that you appoint. You need to be able to talk to the solicitor and ensure that you can talk to them and be open with them.
You should ensure that the solicitor you appoint will be able to support you throughout the claim. Will they offer you a free telephone line, so that you can telephone as often as you wish, without having to incur any hidden costs?
Finally ensure that the solicitor will be able to talk to you in a way that is free from jargon and technical terms. If they can only use jargon, then the relationship is unlikely to be productive so it is best to walk away.
You are now in a position to appoint a clinical negligence solicitor and ensure that you can secure the compensation that you so deserve having suffered clinical negligence.
