Personal Injury
Welcome to the Personal Injury department!
Our Approach
Over the past few years the provision of legal services in relation to personal injury claims has undergone dramatic changes. Whilst there are now many corporations who process a very large number of claims at any given time, we recognize that injuries can have catastrophic affects on peoples' lives, therefore we provide a friendly, caring and local department with a focus on our clients and their individual needs.
At Crossmans we also have particular expertise for acting for associations, societies, unions and their membership in pursuing personal injury claims. We have expertise in acting for legal expense insurers and working within a framework of high quality performance criteria.
Areas
Our personal injury department is specialised in acting for Claimants with a multitude of injuries covering a wide range of claims in the following areas: -
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) Claims
- Accidents at Work
- Industrial Disease
- Public and Occupiers Liability
- Fatal Accidents
The firm also undertakes agency work in Interlocutory matters and Infant Settlement Hearings in Cambridge and the surrounding areas. For more details please contact Jennifer Martindale-Lund on 01223 362414 or jl@crossmans.co.uk.
Funding
As one of our clients you can rest assured that every penny of the compensation awarded goes directly to you. Our legal costs are recovered in addition to the compensation we win for you. In the event that your case is unsuccessful, you do not pay anything.
Conditional Fee Agreements
We provide Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA’s) essentially known as a “No Win, No Fee” scheme, where there is no charge to you whether your case is won or lost.
Although we strongly believe that the claims we adopt are likely to succeed, we strongly recommend that we insure against the risk of having to pay your opponent’s costs and disbursements and therefore underwrite our CFA’s with an after the event insurance policy. We take particular care to ensure that the quality of the conditional fee agreement after the event policy is suitable to your circumstances.
Collective Conditional Fee Agreements
You may be a member of a Trade Union or other organization who assist their members in funding litigation. This may be via a collective conditional fee agreement.
Collective conditional fee agreements (CCFA’s) are intended for bulk purchasers of legal services using CFAs such as trade unions and commercial organisations. They enable bulk purchasers to enter into a single agreement with solicitors to allow them to run their members’ cases. The agreement does not have to refer to specific proceedings, but will provide for fees to be payable on a common basis in relation to a class of proceedings.
Legal Expenses Insurance
Legal expenses insurance or legal protection insurance is taken out by individuals or companies for to pursue legal actions where legal expense will be incurred.
You or your partner (if any) may have a legal expenses insurance policy attached to a vehicle or home contents or buildings insurance policy, or you may have credit cards which provide legal expense cover.
Legal expenses is typically sold as an add-on to insurance through a scheme but can be sold as a stand alone product. If you are unsure, it is essential that you check the terms of the policy. If it is available you may find that the insurance company refers you to its own panel of solicitors. However you do have the right to choose who represents you.
Contacting Us
We are more than happy to provide an initial free interview, either face to face or by telephone, in order to discuss your accident. This will be at your convenience.
The interview places no obligation upon you and we will let you know promptly whether we consider your case does have reasonable prospects of success and the next steps to take thereafter.
If you wish to discuss your claim further, please do not hesitate to contact us on:
Telephone: 01223 362414 or 01223 222643 or
Email: gh@crossmans.co.uk