It’s not easy to know how to choose a personal injury lawyer but if you ask the following questions then you may well be on the way to finding the best possible personal injury lawyer to represent you: Is Read the rest of the entry…
What steps should you take when you are injured at work and need treatment and/or time off work? Report your injury as soon as possible to your employer. Seek treatment and ask your doctor to complete a work capacity Read the rest of the entry…
Settlement of any personal injury claim, including car accident injury claims, should never be undertaken unless and until the claimant’s injuries have reached maximum medical improvement and are therefore considered to be stable and stationary. The reason for this Read the rest of the entry…
It is not all that helpful to look at average settlement amounts in car accident injury claims because every case is different. For instance, a labourer who suffers a whiplash injury or a lower back injury as a result Read the rest of the entry…
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Helen Ashton (Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law) has been promoted to the position of Partner/Director of East Coast Injury Lawyers, making her an owner in the business along with Sean Read the rest of the entry…
In very small claims (perhaps less than $10,000), it may not be worth hiring a lawyer to run your case, but even in those cases we would recommend that you speak with a lawyer before making any offers or Read the rest of the entry…
No, tax is not payable out of any personal injury settlement that you receive. This is because the lawyers, insurers and judges only take into consideration net losses. That is, they will look at your net earnings (i.e. gross Read the rest of the entry…
“Damages” is simply a term that lawyers and judges use instead of what most people would call “compensation”. If a personal injury claim proceeds to trial, a judge will award damages (or compensation) in the form of a monetary Read the rest of the entry…
Insurers are normally skeptical about the nature and extent of any injuries that you have suffered and the impact that those injuries have had upon you. This is because, in many cases, there is no independent or objective medical Read the rest of the entry…
If you recover from your injuries within a matter of weeks or months, then your claim can be settled at that point in time, subject to obtaining any medical evidence outlining the impact that your injuries had upon you Read the rest of the entry…
