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Accidents and Injuries, including Health and Medical Negligence

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  • Accident Line was founded in 1994 by the Law Society of England and Wales to encourage claimants to contact an experienced solicitor to get the best advice. It provides a free phone service which puts individuals seeking to make a personal injury compensation claim in contact with a specialist personal injury (PI) solicitor in their locality who will be able to offer a free consultation to determine the viability of the claim. The solicitor will also be able to discuss the various payment options available to the claimant, including conditional fee agreements (also known as 'no-win, no-fee' agreements). The Law Society works with legal services and insurance specialist Abbey Legal Protection to run the insurance supporting the scheme.
  • Citizens Advice Bureau provides extensive and detailed information.
  • Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) is a non-profit making organisation set up by solicitors specialising in road accidents and compensation claims. Members are bound by a charter setting minimum service standards. The site offers extensive information on what do do if you have an accident, how to make a claim and how fee insurance works. You can locate a local member of the society from the site.
  • Advicenow the independent information service run by the Advice Services Alliance, has launched a guide to claiming compensation on its site here. The guide includes information on how claims management companies work and the real situation with these companies. Advice is given on how to find a suitable solicitor. The guide is in pdf form and can be downloaded without charge.
  • AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents) is an independent charity which promotes better patient safety and justice for people who have been affected by a medical accident. A 'medical accident' is where unintended harm has been caused as a result of treatment or failure to treat appropriately. This includes where the care has been negligent, but does not necessarily mean that it was. AvMA believes that whatever the cause of a medical accident, the people affected deserve explanations, support, and where appropriate, compensation. The site includes a directory of firms of solicitors they have assessed and approved.

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  • accidentclaimsdirect.co.uk is a site from solicitors Camps of Birkenhead, Merseyside, providing information on different types of accidents and injuries.
  • accidentcompensation4u.com is a site from solicitors Forum Law - Solihull, West Midlands. The site provides information on many different sorts of accident and injury.
  • The Accident Solicitors is the site of Webster O'Brien, solicitors of Manchester and elswhere. There is information on the site about many different sorts of accident and what to do in each case.
  • Alexander Harris - Altrincham, Cheshire, are specialists in areas of medical negligence and particularly MMR vaccine issues. They provide free initial advice.
  • Accident and Injury Claims Centre - set up by Frazer Coogans, Ayr, in Scotland, provides free initial advice by email or phone.
  • accident-law.co.uk, set up by asb law - Brighton, Crawley, Horsham, Croydon and Maidstone, provides a comprehensive introduction to accidents and claims, with a free assessment provided.
  • Actons - Nottingham, also provide a special site here on compensation for injury.
  • Anthony Coombs - Manchester, provides information about mesothelioma, compensation for mesothelioma, and sources of advice and help for mesothelioma victims. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. More than 90% of mesotheliomas are caused by asbestos.
  • asbestoscompensation.com from Hamers - Hull, Leeds, Doncaster, Hessle and Sheffield, with information on asbestos and injuries related to asbestos.
  • Asbestos Injury is a special site from Newcastle firm Marrons, with a great deal of information on this topic.
  • Ashton Lake - Loughborough, Leicestershire provide information on many types of accident and injuries
  • Gordon Bancks & Co. - Pershore, Worcestershire, offers a free initial interview in their offices.
  • Barcan Woodward - Bristol City Centre, North Bristol, South Bristol, provides a set of question and answers on personal injury and also specifically on medical and clinical negligence.
  • David G Bell - Antrim, Northern Ireland, provides information on road traffic injury and damage claims and accidents at work.
  • Brayton Graham - London, offer information on industrial injuries such as permanent deafness, tinnitus, abestosis, mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer.
  • Brethertons - Rugby and Banbury, provide useful free fact sheets on different types of accidents and claims.
  • Capsticks have a section on their site called NHS Online. This is a database of law and practice related to healthcare clinical negligence, primary care, quality assurance, risk management and other matters related to the NHS.
  • The Claims Connection offered by Winston Solicitors of Leeds offer free advice on accident claims, medical negligence, dental negligence and endowment complaints.
  • clickandclaim.co.uk from Frearsons, in Skegness, Lincolnshire, provide information on many types of injury and accident.
  • Collyer-Bristow - London, offers information on making and funding a claim, what to do in the event of an accident and recent news. They offer free email advice.
  • The Compensation Shop - Gosport, also 123-personal-injury-claims.co.uk offers information on many types of accident, including Asbestosis, RSI, and Industrial Injury.
  • Cycle Aid is a site from Simon A Holt & Co of Preston which provides lots of good information on cycle accidents
  • Field Fisher Waterhouse - London, offer examples of different types of cases involving medical negligence.
  • Fisher Jones Greenwood - Colchester, provides information on the site and will also provide free initial advice by email (you have to "register" for this, but it is free).
  • Thomas Flavell & Sons - Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, provide general information on accidents.
  • Fletchers - Southport, offer bikelegal.com for bike accidents and thespinallawyer.com for accidents relating to spinal injury.
  • David Gist - Bristol, provides extensive information on different types of accidents and on clinical negligence.
  • Hart Brown - Guildford, Cobham, Cranleigh, Godalming and Woking, all in Surrey, provide a "map" of the body, and particularly the head and neck area, indicating upper and lower estimates on possible damages awards.
  • Harkin Lloyd - Liverpool, offer information on several types of personal injury including road traffic accidents and industrial disease.
  • Hayward Baker - Portsmouth, provide information on different types of claim, how long the process may take and how much it will cost.
  • Higgins & Co., of Birkenhead offers asbetsosis.org.uk, injurysolicitors.com and bikeclaim.net. Each of these contains a great deal of information on the relevant topic.
  • Holiday Claims from Irwin Mitchell, a major firm with many branches across the UK, provides a great deal of information on this topic.
  • Hughes Walker - Bury, Lancashire (www.myaccident.co.uk) provide a great deal of information on different types of accident and the steps which can be taken.
  • Injury + is a consortium of leading personal injury and clinical negligence lawyers. You can obtain a free assessment of your claim by visiting the site. There is a medical glossary and a legal glossary available which is good for background research and understanding.
  • Injury Claim Line (run by Stephen Rimmer & Co., Eastbourne) provides information on injuries and claims and a free initial assessment by email.
  • jmw-clinical-negligence.co.uk from JMW Solicitors of Manchester and Altrincham, provides information on the law and process of clinical negligence claims and also detailed information on such topics as A&E negligence, orthopaedic errors, erbs palsy, cerebral plasy, neonatal conditions, cancer misdiagnosis, surgical errors, obstetrics, gynaecology and psychiatric negligence.
  • Kent Accident link is made up of 10 leading firms of solicitors based in Kent. There is information on the site and a map of the locations where the solicitors are based. All the firms have a Law Society Personal Injury Panel member.
  • Lampkin & Co. - Deeside, Flintshire, also RTA110.com (110% accident compensation) provide information on Car accidents, Motorcycle accidents and Taxi cab accidents.
  • Lanyon Bowdler provide information on different types of injury and also give some interesting reports of awards they have won for their clients.
  • Lawson-West - Leicester, Wigston and Market Harborough, provide downloadable guides on accidents at work and road traffic accidents.
  • Leigh, Day & Co. - London & Manchester, provide extensive and detailed information on personal injury topics including medical negligence.
  • Levenes - London, Birmingham and Cardiff, provide answers to the most often asked questions and a form for viewers to fill in their queries.
  • Marrons - Newcastle, provides information on accidents, disease and personal injury claims. They have a special site on Asbestos Injury with a great deal of information on this topic.
  • Merriman White - Guildford, provides a free initial assessment by email.
  • Mellor Small - Oldham, Lancashire, offers extensive information
  • MSB - Wavertree and Allerton offer a spcialised site theaccidentsolicitors.co.uk with extensive information.
  • Mulderrigs - Oldham, Lancashire, offers examples of cases handled
  • not-my-fault.com is an attractive and informative site for attracting accident claims set up by Morris Legal (Solicitors) of Solihull. There is lots of information on different types of accident and on how to make a claim.
  • Pearson Maddin - New Malden and Surbiton, offers "Brief Guides" and a free initial 15 minute interview.
  • John Pickering and Partners - Manchester and Liverpool, offer information on road traffic accidents, work claims, claims generally, compensation and asbestos claims.
  • Pinto Potts - Aldershot & Fleet, Hampshire, with information on may sorts of accident and how to claim
  • Jane Phillips - Tavistock, Devon, is a specialist on accidents related to horses
  • Road Accidents is a site from solicitors Lupton Fawcett. Road traffic accident claims (or RTAs) cover any accidents in which a motor vehicle was involved and the site provides information on the different types of accident involved.
  • Roadside Lawyer provides free legal guidance online on all aspects of road law in the UK, both for accidents and if accused of a motoring offence. You fill in your question online in a special form and the answer is returned to you. Questions and answers (without personal details) are also published on the site. The service is free is provided courtesy of injurywatch.co.uk a network of accident and injury solicitors in the UK.
  • Simpson Millar - London, Leeds, Kendall, Birmingham and Bristol, offers a free assessment by email.
  • Sternberg Reed Taylor & Gill - Barking, Essex, clinical-negligence and also accident-claims-made-easy
  • Stewarts of London and Leeds provide a site called spinalcordinjury.co.uk which gives a very large amount of information on this topic.
  • Terry & Co. - Essex, provides advice on the site and also offers free initial advice by email.
  • The Claim Solicitors - based in Chichester, offers a nationwide network of solicitors and medical experts.
  • The Legal Line - from Thompsons Solicitors (branches around the country) provide a large amount of information on many Personal Injury topics.
  • Trethowans - Salisbury and Southampton, provides information on different types of injury and claim and how to proceed.
  • David A.Tubby & Co. - Ormskirk, Lancashire, provides a site with straightforward information on accidents and claims. (His url is myaccidentsolicitor.co.uk).
  • Warner Goodman & Streat - Fareham, Hampshire, provides advice on the site and also offers free initial advice by email.
  • White & Bowker - Winchester, Southampton and Eastleigh, offers free initial advice by email or personal interview.
  • Wilson Nesbitt - Belfast and Bangor, also offer a guide to damages in Northern Ireland at ABC Claims
  • Stephen Wood - Norwich, describes the different sort of no win no fee arrangements available and how they work. It is not as easy as it sounds. He will also provide a free assessment of your possible claim.

  • InterMedation Group Ltd provides free initial guidance on options other than going through the courts or other formal methods. They are recognised by the Legal Services Commission as providers of accredited mediators and other neutral specialists for helping patients, carers, other injured parties, healthcare providers insurers and their representatives to settle complaints, claims and disputes quickly and efficiently.

    Claims Firms

    Claims Firms are companies offering information on Accidents and Injuries and offering claims handling facilities. They all offer a free initial assessment. These companies generally use solicitors and in some cases are run by solicitors but they are not firms of solicitors as such - they are set up as companies.

    Note that the Ministry of Justice now provides the statutory framework for the regulation of claims management activities. You can see their site (full name - Claims Management Regulation Monitoring and Compliance Unit) here. You should ensure that any company used to assist you with your claim is registered with this body. Solicitors (in the sections above) are regulated by the Law Society (Solicitors Regulation Authority).

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  • The Claims Connection offered by Winston Solicitors of Leeds offer free advice on dental negligence claims.
  • Dental Law Partnership - Nantwich, Cheshire, provide legal representation for dental patients in dental negligence cases.
  • Personal Injury Plus - Church Stretton, Shropshire, are specialists in dental law and dental negligence claims. They also provide a great deal of free information on their site.

    Benefits

  • Coventry Law Centre has set up a detailed advice section on welfare benefits, employment, housing and immigration topics. The briefing sheets can be downloaded in pdf or Word formats. There is also a very extensive set of links on legal advice centres and resources in each of these areas.
  • The Citizens Advice Bureau "Advice Guide" provides extensive and detailed information.
  • The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has information on benefits, including pdf versions of many leaflets.
  • Pensions Information provides introductory guides to the main types of pensions available in the UK, including State Pensions, Personal Pensions, Stakeholder Pensions and Occupational Pensions. There is also Pensions news, compiled by the "Yahoo! News" syndication service and a selection of recomended books for further reading.
  • Law Centre (NI) is a not for profit agency working to advance social welfare rights in Northern Ireland. The site provides an Encyclopedia of Rights to help Northern Ireland advisers assist their clients in applying for benefits, appealing decisions, ensuring that they receive the care they are entitled to and generally safeguarding their rights. Although designed for Northern Ireland, most of the information is also applicable to the rest of the UK. (The encyclopedia can be accessed by the general public. However, members of the public cannot ask the centre of advice directly. They should contact independent advice centres and CABs for advice. Cases will be referred to the Law Centre where appropriate.)
  • Benefits and Work is a site run by Steve Donnison , a freelance welfare benefits trainer and writer. He provides free, very detailed, step-by-step, downloadable guides to claiming disability and incapacity benefits. There is even a 2 minute test to help someone decide whether they are eligible. He also provides very competitively priced welfare benefits and employment law training courses.
  • Help the Aged offer a free welfare rights service for seniors. Thre are also lots of reports and advice notes which can be downloded from the site in a text format or in pdf.
  • Latest benefits rates and laws and Benefits links from a legal software company called Ferret.
  • CareandHealth covers topics related to social care, including an extensive section on acts (with direct links to the acts), bills, consultations, government guidelines and policies. There is also a news and features section and a very extensive and well described list of links by category, e.g. Addictions, Ageing & Older People, Bereavement, Care etc. There is also extensive information about benefits.
  • For problems relating to the Child Support Agency, there is an organisation called Durham Legal Services which gives free advice and can also take on cases on a paying basis.
  • Neil Bateman has set up a "welfare rights resource centre" which is an extensive set of links to resources involving benefits, welfare rights and advice on these topics. Neil himself provides training and publications on these topics.

    Business (early stages)

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  • Quick Formations Ltd offer online company registration services using the Electronic Filing facilities at Companies House. They are apparently one of the UK's largest Online Company Registration Agents and they form just over 400 Limited Companies a month. Costs start at 34.99 for the standard service. The company can be set up exactly how the user wishes, from day one, without using any outside nominee appointments. The user can choose their own share capital, and holders, etc. The information is then automatically submitted to Companies House and the transaction is generally complete within half a working day. There is a useful set of questions and answers on the site about limited companies and the requirements for setting them up and then operating them.
  • The Company Formation Wizard is an online resource providing electronic company formation services and business products for use in the UK.
  • Vital Product Solutions is a consultancy providing advice to businesses to ensure their products comply with all areas of trading legislation. There is a range of basic free advice on the site.
  • UK Corporator is an expert system for generating limited company formation documents online which can be used either by the person wanting to set up a limited company, or by a solicitor acting on his/her behalf. The system operates on a question and answer basis to obtain the information needed for the forms, providing full explanatory notes at each stage so that the user is in effect "coached" in the process of preparing the documents, and taking account of the relevant Companies Act provisions. There is also a considerable amount of free information available on the site relating to the incorporation process for people to use whether or not they are using the system on a paid basis. At the end of the generation process, the user can decide whether he or she wishes to go ahead with the formation and pay the 49.99 (plus Government charges payable direct to Companies House) required for the finished documents and delivering them automatically. All content has been written by the directors of the company who are also solicitors. The original system has already been widely used in Australia as Incorporator.com.au.
  • Forum Commercial provides a forum for buying and selling businesses, including commercial properties and also franchise opportunities. There is a section on the site called Forum Legal which has been set up by St Albans firm Sherrards, with articles of current interest relating to the legal aspects of setting up a business including property, tax, insurance, e-business, employment and company/commercial. Buyers can search the site's opportunites for free, and sellers pay a fixed fee - but there is no commission payable if a sale is made.
  • Shareholder Rights is a new site set up by Brabners Chaffe Street which aims to outline the legal position of shareholders in a Private Limited Company, the pitfalls, the precautions that can be taken and what can be done if it all goes sour. There are major sections on company structure, rights of a shareholder, selling your shareholding, shareholder disputes and valuing a shareholding.
  • The Company Warehouse provide Limited Company Formation, VAT Registration, Domain Name Registration, Web and Print Design with Free Phone Advice and Support. Very competitive prices for all documents and services.

    Note that the main pages on this site for business and commerical purposes are Free Legal Information for Companies Provided mainly by Firms of Solicitors.

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