Am I Entitled To Compensation?
If you are asking yourself or a lawyer the question “am I entitled to compensation” after you have had an injury, there is a good chance that you are. A specialist lawyer who practices compensation law can review your specific legal circumstances and determine if you are entitled to some form of financial compensation as a result of another person or company’s negligence.
If you have been injured, hurt or financially set at a loss as a result of someone else’s incompetence, negligence or wilful harm, you should be entitled to financial compensation and a good compensation lawyer will advise you how to do this.
How do you go about this?
Unless you studied law for a number of years, chances are the best thing for you to do is contact a local compensation lawyer who can better determine if you are entitled to compensation for your injury and how to best go about it.
You can contact two types of compensation lawyers. Those who provide a law service on a no win no fee basis, and those who provide a law service on a fee basis. Both lawyers should clearly be able to communicate to you your options and the associated fees with any services that they are going to provide.
Remember, if the compensation that they tell you you’re entitled to doesn’t seem reasonable to you and appears more like winning the lotto, the chances are, it won’t look reasonable to the jury or judge and this may not be the lawyer for you. A good lawyer will tell you if you’re not entitled to compensation, or if you are entitled to compensation, but that it is unlikely that you will be granted it. In these cases, they may discuss other options with you. And sometimes, it’s just not worth your hassle to try to sue.
Am I Entitled To Financial Compensation?
Depending on the circumstances that have led to your misfortune and the determining that another person or organisation was at fault and the direct cause of your harm, you will be entitled to financial compensation. The financial compensation provided to you will depend on the level of damages caused, and how this has affected you.