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Personal injury experts. We deal with a wide range of clients, advising both businesses and individuals on many aspects of legal work. This site gives you an opportunity to find out more about us and what we can offer you. If you would prefer to talk about our services, please contact us on 020 7636 9222 and we will gladly connect you to the relevant department. Click here for more about Personal injury experts

Personal injury experts - When can I claim compensation? You can claim if you can prove that someone else is to blame for your accident. Most claims must be brought within three years of the accident. If the accident was more than three years ago, you may be too late, but you may still be able to make a claim.

How long will my claim take? A simple claim where responsibility is not disputed can take as little as four months. However, a claim normally takes approximately 9-12 months, but can take a number of years in the event of complex issues or injuries.

How much compensation will I get? This depends on the extent of your injuries, which a medical report will help to assess. You can also claim for your financial losses arising from an accident. The longer your injury affects you and your ability to work, the higher the compensation.

If I am unable to work, how can I pay the bills? If your employer stops paying you, then you should apply for state benefits. If the injury prevents you from working, you may also be able to claim loss of earnings. If there is no dispute about blame and there is likely to be any delay, it is usually possible to obtain an advance payment of compensation before the final amount is agreed. This is known as an interim payment.

Can you visit me at home or in hospital? Yes, we can do this if you would like us to and you feel well enough to meet with us.

Starting a Business

When you start your business, we will give you advice over whether or not you should set up as a sole trader, partnership or a limited liability partnership or incorporating as a limited liability company. When you set up and run a business, you will need all the documentation in place as soon as possible. This protects the owners and assets of your business as well as your customers.

Whether you need a complex partnership or shareholders agreements or merely simple standard terms of business, we will give you practical advice in a personal manner.

Whether you are starting out, expanding or selling, we will achieve the best result for you and your business. We specialise in advising smaller businesses and we continue to advise many that we helped to establish.

This will affect your tax position and personal liability. Set-up costs, ongoing administration, publicity and perception are also likely to be important.

DEBT COLLECTION

Cash flow is important to all businesses. If another business or individual owes you money you may need legal help to assist you in the recovery of that money.

We provide a fast, efficient and effective service for the collection of your debts. Where appropriate we will consider acting on a "no win no fee" basis.

We believe that once you involve us in pursuing an outstanding debt, the debtor pays speedier. This also sends out the message to your debtors that your business will not tolerate late or non-payment.

We charge your debtor interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act at 8% above base-rate.

In order to maximise your chances of recovery, we constantly review the collection process. We attempt to source updated information on your debtor as well as resolving any queries against his legal status. Our aim is to prevent you from throwing good money after bad.