Understanding the Medicine
Medical law cases are often scientifically complex and involve a large volume of evidence that is difficult to interpret and understand. Victims of medical injuries are sometimes not aware for many years that what happened was medical negligence and instead think that it was a risk they have to wear that was no one’s fault. Independent expert evidence is particularly important. So is your lawyer’s level of understanding of the science and medicine relevant to your case. For your medical negligence case to go well, you should not feel that things are entirely in the hands of the medical experts, you and your lawyer need to understand what happened, what should have happened and what caused your injury. Ideally you need medical literature, protocols, textbooks and research statistics to support your case. This is the only way to ensure that you do not miss out on the compensation you deserve or make a wrong choice about how to conduct your claim.
Problem Solving and Medical Experts
To conduct a claim for something relatively simple, for example a head height, outstretched heavy lift that injures your shoulder, a little bit of physics needs to be understood. Manual handling cases often need engineering or ergonomic experts but you only have two arms, two legs and one spine, so the variety of injury mechanisms is not that great. In contrast, medical injuries are complex and difficult because the number of ways you can be injured is almost endless and working out what happened and why may end up pushing the limits of modern science and medicine. Patterns do emerge, but the ability to analyse evidence and problem solve, study medical literature and access the most highly qualified independent experts is essential for success.
Do Not Delay Seeking Legal Advice
A claim for medical negligence often involves the most difficult and complex process to protect your rights from expiring due to time limits. This makes it essential to avoid any unnecessary delay in seeking legal advice about your rights.
No Win No Fee
Medical negligence claims often involve a far higher amount of legal expenses than other types of claims. However, avoiding incurring the high costs of essential expert reports is a false economy. In many cases, the expenses of independent medical expert reviews and reports is recoverable in full from the defendant. All of our medical negligence claims are conducted on a no win no fee basis. We may need to do a considerable amount of work to investigate your case but if we decline to run it we will not charge you anything.