Personal Injury - Frequently Asked Questions
WILL I HAVE TO GO TO COURT AND GIVE EVIDENCE ?
At least 90% of claims settle without formal legal proceedings even having to be issued in Court. Even if formal legal proceedings have to be issued (which simply involves this firm putting the Court process in motion by sending an official document known as a “Claim Form” to the Court along with a Court Issue Fee), this still does not mean that it will ultimately be necessary for you to go to Court in order to give evidence, as there are a number of procedural steps which would then have to be followed before any Final Hearing and the Court sets a timetable which both this firm on your behalf and the other party (or, usually by then, the solicitors appointed by the insurers of the other party) have to follow, which usually means that we can force the other side to get on dealing with your claim and, very often, actually negotiate a settlement of your claim prior to the claim actually reaching a Final Hearing.
Most Insurance Companies do not want to waste time and money attempting to dispute a case where the facts clearly determine who is at fault and where the expert medical evidence is undisputed. For this reason, the vast majority of cases are settled without the necessity for either the commencement of formal legal proceedings or court appearances.
Very occasionally the other side fail to get on with matters and / or will nor put forward a realistic offer of settlement, and those cases will have to proceed to a Final Hearing at Court. So, all in all, the chances of you having to give evidence in Court are actually very low indeed
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