Injury lawyers

Unless you were walking along the street, fell down an open sewer where men are working and there were no railings and signposts, the sewer happened to be a vortex that transported you directly into the middle of a scrum with the England Rugby team VS New zealand where you happened to break your leg.

You are to blame.
 
InvaderGIR said:
Can't say any of them would be any good. :p

As Dave said, real solicitor and/or CAB would be the best place if you wish to pursue this.



Sure they weren't American? :p

HE SOUNDED AMERICAN LOL

Seriously though, I can't see there really being a case and you've not been left financially destroyed by this due to loss of earnings etc.
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Well i am in the process of contacting uni and au i dont want to give all the details to strangers. I just wanted some legal advice
 
jamoor said:
Unless you were walking along the street, fell down an open sewer where men are working and there were no railings and signposts, the sewer happened to be a vortex that transported you directly into the middle of a scrum with the England Rugby team VS New zealand where you happened to break your leg.

You are to blame.
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true but we have AU insurance for a reason
 
Which is fair enough, best place is a proper legal advice place though really, you can get a rough idea from here (very rough) and then head to CAB or a solicitor. CAB is free and some solicitors will do a free initial meeting depending on the length and stuff. :)
 
The OCUK armchair lawyer brigade is out in full force I see...

OP, you will probably only land a succesful claim in three ways. Firstly, if you can show you were injured in the rugby game 'outside of the rules of the game'. You can still sue somebody if you have been injured in a rugby game despite the fact it is a violent game if it was an unnaceptable tackle, for example. Did your opponent (for example) get sent off for his bad challenge against you? That would suggest the injury occured outside the rules of the game. If you simply landed badly, it's not worth pursuing a claim.

Alternatively wassthere insufficient medical facilities at the sports ground to deal with your injury acceptably and that aggrevated the injury? You could land a claim along these lines against the facility provider.

Thirdly, has your medical treatment been otherwise negligent? There is nothing wrong with suing the NHS if they are responsible for your damages.

Finally, absolute codswallop coming from some members here. You don't win a court case unless you have a good reason to do so. The only dubious type of claim regards exaggerating injuries in order to get a settlement. OP, if you feel rightly justified in attempting to claim damages, then have no hesitation in doing so.
 
The thing is if they were insured against this, which is possible as we had injury cover when I used to do full contact stuff , then the OP is within every right to see if hes entitled to anything as he has suffered some form of loss, how many out there have crashed your car through no fault but your own and claimed because you wrote your car off? You were entitled to make a claim, so the OP is entitled to find out if he is entitled also. Its not exactly sueing somebody its more like an insurance claim, he was only asking for advice on where to get advice.
Im sure when people have made a claim the insurance company didnt come knocking at the door with a cheque without you doing anything, you followed a process and the OP getting advice on where or if he can start this process is perfectly reasonable in my eyes.

Dave
 
jordan282 said:
true but we have AU insurance for a reason
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Have you done any of the things I have said on page one.

Also did you report it at the time and many times after?

Or did you just report when you were about to fail?

I know that Uni's and AU will look down badly on someone that suddenly comes to the end of a year and then starts to give reasons why they need to redo a year or why it wasnt there fault. When in most cases it was the students fault and they have nothing to back up there claims

Point is if you have loads of stuff backing up your claim then your be fine. If you are suddenly doing this right at the end of the year they will always look at, it as if someone is trying to pull a fast one.

Not saying thats the case as if you have proof then fair enough if not you cant blame them for taking that view.
 
jordan282 said:
Which is the most honest? Although I have heard most lawyers are good at lying. I have graduated now which is a good thing but no where near my full potential. There are several factors to look into i just wanted to know which injury lawyers was the best.
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"Most lawyers are good at lying". Hah. It's not a case that they are good at lying, they are there to represent their client and get the best result possible. They aren't allowed to lie.
They are all as honest as each other, they'll look at the facts of the case, relevant circumstances, law and previous cases and advise you accordingly. Some will use some cases, others will use others. There is no such thing as a 'best firm'.
Phoning those TV ones will just get you to speak to a salesman who will listen to the circumstances, cross referencing it off a script and move you to a more senior salesman. You'll go through this routine for a while before actually getting to speak to a solicitor.
If you truly feel that something serious has happened which you feel someone should be punished for, approach a local solicitors and ask them. They'll advise you accordingly and give you the best service.
Though in my educated legal opinion, based on what you have said, you have little to no case.
 
None of them they are all a bunch wasters, my dads been waiting nearly 3 years now for compensation. His workplace and their insurers admitted full liability about 2 years ago and thanks to the incompetent so called medical "specialist" and solicitors using letters for everything just so they can rack up their fees he is still waiting now.

Their estimated fees are at about £21,000, my dad will be lucky to see a fraction of that. Stay away from Scott Rees for injury claims.
 
jordan282 a lot of people tried to help you but you didnt help yourself by posting limited information or not replying to direct questions to try and help you.

You cant expect people to give you answers without needing information to make a decesion on what advice is best and what other people would do in your position. Its all about trying to make an informed decesion.

I wouldnt post something on a forum if you dont want people asking for more information or posting that they felt you were wrong for what you were doing or going to do.

I have dealings with a AU as I'm an invited outside player basically means I play for a uni team but dont go to Uni. So after 4 years of all the AU stuff I have had to deal with for different people I attempted to explain what I thought you should have done and if you hadnt dont what I said then you would find it harder to make a claim or get support.
 
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"We are injury lawyers for you! 100% lawyers, 100% compensation"

I reckon that actually translates to 0% lawyers, 17% compensation
 
As other people have said go and see a solicitor or CAB. Prob best to go to the CAB first as they are free and will point you in the right direction.

Out of interest, how did the injury occur on the rugby field (can't see any details posted). Was it just through the nature of the game or someone's deliberate actions?

Hope it works out for you, was playing a uni game a few months ago (must have been April time) and one of the opposition broke his leg badly :(. Never a nice thing to see.
 
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