Finished work 4 months ago for lots of reasons one of which been constant pain in my right shoulder. This was years of uloading and cutting 9×6×3/4 sheets of material for kitchen industry. Two men unloading a truck entirely by hand sometimes as much as 2 tons at a time. Then constantly manually moving boards about and cutting them up on a panel saw. I reckon average board weighed 7stone. So 4months off and I feel much better as far as feet and knees go. My shoulder however is worse. So been to Doctors and sent for scan. Turns out I've a 6mm tear in a 12mm thick tendon creating a condition called supraspinitus. It's ripped where all the bones cross so effectively in a hard to get to box. Needs surgery and a lot of recovery time. I'd mentioned shoulder pain in my resignation letter aswell as a list of health and Safty breaches. I know they've done no risk assesment and have ignored any problems I've brought to their attention.So in a position now I probably won't return to industry (good!) but will struggle finding an alternative as 51 and only qualified as wood machinist. Was payed quite well but those days are gone now. So I'm thinking sueing for compensation. Anyone have any experience? 'No win no fee' or just local highstreet solicitors best options and ifso costs? Thanks
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I used to work for the other side, as in for the insurance companies and Irwin Mitchell was one firm that we see coming up a lot, and we don't like them. Meaning they know what they are doing, have the resources and always pushing for more (better for you). But from the defendant's side, they are a pain in the butt.
PM me where you are and I'll see if I know anyone good in your area.
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Like Aviva, AXA, Zurich, Tesco, Royal Mail etc etc etc, big firm, and we handle anything from car accidents claims to injury at work.
The claimants, a lot of the big cases I see Irwins as the firm representing them, meaning that they are a big firm and good at work they do, obviously as the Defendant we prefer them to be incompetent. As a whole they are one of the better ones.
You need to make them look incompetent
If they suspect you are faking it, or if the value is high enough, they will surveillance you.
whilst you may think you have a “no win no fee” contract with your lawyers / solicitors, that does not prevent you from personally being liable for the costs of the other party in the event your claim is not successful. Please look at the terms and conditions of the contract that you have to sign to start off with.
They were totally incompetent. They appear to work by changing huge fees for staff who can barely read and write.
so the claimant can and should buy insurance for this incase your claim fails without admission of liability. So whilst it is no fee technically speaking, you have to pay for the insurance.
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it took me several fraught discussions and very long email trails to get clarity on this . They seem to rely on producing extremely long complex forms of contract, that most people will not read and just sign. The ones I was dealing with seemed to not understand the points I was querying in their contract!? And they kept on saying “what are you worried about?” . Which was like a red rag to a bull for me
There's a very good principle to adhere to here: do not take legal advice from people who aren't legal professionals.