Were you a client of SSB Law?
Speak to our Professional Negligence Solicitors.

Have you been left with a legal bill for the opponents in a case?

Negligence by your solicitors in a court case may have resulted in a costs order being raised against you and you now have to deal with the stress and worry of the opponent and their bailiffs chasing you for thousands of pounds. In most instances, you would have thought you were signing up to a “no win, no fee” agreement but did your solicitors explain to you that such agreement only relates to your own solicitor’s costs, did they take out an insurance policy (ATE cover) to protect you in such circumstances?

We will investigate the cause of the cost order against you and advise you on whether or not you have a claim for negligence against your solicitors to pay the sums you are now being faced with paying as well as recover your own claim losses if caused by your solicitors negligence.

Were you a Client of Pure Legal/SSB Law Solicitors?

Our professional negligence experts at MRH Solicitors are actively working on a number of professional negligence cases of failed cavity wall insulation claims which were handled by Pure Legal or SSB Law who have recently gone into administration

If you have been approached by solicitors for the third party in your claim demanding payment of their costs from you when you thought your claim was being run on a “no win no fee” basis, please get in touch with us as you may have a valid professional negligence claim against Pure Legal or SSB Law.

If you find yourself in a similar situation involving any other solicitor and don’t know what to do next, call us and we will do what we can to help you.

Has a solicitor failed to claim all of your losses?

In our experience of dealing with professional negligence claims, a large number of claims can arise as a result of a failure by solicitors to claim all the losses a person has suffered in relation to their claims. Sometimes, solicitors can be so fixed on one area of the claim that they neglect others and this failure can be extremely costly to the client. These losses can sometimes exceed even the value of the compensation you receive for your injury claim.

Some examples of losses which solicitors may have failed to include as part of your claim:

Loss of earnings; loss of earnings you incur following an accident which results in you not being able to work for a period of time

Smith v Manchester award; in the event that you are impaired on the local labour market following an accident injury resulting in a disadvantage in obtaining a new job or if you are required to abandon the type of work you were doing before as a result of the injuries and need to retrain then your solicitors are required to consider and pursue a claim for this loss.

Cost of care and assistance; this is any care/assistance provided to you by family or friends after you have suffered an injury, over and above that which would normally have been provided.  If someone else has had to give up their time, maybe even take leave from work to help get you through a difficult period after you have suffered an injury, that time is chargeable as part of your claim and can be claimed from your opponent.  A typical cost of care and assistance claim can be awarded at £5.60 per hour and as you can appreciate, the hours someone can spend looking after you can add up pretty quickly and over a period of time depending on the severity of the injury.  Claims for cost of care and assistance can be quite substantial and this is a valid head of claim most claimants are entitled to pursue (subject of course to medical evidence supporting this).

Vehicle loss; if you were involved in a vehicle related accident and your own vehicle was damaged beyond repair or required repairs this can be claimed from your opponent.

Credit hire; if you incurred charges for hiring an alternative vehicle if your own was unroadworthy following an accident.

Recovery & storage charges; following road traffic accidents where your vehicle is recovered from the scene of the accident, either arranged by you, your insurers or the police, the charges that can be levied against you for this service are recoverable from your opponent.

Damage to personal and other items; laptops, mobile phones.

Surgery, treatment or rehabilitation costs; cost of private surgery, medical attention or care, including physiotherapy.

If your claim has been settled already on a full and final settlement basis and your solicitor missed any of the losses above or any other losses, get in touch with us and we can consider claiming against your solicitors to recover the missing losses.