Personal injury solicitors and making the public aware of product recalls

It is a sad fact that every year, all over the world, consumers are moved to contact personal injury solicitors to make compensation claims for injuries sustained as a result of faulty goods that have already been publicly recalled.

In fact, the Department of Trade and Industry calculate that only 37% of recalled products in the UK are ever recovered. This means that, despite multi-media recall campaigns that incorporate the printed press, television, the internet and both small and major retailers, each year many thousands of consumers will be placed at unnecessary risk of suffering injury from a defective product simply because they are unaware of its risks.

Although recall rates for more expensive products tend to be higher than those for cheaper products - recovery of products worth £10 or less is somewhere below 10% - even recalls for the most expensive products manage a relatively low recovery rate. Dave Roebuck, chairman of the Trading Standards Institute, comments, "Where there's a known customer base, such as motor vehicle recalls which manufacturers do through the DVLA they still only get about 80%."

Fortunately though, it is possible for consumers who wish to keep abreast of all the latest product recalls to do so on the internet, perhaps even avoiding the risk of injury and the need to employ a personal injury solicitor in the process. Just visit the APIL's product recall page.

Personal injury solicitors for cost free compensation claims
Here at YouClaim we have specialists working across all fields of personal injury litigation. We have had demonstrable success in representing claims for work accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, holiday injuries, cases of asbestos exposure and incidents of medical negligence.

Win or lose, with all but claims for cases of medical negligence, our service is completely cost free to the client. Not only do we not charge the claimant ourselves, we also protect the claimant from the costs of the opposing legal side.

In addition, our 100 percent compensation promise is a guarantee that we will never take a cut from the award of any client.

The work of all our specialists is governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, a regulatory body of the Law Society.

If you wish to be connected with the personal injury solicitor who is right for your case, or to simply receive some obligation-free legal advice, call a legal advisor, on 0800 10 757 95.

Alternatively, complete a claim form, or echat with an advisor.