APIL training for personal injury solicitors
Personal injury solicitors work in a complex area of the law, in which a mistake can leave a deserving claimant with less, or none, of the compensation they deserve, or lead the lawyer to take on a case that should not have been begun in the first place.
Fortunately, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) provide a training scheme that allows those completing their law degrees, or those further through a legal career who wish to move into this field, to undertake continuing professional development to ensure the best quality of representation in compensation claims for accidents, industrial diseases and product liability. Read more about APIL here.
According to the APIL site, the course consists of:
- Accidents at work essentials
- Essential investigation and business skills for PI lawyers
- Funding, costs and risk assessment
- Liability in road traffic accidents
- Maximising damages
- Procedure for personal injury lawyers
- Trips, slips and other mishaps occupiers' liability and public liability law
- Understanding medical evidence
Reviews of the course include "Excellent in content; made interesting workshops very informative".
Finding your personal injury solicitor
It is important, when selecting a legal representative, that you find one who has experience and training in the relevant field of law for your compensation claim. YouClaim's panel of personal injury lawyers includes experts in every sector of personal injury law, and all are drawn from firms governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, confirming their professionalism.
All are also prepared to work on a no win, no fee basis in almost all cases. (In complex medical negligence cases, there may be initial costs; we will always explain these, and reimburse them in a won case.) We also ensure that you receive 100% compensation, taking no cut from any damages awarded, and we claim any winning fee from your opponent.
Call us now to locate personal injury solicitor most appropriate to you, and we will help your compensation claim come to a satisfactory solution as soon as possible. Our website gives you an e-chat service, and a call-back form to let us know when is best for us to ring you; alternatively, call us on our free UK hotline, 0800 10 757 95.
