Has anyone heard of 'Claim More Money. com'.

swingaloo

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, I couldn't seem to find a suitable category for my question.

My husband had an accident and claim which was subsequently settled out of court. At eh time my husband was not happy with the outcome as he has been left permanently disabled and will never be able to work again. However his solicitor refused to go any further to get an increased offer. He has always felt the this solicitor did not really fight his corner properly and since the settlement which was just over 12 months ago he has become increasingly bitter about it.

Now a friend has given him a number for this company he heard about on the radio 'Claim more Money.com'.

Ive looked at the website but it dosnt tell much and Im also pretty sure that they couldn't help as my husband had to sign a confidentiality paper saying that he would never disclose to anyone that the other party paid out of court or how much he got.

he wants to ring this company whilst I think its better left alone but then again Im not the one permanently disabled!

I just wondered if anyone has had any dealings with them as it just comes across as a bit 'dodgy' to me, for want of a better word.

Ive told him that before he makes the phone call I would see if anyone on here had any experience of this company.
Thank you for reading.

vuvuzela

I think they look like yet another of the ambulance chasing 'lawyer' companies that are out to get as much for themselves out of any potential settlement. This is why they ask you to sign a non-disclosure, as if you won, what you receive after their fees would be a pittance.

swingaloo

Thank you for the reply.

Its not this company that have asked for the 'non-disclosure, its the solicitor who handled his case previously who asked him to sign that.

mije1983

Sorry to hear about your husband's accident. I would imagine that you/he would have little to no chance of getting any more money as no doubt the original offer was probably made in full and final settlement of any claim.

Although it's easier to say in hindsight, and from an outsiders perspective, the time to reject the out of court offer was before it was agreed to.

Stevie_Palimo

mije1983 wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your husband's accident. I would imagine that you/he would have little to no chance of getting any more money as no doubt the original offer was probably made in full and final settlement of any claim.

Although it's easier to say in hindsight, and from an outsiders perspective, the time to reject the out of court offer was before it was agreed to.

Yes agree time to move on I'm afraid, May not be what you wanted to hear but he did choose to accept the offer and must now live with the decision.

wealdroam

swingaloo wrote: »

Ive looked at the website but it dosnt tell much and Im also pretty sure that they couldn't help as my husband had to sign a confidentiality paper saying that he would never disclose to anyone that the other party paid out of court or how much he got.

Do you mean www.claimmoremoney.co.uk, rather than .com?

Are you saying here that your husband has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the solicitor that has already helped get the award that he has received?

If so, it may be difficult for your husband to tell claimmoremoney.co.uk how much he has already received.

But what do I know?
Must be worth a phone call.

paddyrg

swingaloo wrote: »

My husband had an accident and claim which was subsequently settled out of court.

What were the settlement terms?

cookie365

If this company really is genuine then all they will do is instruct a firm of solicitors on a conditional fee agreement (no win no fee).

So your husband may as well go to see a solicitor directly himself.

The solicitor will be able to advise on the terms of the previous settlement and whether there's any prospect of successfully reopening it.

Whatever the non-disclosure terms, they will not prevent him from showing the terms of the settlement to a lawyer he instructs, and if they do, they'll be laughed out of court.

Crazy_Jamie

vuvuzela wrote:

I think they look like yet another of the ambulance chasing 'lawyer' companies that are out to get as much for themselves out of any potential settlement.

mije1983 wrote:

I would imagine that you/he would have little to no chance of getting any more money as no doubt the original offer was probably made in full and final settlement of any claim.

Although it's easier to say in hindsight, and from an outsiders perspective, the time to reject the out of court offer was before it was agreed to.

Stevie_Palimo wrote:

Yes agree time to move on I'm afraid, May not be what you wanted to hear but he did choose to accept the offer and must now live with the decision.

cookie365 wrote:

If this company really is genuine then all they will do is instruct a firm of solicitors on a conditional fee agreement (no win no fee).

So your husband may as well go to see a solicitor directly himself.

The solicitor will be able to advise on the terms of the previous settlement and whether there's any prospect of successfully reopening it.

This is one of the dangers of asking for advice on an internet forum, because whilst you may well get responses that are well intentioned, you also run the risk of being given inaccurate advice. As well intentioned as the above posts probably were, they are all wrong.

The website you're referring to is not a claims management company or a panel that will refer your claim to one of many potential panel firms. It is actually the marketing identity of the professional negligence arm of Irvings Solicitors, which are a firm of actual solicitors based in Liverpool. So the first thing to note is that if you do contact them you are at least contacting an actual firm of solicitors and not a claims management company, which is a positive.

The other, and potentially more important thing to note, is that the service they are offering has nothing to do with re-opening or otherwise amending the terms of your husband's settlement. They are not advising you as to a further potential personal injury claim, they are advising you as to a potential professional negligence claim against your previous solicitors. The point essentially being that some solicitors and claims management firms do settle claims prematurely, either due to not appreciating the severity of the injury, missing something important, or because they are in a rush to recover their own legal costs at the expense of their client. If a firm has acted negligently, you could potentially have a claim against the firm itself in professional negligence, whereby you will seek to recover the difference between the settlement that you took on their advice and the amount that you would have been awarded had the advice not been negligent. Professional negligence cases are not nearly as straightforward as personal injury claims for a variety of reasons, though in practice they are often also taken on the basis of Conditional Fee Agreements ('no win no fee').

So the bottom line is that this is not about reopening your previous case. It is about establishing whether or not your previous firm acted negligently in some way in running your previous case, which resulted in you being awarded less in terms of compensation that you should have received. If it is considered that they did, you will start a separate claim against the firm of solicitors.

Clearly from what you've said I have no way of judging whether or not the settlement that your husband received was appropriate or not. But generally speaking your husband isn't going to lose anything by giving Irvings a call. Even if he is told that the settlement was appropriate it may that hearing that from another solicitor may help him to move on from this.

AndyDandy

I echo Crazy Jamie above. I had an accident handled by Irvings a year or so ago and they were excellent. They are a rare firm that only uses qualified staff to deal with their cases. The guy I dealt with was Ian Kyle (ian.kyle@irvingslaw.com) I suggest you contact him direct if you aren't sure about anything.

I saw the Claim More Money ad and have recommended them to a mate who had a claim 4 years ago with another firm who he was unhappy with. Irvings are now pursuing the other solicitor to get the shortfall in the compensation for him that he missed out on.

Looks like they are making a positive step to help people short changed by so called solicitors who use unqualified staff to handle personal injury cases which are trivial to them but very important to the injured clients.

bod1467

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