Is it expensive to go too court for a personal injury claim?uk?
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at
3:43 am
Hi
Personal injury claims are usally settled before the court date or the morning of the court.
What sort of costs occur when bring the case to the high court??
Does it matter if the case is going on for 5yrs or longer?
Do the barristers for both side be in regular contact?
Thanks
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Snoozle W is broadly correct as regards costs and "Tony A" is talking out of what I suspect the A stands for.
PI claims are usually settled a long time before trial, 98% I’d say in my experience. The number of cases settling on the morning of trial are very small indeed.
A High Court PI claim usually exceeds £250,000 in value, but it can be less, with permission. Of course, the complexity of the case determines the costs involved. Insofar as there is an average, a HC PI claim litigated all the way to trial would probably result in costs on both sides well in excess of £50,000, but it could easily be several times that.
The length of time it’s been ‘going on’ is not necessarily indicative of high costs: it may be that very little has happened in the case for lengthy periods of that.
The barristers for claimant and defendant would not be in contact AT ALL concerning the case unless specifically instructed by the solicitors to speak to each other: or they may speak at court.
Why do you ask?
You only pay costs if you lose.
If you win, they pay your legal costs as well as the settlement.
doesn’t really matter if it goes to court or not – the longer a case takes to settle, the more costs are involved.
usually its the solicitors for both parties who are in regular contact, rather then the barristers.
It matters a great deal if the case goes on for years. Take no notice of, snoozle woozle, costs are awarded at the discretion of the judge based on the evidence he has heard.