Midas Law Preston, Lancashire | Legal & Law Service

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Advocacy We offer a wide range of court representation services direct to individual clients and insurance companies, and to other solicitors as their agents. We can offer significant savings in addition to a total one stop legal service for our clients. Our advocacy services include:- • Small claims track trials • Fast track trials • Multi-track trials • Appeals • Disposal hearings • Detailed assessments hearings • Case Management Conferences • Direction hearings • Interim Application hearings • MOJ portal stage 3 hearings • Infant settlement hearings • Employment Tribunal Advocacy We also provide advices on quantum (valuation of a claim) and advices on the merits of a case, either in writing or by telephone. We can also draft statements of case (court papers) as well as witness statements for you. We can offer an advice or drafting turnaround of 7 days, even sooner in some cases. If you require first-rate advocacy at a cost-effective rate please call us today. Costs Law We offer a comprehensive legal costs service that removes the burden of day to day costs-related issues allowing you to concentrate on more productive matters. Our services cover both privately and CFA funded work and includes:- 1. Drafting services 1. Bills of Costs, Schedules and Estimates of Costs 2. Costs Budgets/Precedent H 3. Points of Dispute and Replies 4. Part 8 ‘Costs Only’ Claim Forms 5. Applications for Interim and Default Costs Certificates 6. Written Advice 2. Negotiation with paying and receiving parties Whether it’s maximising your own costs or a case of damage limitation in respect of a claim presented to your lay client, we can provide a complete costs negotiation service focused on achieving the best possible outcome. 3. Advocacy We can attend on detailed assessment and any other costs related hearing. As solicitors we can place ourselves on the court record at any stage and assume full conduct through to conclusion leaving you free to concentrate on other matters. We can deal with all aspects of legal costs and our cost services are second to none. Contact us today to see what we can do for you. Credit Hire Recovery Service If you have been involved in a Road Traffic Accident and it wasn’t your fault, your insurer, a hire company or a claims management company may provide you with a replacement vehicle and allow a period of credit for the rental charges to be paid by the “at fault” party. Credit hire recovery results from unpaid credit hire invoices from the “at fault” parties and their insurers. Credit hire is an ever changing area of law and remains a strongly contested head of claim. We have considerable experience in credit hire recovery and we ensure all credit hire recovery claims are dealt with proactively. Whether you are an individual, a hire company or a claims management company, we specialise in providing an understanding and transparent service to help you recover your credit hire charges. Contact us today for a free no obligation consultation. Criminal Law Midas Law has access to a partner law firm, Hollingsworth Edwards LLP to deal with all criminal matters. Hollingsworth Edwards LLP specialise in matters of criminal law. They are based in Shepherds Bush, West London, although their practice is nationwide. Their dedication to those they represent is borne out by the exceptionally high record of success they achieve on behalf of clients. For criminal law related matters please contact Hollingsworth Edwards LLP on 020 3397 4795 or by email at info@helaw.co.uk. Their 24 hour emergency police station line is 07757 777 116. Please quote Midas Law as your source of introduction when contacting them. Debt Recovery and Enforcement If you have customers that do not pay on time then we can help. Balancing the impact of bad debts against the cost of recovery is our key commercial focus. By taking time to understand your business and the wider commercial environment in which you operate, we can provide proactive, timely and cost-effective solutions to debt recovery. There are various methods of debt collection and no ‘one size fits all’ solution. As specialists we offer bespoke advice on the best approach for individual clients, taking into account the nature of debts owed to, or by them. We can assist you or your business with: • Business or private debt recovery for creditors • Advice on debt recovery and the issue of claims • Defending debt recovery actions made against you We have experience across all aspects of recovery and enforcement, with particular specialisms in: • letters before action • issue of County Court claims • enforcement of judgments • issue of statutory demands • bankruptcy proceedings • winding-up proceedings We accept instructions by email, fax, or post and we guarantee that all instructions are dealt with on the day of receipt. We have an innovative fixed-fee debt recovery service so you always know what your costs are at every stage of the procedure. Throwing good money after bad makes little business sense so we advise on the most proactive methods of collection to get the right results quickly, whilst always taking the associated costs into account. Contact us for expert advice and to find out more about our fixed fee service. Defending Allegations of Motor Insurance Fraud Motor insurance fraud is a complex area. Insurers have access to extensive resources and are undertaking ever increasing investigations into the identification of fraudulent claims. Insurers may investigate for a wide range of reasons including false claims (phantom passengers), deliberately induced collision for financial gain, staged claims and exaggeration. Often innocent people become caught in an over zealous approach to validation investigations or may become accused of fraud due to the nature of the claim. It may be the case that your insurance company has refused to indemnify you under the terms of the policy of insurance or reserved its right to indemnify you whilst it carries out investigations. That being the case you have the right to seek independent legal advice and even look to seek an order from the court requiring your motor insurer to indemnify you under the terms of the policy of insurance. If you are accused of fraud or your motor insurer has refused to indemnify you, you need access to legal experts equipped with the knowledge and experience to pursue a successful defence strategy. We can pro-actively defend accusations in all instances of motor insurance fraud and look to obtain an order from the court requiring the insurer to indemnify you. If you have been accused of making a fraudulent claim or your motor insurer has either refused to indemnify you or reserved its right to indemnify you call us for our expert advice or alternatively complete the contact us form and we will call you. Employment Law Employment law is constantly changing. Whether you are an employer or employee, you need specialist employment advice from specialist employment solicitors. We have a wealth of experience in dealing with all matters pertaining to Employment law. We have experience of acting on behalf of both employers and employees as a result of which we have a wider perspective of all relevant issues. We appreciate to a greater extent, potential pitfalls, and as such we are in a better position to provide our clients with practical informed advice tailored to the particular situation in hand. We can provide advice and assistance in relation to all aspects of employment law, including: • Drafting contracts of employment, policies and procedures • Disciplinary and grievance procedures • Absence management • Dismissals • Redundancies, lay-off and short-time working • Discrimination and the Equality Act 2010 - age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation • Equal pay • Settlement agreements and termination packages • Restrictive covenants, confidentiality and garden leave • Drafting directors' service agreements, consultancy agreements and other terms and conditions • Employment Tribunal advocacy • TUPE - employment issues arising from business acquisitions and disposals With a practical outlook, and competitive fees we can offer an approachable and dependable service to you whether you are an employee or an employer. Please contact us for a free no obligation consultation. Alternatively, please complete the contact us form and we will make contact with you to discuss your case. Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation If your flight was delayed, cancelled or you were denied boarding in the last six years, or if you missed it through no fault of your own, you could be entitled to compensation of up to €600 (approx. £520). EC Regulation 261/2004 is a piece of European legislation that was created to ensure that the rights of airline passengers were protected in cases of cancellation, long delays and denied boarding. You are only entitled to the compensation if the delay was something within the airline's control. Staffing problems and under booking all count. An airline is not obliged to pay a financial compensation in the case of an extraordinary circumstance, such as severe weather. It is only for EU Regulated flights. An EU flight is where the flight departed from an EU airport, regardless of the airline, OR where an EU airline landed at an EU airport. How Much Can I Claim? The amount of compensation you can claim is set out in the Regulation and the figures relate to the distance of travel and the length of the delay. The compensation is fixed regardless of the flight cost. The Regulation exists to compensate passengers for time and inconvenience, not reimburse the ticket price. This means if you pay £30 or £3,000 for your ticket, the compensation remains the same. How Do I Claim? Claiming is very simple. All you need to do is to complete our easy to use claim form below. You can claim for just yourself, or your entire traveling party. We will then search flight data and let you know if you have a right to claim. Alternatively call us for a free no obligation chat and we will let you know if you have a claim. What Documents Do I Need To Make A Claim? All that is required is your booking confirmation, e-ticket or a boarding pass. What Are The Costs? Midas Law work on a No Win No Fee basis. We charge and subtract 25% of the total compensation amount following payment from the airline. We work on a no win no fee basis so you are at no financial risk to claim at any point. General Consumer Disputes Consumer Law covers a wide range of issues including but not limited to problems with purchased goods, such as faulty cars or kitchen appliances, or services such as the design and construction of extensions, conservatories or other redevelopments, plumbing supplies, landscape gardening and faulty windows installation. You may have a written agreement or a purchase order or a series of emails or may be just a verbal agreement made over the phone. We can advise you where you stand and what your options are. We will consider whether the contract you have will provide you with a claim or defence and whether there are other issues to consider such as the commercial realities of pursuing or defending the dispute. Some disputes we resolve involve more than one party and can be very complex. Other disputes are straightforward. Sometimes we need to issue or defend Court proceedings and we can guide you through each step. We act for individuals, manufacturers and service providers of all types and sizes. Our principal objective in every case is to resolve our client’s disputes in the most favourable and cost effective method. Often we are able to quote fixed fees for specific items of work. This allows a degree of certainty and budgeting for your legal costs. In certain circumstances we may even be able to act for you on a no win no fee basis. Contact us for our expert advice. Professional Negligence Whether you are an individual or in business and have cause for complaint regarding the professional services you have purchased, then we will be able to help you recover your losses. You may have had occasion to instruct, take advice from or be treated by any of the following categories of professional:- • Solicitors• Barristers• Accountants• Building contractors• Quantity surveyors• Architects• Specialist contractors• Mechanical and electrical contractors• Insurance Brokers and Financial Advisors When using the services of a professional, whether they are a financial adviser, surveyor, solicitor or any other position that requires specialist knowledge, they are under a duty of care to carry out work to a good standard. Professionals hold themselves out as experts in their subject and the law requires them to work to the standard of a reasonable professional working in that field. Professional negligence occurs when a professional breaches their duty of care to you and as a result you suffer a loss. Unfortunately, sometimes professionals including solicitors and accountants get it wrong - so badly wrong that no reasonable professional would have acted in the way they did. Negligent advice if received can sometimes point a client in completely the wrong direction and even damage a client’s chance of success. We only represent claimants - ie the people bringing the professional negligence claim. We do not represent insurance companies in defending professional negligence claims, so we are therefore truly independent and free to act in your best interests. When assessing your case we will consider your funding requirements and check your existing insurance policies to see whether you have existing legal expense cover. If you do not, we will work with you to provide funding arrangements to suit your needs. We can generally accept suitable cases on a no-win no-fee basis. We aim to make the process of claiming as straightforward as possible. If you are thinking of claiming for professional negligence we will help make the process as painless as possible. Do I have a claim? There is a 3 stage test: 1: That the professional owed you a duty of a duty of care – This is generally easy to show where you directly instructed the professional. They will owe you a duty to carry out work with proper skill and diligence and, where the contract does not specify, within a reasonable time. If you did not directly instruct the professional, whether they owed you a duty of care depends on the proximity of the relationship between you and the professional. 2: That the professional has breached that duty of care – The issue is whether the professional’s work has fallen below the standard to be expected of a reasonably competent professional. Sometimes a mistake may be obvious but often it is less so. Expert opinion evidence from another professional in the field may be required to establish what a reasonable standard was and whether the professional fell below this standard. 3: That the professional’s breach of duty has caused you loss – This is not always as obvious as it may seem. Even if the professional’s conduct has been negligent, you have to be able to prove that you have lost out financially through the negligence. So where the position would have ended up the same anyway, there would be no loss. Likewise, where the negligent advice results in disappointment but no actual loss. If you have been a victim of professional negligence do not hesitate to contact us. It may well be that you just want a second opinion; we can assist with that too. We will happily check your case for free to see if you have a claim for professional negligence. OUR FREE ASSESSMENT PROMISE If you have made a claim for Personal Injury in the last 6 years for which you have been compensated, and the compensation was less than you expected, or your claim was not properly handled, or you believe your solicitor made a mistake, for example, missed a court deadline, or you were asked to pay for an insurance policy which seemed excessive or you did not know about, or you simply want a second opinion to ensure your solicitor did not make any mistakes and that you were fully compensated, we will assess your claim for free and tell you if you have a claim for professional negligence. You may be able to benefit from having your claim re-opened and you could receive further compensation. In these cases, your claim will be made against your previous solicitors, who are insured against making these mistakes. Your claim will be a claim for the compensation you would have received had the mistakes not been made. We will deal with your claim on a no win no fee basis. Want a second opinion? It will cost you nothing for us to assess your claim!

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