Why choose Barton Solicitors?

At Barton Solicitors an accident claim is handled throughout by a qualified solicitor. Many firms now routinely use unqualified staff to run personal injury claims but Barton Solicitors doesn’t. Elaine Hughes is a personal injury panel member accredited with the Law Society, a founder member of the Accident Compensation Solicitors Group and a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Barton Solicitors' advice is that anyone who has had an accident MUST arrange their own solicitor to handle the claim. If the injured person lets anyone else make the arrangements, such as car insurers if they have had a road accident or a claims management company from the television, the arranger usually sells the claim on. These are known as referral fees. Fees are rumoured to be up to £850. Typical costs recovered by a solicitors firm in a road accident are around £1250 which leaves little for the solicitors firm to run the claim. Either the amount of time spent running the claim is cut or firms usually use unqualified staff. At Barton Solicitors a claim is only ever handled by a qualified solicitor.

Barton Solicitors charge an injured person nothing, whatever the outcome of the claim. If the claim is won the costs are usually recovered from the insurers of the party at fault. If a claim is lost, a policy of insurance would pay out the costs the injured person had to pay.

Barton Solicitors specialise in accident claims. Whatever your situation, don’t do anything until you have spoken to Barton Solicitors. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.