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		<title>How is a personal injury solicitor paid?</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2010/06/03/how-is-a-personal-injury-solicitor-is-paid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How a personal injury solicitor is paid and how to protect yourself from costs awards]]></description>
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		<title>Inquest representation and public funding</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2010/05/17/inquest-representation-and-public-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very useful article appeared in the Law Society Gazette on Monday 17 May 2010 by Azmina Gulamhusein
The charitable organisation INQUEST has criticised the current inquest system because ‘there is no equity of arms in terms of legal funding’. While public or commercial bodies involved in an inquest invariably have legal representation, bereaved families can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert evidence</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/09/28/expert-evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only experts can give opinion in a compensation case, and the opinion must be limited to the field of expertise.
A medical expert is the usual expert, but again the medical expert must keep to their own area of expertise. Accident compensation cases sometimes need the help of a reconstruction expert, an engineer, an occupational or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I want to change solicitor</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/09/28/i-want-to-change-solicitor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need to change your solicitor?
I do take over cases from other solicitors. This does not mean the  current solicitor is poor, it usually means a client is not receiving  the time and attention they deserve. Working with a solicitor is a personal experience, and it should be  personal.
It is easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering costs</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/10/recovering-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recovering costs from the other side.
It might surprise you to learn there is no automatic rule which says if you win your case your costs will be paid by the losing side. It happens in the vast majority of cases, but it is not an absolute rule. The practice comes from the affordability of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conditional fee agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/10/conditional-fee-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conditional fee agreement
Conditional fee agreement is the proper name for “no win no fee.” It means your own solicitors fees are only payable by you in the event of success. Success is defined in the agreement, but in compensation cases it usually means recovering a compensation payment in your favour.
If we set up a conditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal aid</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/10/legal-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal aid
It is a thing of the past in most personal injury cases. It was a system set up for the right reasons, to allow those who could not afford a solicitor, to use one. It became expensive so the Government changed the rules, made conditional fee arrangements possible, and gave  an incentive to solicitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal expenses insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/10/legal-expenses-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal expenses insurance
Lots of people have this insurance as part of policies on their car or house, or might buy it as a stand alone policy. The policy will allow you to pursue a compensation case, and cover your liability to pay your own solicitor’s costs and disbursements, and those of the other side if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No win no fee</title>
		<link>http://www.markthompsonlaw.com/2009/08/10/no-win-no-fee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No win no fee
No win no fee is not an accurate term, and it does not tell you the whole story. The whole story might be boring, but until you have heard it you will not understand. Your only question is “Will it cost me anything?” to which the answer will be “It depends.” So [...]]]></description>
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