Next Gen Solicitors

Case Studies

5. Personal Injury The claimant had been in a parked, stationary vehicle when the defendant reversed into the passenger side of the claimant’s vehicle. As a result of the collision the claimant sustained physical injuries and required a replacement vehicle. The defendant’s insurer initially refused to deal with the claim, and then made only poor offers. Next Gen Solicitors therefore issued court proceedings in order to obtain rightful settlement. Once proceedings had been issued, Next Gen Solicitors made offers and negotiated a settlement of £10,140.79 for the client, which brought in £4,504.35 in fees to Next Gen Solicitors. 6. Personal Injury The claimant had been a driver proceeding around a roundabout when the defendant driver entered the roundabout and collided with the claimant as he was exiting. The defendant denied fault for the accident, which led Next Gen Solicitors to issue court proceedings in the matter. The defendant put forward a 50% liability offer, accepting half the fault for the collision on the condition our client accept half the fault for the collision. Despite this being a common mode of settlement for roundabout cases, Next Gen Solicitors advised the client that it believed him to have prospects of success on a 100% basis. Next Gen Solicitors therefore took the matter all the way to trial, where they were successful. Their client was awarded £7,100 by a judge, resulting in £5,432.40 in fees for Next Gen Solicitors. 7. Medical Negligence The Client was diagnosed with glaucoma. However, the client was not made aware of the condition and as a result of failing to notify and treat the client, she lost vision in one eye. The claimwas made against NHS Resolution and the client was awarded £30,000. 8. Medical Negligence The client was a patient at a care home. Due to her being incapacitated, she was required to be turned at regular intervals. Staff at the care home failed to properly risk assess the patient and as a result she suffered a Grade 4 pressure sore. The NHS care home accepted full responsibility and the client was awarded £6,500 in damages.

Next Gen Solicitors makes available the following examples of previously successful cases:

1. Mis-advised SIPP Transfer Mr F had had a regulated adviser talk him into transferring his pension from Prudential into a SIPP. The adviser then recommended buying carbon credits, an unregulated high-risk investment, with the cash transferred into the SIPP. The adviser had gone out of business and a claimwas made to the FSCS. The total loss was calculated at £57,882.13. The maximum the FSCS could pay the client was £50,000 in compensation, this being the compensation limit per customer, per firm at the time. However, although it took 7 months to receive the compensation, a further claim against the SIPP provider for the balance is currently being pursued, as a result of a recent judicial review carried out by the FCA on lack of due diligence on such unregulated investments. 2. Mis-advised SIPP Transfer Mr M had a valid claim against The Pensions Office Limited regarding their SIPP. The client was convinced to transfer away from a valuable Railways pension to a SIPP into which he would buy an unregulated investment in storage pod operator, Store First. This investment subsequently failed. The client was awarded £45,795.30 in compensation. The client received full redress as if he had not transferred, by re-valuing his old pension and comparing this to the SIPP’s value at that time, which was nil. The claim took eight months to complete. 3. Plevin Claim The client made a claim against her Royal Bank of Scotland credit card under the Plevin principles. The defendant settled as after a review from the sale of PPI to the client, they concluded the level of commission charged on the clients PPI was in excess of the 50% level specified by the FCA policy statement. In a full and final settlement, the client accepted damages of £6,236.58. 4. Compensation for Accidental Injury The claimant was medically examined and injuries were assessed. After obtaining the necessary medical evidence, through negotiation Next Gen Solicitors was able to recover a sum of £16,000 to compensate the claimant for injuries sustained. This was an outcome with which the claimant was very pleased.

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