FAQs

If your case is successful you will be able to recover any costs from the other side.

Please see our Funding Page for more information.

You should also discuss the funding of your claim with your legal advisor.

Remember, you should never have to pay your legal advisor's fees. All our Panel Members can and will undertake your case on a No Win No Fee agreement in appropriate cases.

How long will the case take?

Please download our Medical Negligence Claims Guide.

What do I have to prove?

See our page: Medical Negligence Law

Who are 'Medical Claims Online'?

Please see the 'About us' and 'Legal Info' pages.

How long do I have to make a claim?

You must bring a claim within 3 years of the date of the alleged negligence. Alternatively, you may bring a claim 3 years from the date that you knew or ought to have known that you had a potential claim. This can become complicated and your legal advisor will discuss this further. If the claim is on the behalf of a child, legal proceedings should be brought 3 years after their 18th birthday, i.e. before their 21st birthday.

Will it cost me?

That depends on which funding method is used. In certain circumstances you may be asked to pay for the disbursements that arise during the investigation of your claim. Disbursements include medical records and Experts’ reports.

Unfortunately, unlike Personal Injury Claims, Medical Negligence Claims are expensive and are much harder to assess prospects of success.

If your legal advisor has taken insurance out then if you lose your case you will receive anything that you have paid back.