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      Medical Negligence Claims: Your Rights and Compensation Explained

      Anthony Porthouse, a senior lawyer and accredited specialist in personal injury at Monaco, has over 25 years of experience. He addresses the intimidation many feel about pursuing medical negligence claims against their doctors, reassuring that his firm can handle such complex issues. Anthony explains that clients often underestimate the value of their claims, which can include compensation for lost income, cost of care, childcare, and future medical treatments. He clarifies that the legal time limit for claims—typically three years—may start later than the date of the injury, depending on when the injury was recognized as being caused by a medical fault. Monaco Solicitors operates on a no win, no fee basis, meaning clients pay legal fees only if their claim succeeds. Anthony finds deep satisfaction in improving clients’ financial and emotional wellbeing through successful claims.

      Medical Negligence Claims: Your Rights and Compensation Explained

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      Medical Negligence Claims: Your Rights and Compensation Explained

      My name's Anthony Porthouse. I'm a senior lawyer here at Monaco Solicitors. I'm an accredited specialist in personal injury law, and I've been working in the field of personal injury for over 25 years. I think in the field of medical negligence, many people are probably intimidated by the idea of taking on their doctor who has provided them with treatment. And the fact that they have ongoing medical problems is going to add to that stress. But I'd still encourage people to rest assured that we'll take care of those matters and we can deal with the issues in the case, as they need to be dealt with. People's claims are much more valuable than they themselves think. People, I think, have a general idea they might be able to claim loss of income for time they're off work, but they don't generally know that they may have a claim, for example, for the cost of care or for the cost of care of their children while they've been unable to look after their children. Or for future medical treatment, particularly if they've got a complex medical problem that might need treatment in the future. The law has always been that claims are limited by a period of three years, but that period doesn't always start on the date of the injury. It may start sometime later than that when someone becomes aware that their injury was caused by the fault of a doctor or a hospital. So time is not a cut and dried thing, and it will depend on the facts of every case. So someone shouldn't think that they don't have a claim merely because it happened more than three years ago. All of our work is done on a no win, no fee basis, and that means that the client's not required to pay any professional costs in respect of our work, unless there's a successful outcome. And we don't require people to pay costs at the outset or as the claim progresses, but only when it's completed. It is a genuine feeling of reward in helping people improve their situation. Often people are really in a difficult situation before they embark on a compensation claim, and if their financial position can be improved and they're stress relieved in terms of their ongoing financial wellbeing, then I find that very rewarding.

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