CPR compliant witness statements. Taken by qualified, legal professionals in the Claimant or Defendant’s first language
CPR compliant witness statements. Taken by qualified, legal professionals in the Claimant or Defendant’s first languageFollowing a recent judgment. Correia v Williams all witness statements must be taken in the Claimaint or Defendant’s first language. Translating a statement drafted in English is not compliant.
We are the only company supply the Personal Injury market with CPR compliant witness statements taken by qualified legal professionals, in the Claimant or Defendant’s first language. All too frequently, evidence is prepared defectively in breach of procedural requirements, resulting in cases being struck out for non-compliance.
All witness statements are returned no later than 24 hours following the appointment
Detailed attendance note so our fee can be recovered.
Our competitors are simply unable to match the level of detail, experience, turnaround time and competitive charging structure we offer for witness statement drafting.
Statements Drafted by Qualified, Legal Professionals
Our in-house, statement drafting team are experienced, legal professionals, each having previously handled a litigated caseload of claims. Our statement takers are fully versed with the case law and legislation applicable to the areas they specialise in. Our drafters have the competence to substantially address more challenging issues, including Fraud & Causation.
We combine our legal-know how with our drafting and linguistic capabilities in order to draft in more than 200 languages, meaning we can prepare a client’s witness statement in their first language. Our final CPR court compliant bundle includes a signed declaration, a signed witness statement in the clients first language, accompanied by the translated and signed English witness statement. It’s a total solution that’s ready for exchange.
In addition, we supply the file handler with valuable judgments on case merits and weaknesses alongside an attendance so our fee can be recovered. We are constantly keeping abreast of case law and judgments regularly instructing our local chamber for update briefings.
A range of statement Types
We draft both liability & quantum witness statements and are regularly instructed to draft personal injury statements addressing road traffic accidents, including credit hire, accidents at work, public liability, employer’s liability, defective products and clinical negligence. Industrial disease witness statements addressing noise induced hearing loss, arm/hand vibration syndrome, repetitive strain injury, lung related diseases and dermatitis.
We use various questioning techniques to extract the information pertinent to the case. Meticulous attention to detail is given throughout the process to ensure every aspect of the claim is addressed.
Witness Statement Drafting
It is the most important part of the claim, why would you not outsource to a specialist?
- Consistent, high quality, CPR compliant witness statements in your client’s first language
- Let your file handlers take on more cases whilst we take care of promoting settlement on your files
- All witness statements are provided with an attendance note so our fee can be recovered
- No more of your file handlers time consumed with preparing for an appointment that’s missed
- Fixed fee allows easier budgeting
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- Signed CPR compliant witness statements returned within 48 hours
Catastrophic Injury & Care Witness Statement Drafting
Empathy, patience and understanding is critical to producing a witness statement that portrays the suffering incurred with a catastrophic injury. The ability to encapsulate three or more medical reports and impact to the claimant requires a skilled, legal professional to present the losses and suffering in a succinct, easy to follow statement.
Preparation is key, as well as the ability to produce a chronology from the medical reports, understanding the injury and its impact, in the client’s own words.
Depending on severity, we can conduct telephone interviews or home visits wit those involved. Our witness statements are taken in your client’s first language. We are able to produce in all languages.
Furthermore, we will interview family members and detail care and assistance provided and the effects the injury has had on them.
Benefits
- All documents such as medico-legal reports and pleadings are reviewed prior to interview.
- A robust, CPR compliant witness statement that promotes early settlement
- Drafted by qualified, legal professionals, having previously handled a medical negligence caseload
- Case merits and weaknesses to assist file handlers when negotiating
- An attendance note so our fee can later be recovered
RTA: Bikers, Cyclist, Pedestrians – Spinal – Head/Brain injury – Fatal Injury – Limb Amputation
EL/PL: – Workplace Accidents – Asbestos Claims – Hearing Loss – Mesothelioma -Pleural Thickening – Hand/Arm Vibration Syndrome
Military Claims
RTA – Liability & Credit Hire Witness Statement Drafting
Repair durations are increasing due to the supply of parts is becoming more problematic following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, more than ever, it is critical for credit hire firms to demonstrate need, class, enforceability, rate, impecuniosity, illegality, intervention and period.
We obtain bank statements for ALL accounts including savings and exhibit them within our drafted bundle.
Our witness statements are taken in your client’s first language. The witness statement exhibits include the hire invoice, hire agreement, repairs invoice, engineers report, engineers invoice and full financial disclosure of ALL bank accounts.
We are instructed by insurers, CHO’s and solicitors to address liability and quantum to achieve the best possible settlement on hire charges, repair costs and engineer fees.
Benefits
- All documents such as pleadings, loss of use dates, hire payment pack and impecuniosity documents reviewed prior to telephone interview and prepared.
- Robust witness statement with full financial disclosure addressing impec in detail
- Drafted by legal professionals that have handled a litigated RTA caseload
- A witness statement that promotes early settlement
- Witness statements taken in your clients first language (All languages)
- Case merits and weaknesses to assist file handlers when negotiating
- An attendance note so our fee can be recovered
Medical Negligence Witness Statement Drafting
Often claims misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, mistakes during surgery and incorrect treatment, can result in significant changes to the Claimant’s lifestyle. They are often sensitive subjects that require an investment of time and empathy with the client .
Our drafter’s present the losses and suffering in a succinct and easy to follow witness statement. We address the medical reports, pleadings, duty , breach and causation from the clients perspective. With every case, we focus on relevant and admissible evidence. It is critical we paint an accurate picture that is clear to visualise in order to maximise the Claimant’s compensation.
Benefits
- All documents such as medico-legal reports and pleading are reviewed prior to interview.
- A robust CPR compliant witness statement taken in your clients first language
- Drafted by Legal professionals
- A witness statement that promotes early settlement
- Case merits and weaknesses to assist file handlers when negotiating settlement
- An attendance note so our fee can be recovered
Housing Disrepair & Cavity Wall Witness Statement Drafting
Recent press has increased the awareness of the horrific conditions some landlords are expecting tenants to endure.
Our Drafting service provides a detailed property description, addresses the disrepair, location, cause and impact on those living in the property including health conditions, dates reported including chronology and frequency of reporting and subsequent losses.
Both housing disrepair and cavity wall witness statements take time draft and require skill to produce a coherent chronology.
Our witness statements are taken in your client’s first language. We are able to produce in all languages.
We are instructed by some of the leading firms in this sector and have a team dedicated to drafting housing disrepair & cavity wall witness statements.
Simply supply us with your clients details and any associated documents such as Pleadings, surveyors report.
Benefits
- All documents reviewed prior to telephone interview and prepared.
- A robust CPR compliant witness statement taken in your clients first language
- Drafted by Legal professionals
- A witness statement that promotes early settlement
- Case merits and weaknesses to assist file handlers when negotiating settlement
- An attendance note so our fee can be recovered
Financial Mis-selling & Fraud witness statement Drafting
Online fraud, mis-sold investments, pensions, mortgages, car leases & plevin Claims continue to increase.
Our Drafting service provides a detailed description of the fraud or mis-sold product, the impact and losses suffered.
Our witness statements are taken in your client’s first language. We are able to produce in all languages.
Simply supply us with your clients details any associated documents such as POCS, defence, surveyors report and we shall provide a detailed witness statement in return.
Benefits
- All documents such as defense, POCS, claim form reviewed prior to telephone interview and prepped.
- A robust, CPR compliant witness statement taken in your clients first language
- Drafted by Legal professionals
- A witness statement that promotes early settlement
- Case merits and weaknesses to assist file handlers when negotiating
- An attendance note so our fee can be recovered
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Case merits & weaknesses
We provide two forms of feedback to our work providers. Our drafters will provide your handlers with a summary of the merits and weaknesses of each case. This beneficial aspect of our witness statement service assists handlers with making informed decisions when negotiating and enables handlers to reach settlement swiftly.
Performance Summaries
We are confident with the level of service we offer and give our work providers weekly or monthly performance summaries, detailing the turnaround times of each instruction.
Technologically seamless
Due to our investment in the innovative technology that we operate, supported by our team of staff we employ, our process is seamless. We offer file handlers live updates of the instruction progress and utilise an SMS facility for appointment reminders, which is imperative for maintaining the turnaround time of instructions.
Digital Signature Platform
Email correspondence is the quickest form of written communication but not all clients have the ability or time to print, sign, scan and return their witness evidence to us by email. We offer an online compliant digital signing portal. We upload the documents for signing and your client receives a link to their device, an access code is issued via SMS ensuring only your client can access their document. Clients are able to access our signing portal using a PC, Mac or touchscreen handheld mobile device such as IOS, Android and Windows Mobile in real time.
Digital Signature Platform Benefits
- Compliant for use in litigation
- Quick & easy to complete
- Instant Response, improved turnaround, no need for client to print or scan
- Custom settings, including individual access code
Provided we have client co-operation, we will meet the deadline you set.
A non-exhaustive list of the areas we cover
Industrial Disease
- Noise induced hearing loss
- Arm/hand vibration syndrome
- Repetitive strain injury
- Lung related diseases
- Dermatitis
Personal Injury
- Road traffic accidents, including credit hire
- Accidents at work
- Public liability
- Employer’s liability
- Defective products
Travel Sickness
- Holiday sickness claims
“Well you have exceeded my expectations. Honestly, it is a relief to find a firm where I can hand something over to you at short notice and be reassured that you can deal with it….much quicker than I could ever (and better statements than I could ever take). Well done!”
“Wow, this is all very impressive”.
“Thank you for providing the free trial we are most impressed by your companies witness statements and look forward to instructing you on a regular basis”.
“I have passed your company details to our office in Leeds and suggested they make contact with you as I am very pleased with the improved CFA document collection service that you are providing”
“I have passed your company details to our office in Leeds and suggested they make contact with you as I am very pleased with the improved CFA document collection service that you are providing”
“Please pass my appreciation to your enquiry agent who attended my home this morning. Nothing was too much trouble for him and he kindly offered to take the photographs and medical papers that my solicitor had requested saving me a trip to the post box, great service!”
“Thank you for providing the Locus report investigation for our client the report is of an excellent quality and very detailed”.
“Brilliant a speedy service as ever!”
“That’s absolutely first class”
“Thank you for your patience with this client, I know first hand how difficult it has been to obtain contact, co-ordinate meetings and communicate. The flexibility of your statement taker and legal translator to meet my demanding client and court deadline is much appreciated. I am very happy that we can now close this file with a good settlement”
“Thank you for your liability investigation report we are most happy with the detail and the quality of the investigation”.
“FYI – SDS have been brilliant on this P18 reply – very quick turnaround for the initial docs, then it was amended and signed/translated all in 1 day!”
