Personal Injury Panel

Personal Injury Panel
Personal Injury Panel
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Information for solicitors and legal executives
Detailed information
Useful links
Download forms and documents for panel members and applicants




Personal Injury Panel
More than 3 million people are injured in accidents each year – on the road, at work, at home or elsewhere. In many cases, someone else is at fault.

If you have been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries and loss of earnings.

The Personal Injury Panel aims to put you in touch with legal practitioners who provide advice on and assistance with claims arising from personal injury. Panel members can also provide advice to relatives of people who have been fatally injured.

Many panel members offer a free half-hour consultation. You can use this advice session to find out

whether you have a case
how to go about claiming
how much you might be able to claim
whether the solicitor will work on a ‘no win no fee’ basis
Only solicitors and legal executives who meet the Law Society’s strict requirements are permitted to join the panel. When you see the Personal Injury Panel logo, you’ll know that the practitioner’s skills, knowledge and experience have been rigorously and independently assessed.

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Information for solicitors and legal executives
If you are a solicitor or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and are interested in becoming a member, read the Professional accreditation schemes application criteria and guidance notes (PDF 71K) and the Personal Injury Panel criteria and guidance notes (PDF 67K).

Then, download, complete and submit the application (PDF 40K) and the case reports (PDF 28K).

Briefly, you will need

approximately three years’ experience of personal injury matters
to have conducted at least 36 personal injury cases in the past three years
to submit to the Law Society an application covering all aspects of your personal injury practice and the procedures operated by your firm (applications are graded by independent practitioners)
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Detailed information
The Law Society requires solicitors to undertake continuing professional development (CPD) activities. See the CPD requirements for Personal Injury Panel members.

See information for panel members who move firms.

If you are already a panel member, view information about maintaining membership, known as re-accreditation.

Re-accreditation
Information for panel members
The practice management standards with which firms are required to comply appear in the Personal Injury Panel criteria and guidance notes (PDF 67K).

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Useful links
Accident Line

Accident line is the only personal injury referral scheme endorsed by the Law Society.

APIL

Solicitors and barristers work with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) for law reform to improve access to justice.

CPIL

The College of Personal Injury Lawyers (CPIL) is the training division of APIL.

Panel logos

The Law Society operates a dedicated website for panel members, providing secure access to the Personal Injury Panel logo.