Dental Negligence Solicitors Claims Manchester

How Can You Make a Dental Negligence Claim in Manchester?

If you’ve faced negligent dental treatment in Manchester, you may be considering making a claim against your dentist. However, you’ll likely want to understand how the dental negligence claims process works before getting started, as this will give you a better idea of what to expect.

Every case we take on is different, so if you do decide to start a compensation claim with the Dental Law Partnership, it may not follow this process exactly. However, this section should give you a general view of our usual procedure, so you can decide whether you’re ready to open a case with us.

Our claim process usually follows these steps:

1. When you first decide to get in contact with the Dental Law Partnership, a member of our experienced team will speak to you to take down your details. You’ll be asked a series of questions about your experience, to see whether your claim of negligence is something we can accept. Most of the time, your claim will be either accepted or denied based on the initial phone call. However, in some cases, we will need to discuss your case with our in-house legal team first.
2. Once your claim has been accepted, you will be provided with all the documentation needed to progress with your case. As well as the terms and conditions, you’ll also be given a no-win, no-fee agreement to sign – this ensures you won’t have to pay anything if your claim is unsuccessful.
3. Next, we’ll pass your details across to our team of paralegals who will go over your case in more depth. We’ll collate your dental records and any evidence of negligence, before establishing a timeline for your claim. Dental records legally have to be kept for a minimum of two years – you can also request a copy if needed. Your case will then be assessed by our in-house dental team, as we’ll need to ensure that it is strong enough to progress further.
4. Once we’ve worked through the chronology of your case and deemed that you have a strong claim, it will then be assigned to one of our own dental negligence solicitors. Your dental solicitor will draft a letter of claim, which will then be sent to the defendant.
5. The defendant has four months to respond to the letter of claim. Once we have received a response, your dental negligence solicitor will negotiate with the defendant/their representative to settle your claim.
6. Most of our dental negligence claims are settled within the negotiation stage. However, the case may have to go to court if we are unable to reach a settlement with the defendant. This can extend the timeline of your claim, but our dental negligence solicitors will do whatever they can to get you the justice you deserve.

In terms of the length of your case, this is not something that we can state for definite, as every situation is different. However, our team of dental negligence solicitors will do whatever they can to resolve your claim as quickly as possible, so you can get the compensation you deserve.

We aim to act as transparently as possible – if you’d like to find out more about how our clinical negligence claims work, please request a callback from our expert team today.