With its rich history, diverse culture, well developed economy, and many cultural and other attractions, the United Kingdom attracts both vacationing tourists as well as business travelers. Approximately 38 million people visit the United Kingdom (UK) each year. Approximately 5 million of those visitors travel from the United States, more than any other nationality. Germans are close behind at approximately 2 million visitors per year.
Although most of these visitors will have a safe and productive visit, some will find themselves the victims of automobile accidents, assaults, and other unfortunate events, resulting in life altering injuries, permanent disability, or even death. If you are seriously injured, or have a loved one who dies, while visiting the United Kingdom, our experienced personal injury attorneys at Urban Thier & Federer can help you. We have established relationships with our United Kingdom-based attorney colleagues.
International Team of United States and United Kingdom Attorneys Focused on Assisting Tourists and Other Visitors to the United Kingdom
Most cases are handled on a contingency/No Win No Fee basis. This means that if we agree to accept your case (which is done via a written Legal Representation Agreement), we will advance all case-related costs and our team is only paid from any actual recovery we achieve on your behalf. In other words, our compensation is based purely on a percentage of funds actually recovered on your behalf. If we fail to recover funds, we are paid nothing and we write off the costs we advance in excess of any cost deposit paid by you. As a result, you can rest assured that our legal team’s interests and goals are the same as yours – to ensure the maximum compensation for your injuries and loss.
Why is it so important to hire an international legal team if my case involves an injury or death in the United Kingdom?
We are not aware of any other law firm with offices in the United States and Europe which has handled as many international injury or death cases as Urban Thier & Federer. In our experience, most United States-based firms will try to force a strategy, often unsuccessfully, that seeks to hold some American-based entity responsible or liable for the injury or death. We have also seen individuals try to locate and work with a United Kingdom or other foreign law firm directly only to be frustrated by, at best, cultural, and legal system differences, and, at worst, exploitation and incompetence.
Urban Thier & Federer’s team ensures that our trusted and proven United Kingdom attorney colleagues advance your case through the United Kingdom Courts. At the same time, we provide a local presence to ensure accountability and accessibility to our clients, to handle client communications, evidence collection, medical records, apostilles, record custodian affidavits, expert reports, and other support to ensure that damages (the economic and non-economic losses caused by the injury or death) are compiled, analyzed and properly authenticated to ensure admissibility in the United Kingdom Courts.
Actual examples of personal injury and death cases suffered by United States citizens visiting the United Kingdom
- Automobile accidents caused by the negligence of another
- Negligent security incidents such as assaults, robberies, murders, rapes, and other violent crimes committed on hotel and resort premises against guests and other business invitees
- Poorly designed and/or maintained premises such as slippery surfaces resulting in falls, balcony collapse, malfunctioning automatic doors, unsafe amusement park rides, and many other avoidable injuries caused by a defect in the premises
What do I do if I am injured or a loved one dies in the United Kingdom?
If you are injured, or a loved one is killed, while visiting the United Kingdom, Urban Thier & Federer can help you. If you are injured while a paying guest, patron, or business invitee, at an amusement park, night club, or other activity, we can help you. The first step is to immediately contact us via our Contact Us form, Chat Assistant, or by calling our office.
We will immediately start gathering data about your specific matter to promptly determine if we can be of assistance. We also encourage you to immediately document the incident, including taking pictures of people, vehicles, license plates, identification documents, etc, of all those involved in the accident or incident at issue, collecting copies of any police or other incident reports, noting the names, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses, etc. of all involved and any witnesses, and otherwise collecting as much evidence as possible related to your incident. Under the applicable United Kingdom law, time bars/prescription periods for bringing a lawsuit are 3 years from the date of the incident. Given these time limitations, it is important to act promptly.
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