Unfortunately though, when someone has to consider about making a claim for medical negligence compensation, the immediate step will be to find and choose a right Medical Negligence Solicitor, have a legal advice and ask about legal costs.

What Are The Legal Costs?

It is the sum of the 'fees charged by the solicitor', 'other medical experts involved in the assessment and also the expenditure for collecting medical records'. All together it will be a huge amount and can make claims for medical negligence more costly than the other kind of compensation claims.

It is comparatively difficult to make a successful Medical Negligence Compensation Claim than other compensation claims.

For example, Let us compare a vehicle accident claim with Medical Negligence Compensation Claim.

In a vehicle accident it is relatively easy to assess whether the other driver has been negligent and breached the duty of care and caused injuries to you.

But in a Medical Negligence case the evidence required to prove that a doctor/medical staff or a health care provider has been negligent is substantial.

You must prove:

The Treatment/Duty of Care existed between claimant and accused.

Breach of particular duty of care (negligence) was occurred.

There must be established a causal link between the negligent act and the injury suffered, which is also known as causation.

Injury and or loss must have been sustained and clearly evident.

During the court proceeding there can be situational requirement of a panel of specialists to have a medical report with their opinions on whether medical negligence has been committed, this it self can cost more than 1000 pounds approximately.

Finally it means that there will be an immense pressure on a medical negligence solicitor to balance between the legal cost and proving that the accused has been negligent.

Ultimate result of all the above details is that the legal cost of a Medical Negligence Claim can be ten thousand of pounds or even more depending on the case.

Hiring a medical negligence solicitor: If you are lucky to get a solicitor who is ready to work on a "no win, no fee" basis, then you need not to worry about the legal cost.

If you are bit luckier, you may find such solicitor who will even fund for obtaining medical evidence along with all other expense for you. Then you should have an agreement of ratio of contribution in funding and expectation after a successful claim of compensation between you both to avoid a conflict later.

But what happens if you don't find a "no win, no fee" solicitor?

Now it's the time to think about the sources of funding you have or you can have.

Your first funding source will be Legal Aid Board. The Legal Aid Board will fund your case and will expect to recover any costs paid.

Personal funding also can be the other option but should be always aware of the fact that the legal cost can reach beyond the limit of tens of thousands of pounds.

Medical Negligence Claim - Medical Negligence Compensation can be claimed for Misdiagnosis, Incorrect Treatment and Wrong prescription, Birth Injuries, Surgical Errors, Medical Establishments and General Clinical Negligence. For more details visit http://www.medicalnegligencecare.co.uk