{"id":5605,"date":"2011-01-25T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2011-01-26T16:49:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T15:49:45","slug":"legal-expense-insurance-lei-my-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/01\/25\/legal-expense-insurance-lei-my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGAL EXPENSE INSURANCE (LEI) \u2013 MY STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In the past when purchasing car insurance for me, the buying the extra of Legal Expenses Insurance<\/strong> (LEI) was just as important has having a courtesy car.<\/p>\n

However, my life in legal practice has provided me with the truth about LEI and the scam that thousands are caught by each year.<\/p>\n

In May 2009 I was injured in a car accident<\/a> which involved four vehicles. After the accident my instinct thoughts were \u2018thank god I have bought LEI on my insurance policy\u2019. Unbeknown to me and thousands of others, I was another victim of the Legal Expenses Insurance Scam<\/strong>.
\n<\/p>\n

After my accident, my insurance referred me to a Solicitor who was on their panel. I was glad that there was no charge for me to claim for my injury. However, I received a poor service from my Solicitor – I never received one phone call, and I only ever received two pieces of correspondence, and my case lasted over a year.<\/p>\n

Not until I began work in legal practice did I discover what really happened, and why I received such a terrible service. I was informed that my insurance company received a referral fee purely for passing my injury case to the Solicitors in question. Therefore, I was horrified and shocked that by paying my extra premium for LEI, I had assisted my insurance company in receiving up to \u00a3800.00 for my misfortune.<\/p>\n

As a result of the high premium referral fee for my case, it seems that the Solicitors in question could not afford to provide me with appropriate service; otherwise they would not have made enough profit from my case. This commonly results in unqualified individuals dealing with cases<\/strong>, cut down service standards, and lower compensation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The LEI has now been brought to the attention of the Law Society and the Bar Council who have both disapproved of those Solicitors involved in the scam. I hope that this disapproval will start the end of LEI due to Solicitors distancing themselves from the insurance companies.<\/p>\n

I have been studying law since 2004 and I had never come across the Legal Expenses Insurance Scam. Therefore, if I was not aware of LEI, any other ordinary person will not have any idea until they become a victim. The Legal Expenses Insurance Scam needs to brought to the attention of the general public immediately to demise the effect it can have on the victims involved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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