Medicolegal Services
Important note to instructing solicitors:
Please note the following terms on which legal instructions are accepted:
Receipt of instructions in cases involving litigation:
- Instructions are only accepted from instructing solicitors or direct from insurers or their legal representatives.
- No instructions are accepted from clients themselves under any circumstance, including where the client represents his/herself or where the client has been referred to David Blore Associates via another route, including: referral by a Consultant; cases in which the client has been asked to contact us direct or any other route other than through legal representation.
Terms of payment
- No deferred payment arrangements can be entered into (i.e. payment of fees on final settlement of litigation - are not entered into).
- The contract to provide treatment is between David Blore Associates and the Instructing solicitor/Instructing Insurer. Payment of fees is therefore not dependant upon the instructing solicitor obtaining funding from a third party. (as per section 10a 'Duty to pay agents' fees').
- Payment of all fees is due on, or by, 28 days following the invoice date (the only exception to this is where an arrangement to pay fees in advance has been made). In some instances - such as requests to provide casenotes - payment must always be made in advance.
- Where payment is not received by the specified 28th day, because of high interest charges, David Blore Associates reserves the right to charge 10% per annum on outstanding accounts. David Blore Associates also reserves the right to vary the rate of interest charged.
NB Receipt of instructions to proceed with treatment, will signify all of the terms above are accepted in full. If you would like to discuss any aspect of these terms please contact us to discuss before any referral is made.