Never accept the first offer as there is ALWAYS more money in the pot !!!

Advice i was given was as above

Never accept the first offer
consider the second offer
Never refuse the 3rd offer


I personally was involved in a RTA when my workmate lost control of our 7 tonner truck and put us down an embankment on our roof and i was smacked accross the head with a poorly fitted full size fire exstinguisher (sp) and now have a nice scar on my forehead on the hairline

Used teh company union to seek compo and revieved my first offer of £700 to which my solicitor 'advised' NO CHANCE lol

Second offer came in at £1000 and solicitor again 'advised' that theres more in the pot so i left him to it lol

Third offer was £3000 and solicitor said that they are in the bracket for payout and asked me what i wanted to do lol, I said well i assume we better not take the piss so to speak and accept it.......He said tell you what ill contact them NOW and see if i can push again if thats ok he said LOL, All i said was dont blow it and then they tell me to fuckoff and go to court which is what you dont really want lol,

He squeezed again and phoned me back a few hours later and got me up to £4000 FINAL OFFER

Accepted the offer in December 08 adn recieved the chq in Jan 09