Saturday 6 June 2009

Employers often dont know they have free legal advice and representation

A recent survey showed that many employers who are used to shelling out a packet to lawyers are unaware of the fact that they are entitled to free legal advice and representation through their company insurance. However it is sometimes worth hiring a lawyer or HR pro who can give a 2nd opinion. I have known it for insurers to refuse a company support on the basis that they had no case of worth when the opposite was in fact true.

4 comments:

grippa said...

most policies have free legal advice and then also cover in the event of a claim. if disputed in terms of the merits you can ask for a second opinion by an independent solicitor barrister who is not on the panel firm solicitors, usually in line with the terms of the policy - also most of thses policies require referral to their advice linesbefore taking actions as a condition precedent to the cover.

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Unknown said...

if disputed in terms of the merits you can ask for a second opinion by an independent solicitor barrister this is very true!! Free Legal Advice