What are the benefits of DAS legal expenses insurance?

Cover for legal costs
  • Up to £50,000 per claim.
  • Pays the costs of representation should you experience any of the legal problems covered by the policy. Refer to your policy documentation for any specific limitation on cover or material exclusions.
Telephone legal advice
  • Access to telephone legal advice to help you understand your rights and options on any personal legal matter.
  • Available 24 hours a day for enquiries about the law in the England and Wales jurisdiction; advice about the law in other covered countries is available 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday, excluding public and bank holidays.
  • Counselling, Tax, ID Theft, and Health & Medical.
Legal document drafting
  • Access to hundreds of legal documents using our smart legal document builders (excludes DAS motor legal expenses insurance). Whether you want to apply to your employer for flexible working rights, or challenge a parking ticket our drafting service will have the legal template you need.

What’s typically covered?

Legal expenses insurance could fund legal costs if you are faced with a dispute relating to your home, your employment, a personal injury or the buying or hiring of goods or services.

Policy cover, exclusions and limitations vary between different products. For more detailed information, visit our product pages.

Where can I buy it?

You can’t generally buy legal expenses insurance directly; most policies are purchased as additional services through home or motor insurance providers.

But do remember to check the cover you already have in place before adding legal expenses insurance to a new insurance policy; you may already have it via another policy.

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