Personal injury claims solicitors

If you or someone in your family have suffered a serious injury in an accident which was caused by someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to claim compensation. Accidents leading to injury can occur in many situations where negligent mistakes are made. 

If you want to know more about the claims process you can read our complete guide on personal injury claims.

To speak to one of our experienced solicitors, free and confidentially about whether you can claim, you can contact us here.

Common causes of serious injury claims include:

• road traffic accident (RTA) causing injury to:
  • drivers in vehicle collisions;
  • passengers;
  • pedestrians; 
  • motorcyclists; 
  • cyclists; 
  • e-scooter riders;
• accidents at work;
• falls, slips and trips;
• exposure to asbestos; 
• accidents in schools; 
• accidents abroad;
• sporting accidents;
• accidents in public buildings and facilities;
• faulty or defective products;
• criminal injuries (CICA claims)

If you have suffered a serious injury as a result of somebody else’s negligence (breach of their duty of care), we may be able to help you make a claim for compensation.

Depending on the circumstances of your accident and the severity of your injury, we may also be able to help you claim compensation:

• where someone else was responsible for causing the accident but you were also partly to blame
• where your injuries were caused by an untraced driver in a ‘hit and run’; 
• where you were the victim of criminal violence.

You can make a claim on behalf of:

• yourself – for your own injuries;
• an injured child who is under the age of 18 (as their litigation friend);
• an injured adult who does not have mental capacity to claim for themselves (as litigation friend);
• the estate of someone who suffered a fatal injury (as their personal representative/executor);
• for your loss of dependency on someone who suffered fatal injury.

Our personal injury lawyers are specialists in catastrophic and severe injury compensation claims. Our clients have often suffered life-changing injury resulting in permanent disability. Our aim is to assist their recovery by securing funded rehabilitation whilst supporting them in adjusting to the  changes to their lives and securing compensation to meet their needs in the future.

Our clients usually have suffered one or more of the following:

• head injury/brain injury; 
• spinal cord injury (SCI) - paralysis, tetraplegia, paraplegia;
• loss of limbs or amputation;
• major trauma /multiple injuries;
• fractures (broken bones) - spinal fractures, skull fractures, maxillofacial injury;
• asbestos-related disease;
• musculo-skeletal injury;
• blindness, deafness or sensory impairment;
• nerve injury;
• electrocution, burns or scalds;
• chronic pain conditions, such as CRPS;
• degloving injuries (needing skin grafting);
• scarring and disfigurement;
• stab wounds and severe lacerations;
• psychological injury, such as PTSD;
• internal injuries, such as damage to organs;
• fatal injury/death.

All claims are unique. Our personal injury solicitors know that injuries or illness can affect people in different ways. It is why the amount of compensation you could receive will differ from case to case. Each individual award is designed to reflect your specific circumstances and needs.

General damages

This is the amount that you could be awarded for the pain and suffering caused by your injuries. The Judicial College sets out guidelines for the range of general damages that can be paid based on the part(s) of the body affected and the severity of the injury.

Special damages

This is where your personal injury solicitor will factor in the other considerations that are unique to your claim. This can include:

• Lost earnings from not being able to work;

• Medical care, treatment or travel expenses;
• Ongoing care / rehabilitation requirements;
• Modifications to your home or your vehicle.

In most cases, a personal injury claim must be made within three years of the accident or the date when your injuries are diagnosed. There are exceptions this, however, which are:

• Claims involving children can be made on their behalf at any point until their 18^th birthday, after which the three-year time limit applies for them to make a claim themselves.
• Claims on behalf of a loved one who suffers an injury that causes a loss of mental capacity can usually be made at any point in time.

We always recommend starting your claim as soon as possible to give our personal injury claims solicitors the best possible chance of building a strong case. We may even be able to help if your claim is now outside the three-year limit – call 0800 124 4845 or get in touch today to find out.

If you, or someone in your family has been seriously injured in an accident that was somebody else’s fault, you may be entitled to make a claim. If this feels daunting, alongside everything else that you are coping with in the aftermath of an accident, it may help to remember that:

• our experienced lawyers are here to advise and support you, and deal with the claim on your behalf;
• it costs nothing to find out from one of our solicitors whether you have a claim and what it will mean for you;
• claims for compensation are not personal, but are usually handled and paid by the defendant’s insurers;
• our clients often benefit from:
  • early access to appropriate rehabilitation, treatment and support;
  • interim (advance) payments to meet urgent financial needs;
  • expert advice about your injury, your long-term needs and how to meet them in the future;
  • peace of mind from long-term financial provision.  

The easiest way to get started is to talk to one of our friendly, experienced solicitors. You can talk to us free and confidentially about your potential claim, with no obligation, by contacting us here.

If you decide that you want to go ahead with making a claim, we will gather as much evidence as we can to support your claim. This evidence may include:

• a statement from you about your recollection of the accident, the effect of your injury and other details relevant to your claim;
• statements from any witnesses;
• documents and reports relating to the accident (such as police accident report, photographs of the scene, accident book entries etc);
• medical evidence (such as medical reports on your injury and any rehabilitation needs, medical records etc);
• receipts and other evidence of the additional costs or financial losses as a result of the injury.

We will also contact the defendant and their insurers to begin working towards meeting your immediate needs and settlement of the claim.

We have a number of funding options available, all of which ensure you will have nothing to pay if your case is unsuccessful.  In the majority of cases, we can act under a Conditional Fee Agreement (“no win no fee”).

An initial interview is always provided free of charge.  In serious injury cases, we often visit our clients in hospital or at their home if they are unable to get to our offices.  At the meeting we will discuss how to fund the claim. 

Our service to our clients includes:

• Free, confidential advice from experienced, specialist solicitors;
• No win no fee conditional fee agreements (CFA);
• Expert handling of every claim - our lawyers have:
  • over 30 years of experience, industry knowledge and serious injury claims expertise; 
  • top-tier ranking by the Legal 500 and Chambers Directory;
  • accreditation/membership of the Law Society’s Personal Injury Panel, APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers), Headway, SIA (Spinal Injuries Association), Major Trauma Group, Cycle Smart;
  • expertise in the most severe and complex injuries;
  • a commitment to help our clients achieve their best recovery through funded rehabilitation;
  • an outstanding track record of successful settlements for clients in difficult/complex cases;
• Interim (advance) payments in appropriate cases, to start making a difference straight away;
• High value settlements which meet our clients’ lifelong needs;
• Ongoing support with:
  •  managing, protecting and accessing compensation funds from our experts in:
    • Court of Protection deputyship;
    • personal injury trusts/special needs trusts;
  •  special educational needs (SEN).

We are committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for our severely injured clients even in the most complex or challenging cases. This enables us to help people whose claims need specialist handling because:

• they have suffered injuries of maximum severity resulting in lifelong disability;
• their injuries are complex or compounded by psychological injury, chronic pain or neurological disability;
• our client needs extensive multi-disciplinary treatment or rehabilitation;
• the circumstances of the accident or nature of the injury are highly sensitive, needing careful handling;
• multiple members of the same family or friendship group were involved or injured in the accident;
• establishing liability for the accident is complicated by circumstances or lack of witness evidence;
• more than one person/organisation’s negligence caused the accident - multiple defendants to the claim;
• someone else caused the accident but our client’s own actions could be regarded as contributory negligence.