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Our personal injury solicitors secure life-changing compensation settlements and early provision for rehabilitation, therapies, essential care and support in complex injury claims for adults and children who have suffered severe injury and disability in accidents caused by negligence.
Our clients have suffered catastrophic and severe permanent disability from brain injury, spinal cord injury (SCI), amputation or major trauma with lasting effects from severe physical and psychological injury.
Our solicitors specialise in complex claims involving injuries of maximum severity or where the claim requires expert handling owing to its sensitive circumstances or legal complexity, such as accidents involving contributory negligence for severely injured children or teenagers.
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It costs nothing to talk to us to find out about making a personal injury claim for yourself or a member of your family. You can contact us by telephone or by email for free, confidential advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor. In serious injury cases, we often visit our clients in the hospital or at their home if they are unable to get to our offices.
We will ask you to tell us briefly about the accident and injury. We will advise you about any time limits that may apply and whether we can help you make a claim. Your solicitor will discuss with you how your claim will be funded and advise, fully and clearly, how that works and what it will mean for you. We offer a range of funding options, but most of our clients’ claims are handled on a ‘no win no fee’ basis.
We will put your claim to the defendant individual or organisation whose negligence caused your injury, and we will handle all communication on your behalf. The defendant’s insurers will usually handle the claim on the defendant’s behalf and will be responsible for paying any compensation.
Once we are in contact with the defendant’s insurers, we can begin to secure the necessary rehabilitation and specialist support to meet the injured person’s immediate needs whilst we proceed with the claim.
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Kim handled my personal injury claim after a car accident with immeasurable expertise and compassion. Boyes Turner arranged every part of my private rehabilitation, which greatly improved the speed and quality of my recovery. Each stage of the litigation process was dealt with efficiently and succinctly. This was then always explained without using unclear legal jargon. On both health and financial levels, I would be in a far worse position without Kim’s invaluable input. I cannot recommend this firm enough.
I approached Claire Roantree of Boyes Turner in regards to making a claim about a workplace burns injury. It was something that had scarred me physically and mentally and taken a huge toll on the lives of me and my family. Claire wasted no time in finding out what happened and made sure I was treated by known experts and quickly finding an answer to my burns scarring and how I could be treated to help manage my pain. Claire also helped me by appointing a psychiatrist to understand my situation and help me cope with post traumatic stress disorder. As well as taking as much stress of the claim away, she was thorough in every situation, making sure I had the best possible claim, and handled it all expertly, I am so very grateful to her and her team. They have helped guide my life back into a positive direction and I can't thank her enough!
Claire is exceptionally knowledgeable in the personal injury legal domain, especially in the specific area of my injury. From our very first conversation, she was clear in explaining the potential different routes that the process could take and provided me with expectations of what I could expect along the journey. She ensured that all bases were covered, organising meetings, discussions and necessary specialist appointments, in order to bring together the case and take it forward. Claire was then able to use her extensive pool of contacts, to appoint an "area leading" barrister, to represent me. Overall, I was very pleased with appointing Claire and Boyes Turner to act as my solicitor for the legal claim that I pursued. Thank you for all of your support.
Excellent service from Claire and her team at all times. We were kept up to date at each stage of our claim. The outcome was much better than we expected and we would not hesitate to recommend Boyes Turner to family and friends.
Almost 5 years ago my son suffered a life changing brain injury accident. A new life for everyone, so many unknowns so many difficult decisions. I met Claire and the team shortly after the accident. So many questions answered but more than that, amazing lovely people. Claire has been guiding me and the family throughout this ordeal with such compassion, there every time I needed her we couldn’t of asked for a nicer person. I have met many others within Boyes Turner and all have been genuine lovely people, I’m now working with Ruth and Lindsay from the court of protection. Again, I can't say enough about them amazing lovely people. They truly do want the best for my son and they did and continue to do so.
When someone has been injured in an accident that was caused by the negligence of another person or individual who owes them a duty of care, such as a driver, employer, teacher or premises owner, they can claim compensation for the injuries and financial loss that was caused by the negligence. This is known as a personal injury claim.
Personal injury claims are legal processes, which are subject to court rules, time limits and procedures, even when they are settled out of court or without formal court proceedings. They should be handled by specialist solicitors to ensure that the injured person receives their full entitlement to compensation. This is particularly important in complex claims involving severe or life-changing injury where the injured ‘claimant’ may also be entitled to funded rehabilitation.
Road traffic accidents or RTAs involving the negligence of drivers or other road users are a common cause of serious injury and compensation claims. Road accident collisions often lead to personal injury claims involving injury to pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, e-scooter riders, car drivers and passengers.
Accidents at work are another common cause of serious injury, often arising from the negligence of the employer, who is also responsible for injuries caused by the negligence of their employees. Workplace accidents can lead to personal injury claims by employees and visitors to business premises such as factories, warehouses, building sites, workshops, and farms from injuries caused by falls or falling objects, unsafe buildings and working conditions, dangerous machinery and moving vehicles, burns and electrocution, and exposure to health hazards such as asbestos.
Other common causes of serious injury claims include accidents in schools, at sports and leisure or public facilities, accidents abroad or caused by defective products or criminal injuries.
Substantial compensation may still be available in cases where the severely injured person’s own actions contributed to their injury, but the accident was also caused by another person or organisation’s negligence. Our personal injury solicitors are experts in complex claims for severe injury involving allegations of contributory negligence. We recommend that you speak to us if you are considering a severe injury claim but are concerned about contributory negligence.
Our personal injury lawyers are specialists in catastrophic and severe injury compensation claims for clients who have suffered life-changing injury and permanent disability. We focus on maximising their recovery through 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:
Boyes Turner’s personal injury specialists 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 clients whose claims need specialist handling because:
If you have been seriously injured as a result of somebody else’s negligence, we can help you claim compensation.
Depending on the circumstances of your accident and the severity of your injury, we may also be able to help you claim compensation in cases where:
You can make a personal injury claim for:
The amount of compensation that each of our clients receives depends on their injury and disability and its impact on their life. We ensure that each client’s claim is carefully calculated to meet their needs arising from their disability and replace their financial losses. The value of the claim will reflect the injured person’s need for rehabilitation, specialist equipment, treatment, lifelong care or adapted accommodation as well as their predicted lifespan. Depending on the circumstances of the accident, negotiated settlements may also take into account litigation risks, such as the injured person’s own contributory negligence.
Our personal injury solicitors specialise in personal injury claims for people who have suffered severe, life-changing injury and disability. Our clients’ claims often include compensation for:
In fatal injury claims, compensation can also include:
We ensure that our clients’ compensation settlements are carefully negotiated and structured to make the best provision for the injured person’s needs.
Personal injury compensation may be paid in one or more of the following ways:
There are rules protecting compensation for children or adults who lack mental capacity. Read more about how we manage and protect our vulnerable clients’ compensation via personal injury trusts and Court of Protection deputyship.
An interim payment is a part-payment of compensation which is paid to the injured person, in advance, whilst the claim is ongoing. We can usually secure an interim payment from the defendant’s insurer where they have admitted liability (accepted fault) for our client’s injury.
We use interim payments to help the injured person and their family, who may be suffering financial hardship as a result of the injury. Where insurers are not willing to provide Rehabilitation Code funding, we may obtain interim payments to ensure that our client receives the rehabilitation, case management and therapies that they need straight away, without having to wait for the conclusion of the claim.
Interim payments may be used to meet any genuine need, but it is important that the injured person and their family understand that the sums they receive as interim payments are deducted from their final compensation at the end of the claim.
By understanding and targeting provision for our clients’ rehabilitation and other essential needs early in the claims process, we help restore our clients’ mobility, independence, and ability to participate fully in family and social life, long before the claim has concluded.
In most personal injury claims relating to injuries which occurred in England or Wales, court proceedings must be issued (formally started) within three years of the date of the injury.
There are some exceptions to the three-year limitation deadline.
Failing to issue personal injury proceedings within the limitation deadline can have serious consequences and may result in the injured person losing their right to make a compensation claim. We recommend that you contact us for free advice as soon as possible after your injury to enable our personal injury claims solicitors to protect your entitlement to compensation and assist in your rehabilitation and recovery.
The vast majority of our clients’ serious injury claims are settled without the need for a court hearing (trial). Our personal injury specialists are highly experienced in investigating and assessing the strength of each client’s case, and advise our clients clearly and honestly about their prospects of success.
Even where we expect to reach settlement, we often recommend to our clients that court proceedings are issued to comply with limitation deadlines or to push the defendant’s insurers to admit liability, make an interim payment or enter into settlement negotiations, or to obtain a court judgment after liability has been admitted, or the case has been settled. Our clients do not need to attend court in these circumstances.
We work hard to prove each client’s claim, based on evidence relating to their accident and the impact of their injury, and encourage cooperation and settlement negotiation with the defendant’s insurers. In rare cases, however, a judge’s decision is needed, such as where the defendant’s insurers have decided to test the court’s approach to a case or if there are insurmountable disagreements about the factual or experts’ evidence in a case.
In personal injury cases involving children under the age of 18 or adults who lack mental capacity, the law requires a judge to approve any negotiated out-of-court settlement, for the protection of those involved. In these cases, the judge’s approval is sought at a short court hearing, at which the lawyers for both parties explain the circumstances of the case and the settlement terms to the judge. Our client may be expected to attend the approval hearing as a courtesy to the court, but will always be accompanied and fully supported by members of our legal team.
The duration of a serious injury claim depends on the individual circumstances of the client’s case. Claims take less time to settle in cases where the defendant’s insurers admit liability, and the long-term effects of our client’s injuries and the costs of meeting their long-term needs and financial losses can be easily assessed.
More complex, major trauma and serious injury claims take longer to resolve when:
We work hard to secure cooperation with defendant insurers, to provide immediate needs assessments and timely, funded rehabilitation for our clients to maximise their recovery in the all-important period immediately following an injury. By taking the time that is needed for the client’s rehabilitation and the careful assessment of their long-term needs, we can be confident that each client receives the full support and the compensation they deserve.
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