Personal Injury Claims

A personal injury claim can be made for an injury that you may have suffered due to the negligence of another person or institution. There are a number of serious injuries that can be included in this definition. Incidents of personal injury can include:

• Accidents involving animals – for example horse riding accidents or dog bites
• Accidents that happen in the home
• Accidents that happen on holiday
• Accidents that happen in the workplace
• Accidents caused by faulty goods or services
• Road traffic accidents
• Accidents caused by the negligence of medical professionals
• Accidents caused by criminal offences, like assault

You can claim for a road traffic accident whether you are a pedestrian, cyclist, motorbike rider, a passenger on a bus, or a driver.

This list is not strict, and if you suspect that you may have suffered a personal injury then you may have a legal case. Psychological trauma can be an unpleasant side effect of physical injury, and you will want to feel as supported as possible if you have suffered both of these.

Contact us today for expert help with your personal injury claim.

There is a claims time limit, so it is always best to act as soon as possible after you have suffered from an accident. In UK cases, you must make a claim within 3 years of the accident.

If a child has suffered a personal injury, then they have 3 years from the year that they turn eighteen to enter into the personal injury claims process.

Starting the Process

Once you have contacted a solicitor, they can begin immediately to build your case file with evidence from your incident. It is often best to seek legal advice as soon as possible, as the events will be clearest in your mind and there are more likely to be witnesses who can be interviewed.

The process will be two-fold and will involve first proving who is liable for your accident, before then deciding how much you are entitled to for your personal injury compensation. Liability means finding who is most responsible for your avoidable accident. For instance, if your employer failed to provide you with personal protection equipment at work then they would clearly be held at fault.

If you have any questions about your personal injury claim, get in touch for a free, informal chat.

There are a number of different factors that need to be considered when estimating how your personal injury compensation will be calculated. Some of these are:

• The cost of the medical treatment, such as physiotherapy or rehabilitation programmes, that you will have had to receive
• The loss of earnings that you may have suffered from not being able to work
• The travel cost of getting to your medical appointments