Personal Injury
harm or damage done to a person’s mind, body or emotions, as opposed to property
Contact us now for expert advice and a thorough resolution of your personal injury claim
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Pain and Suffering
Loss of Amenity
Compensation
Rehabilitation
Slips and Trips
Clinical Negligence
Defective Premises
Professional Misconduct
Road Traffic Accidents
Health and Safety at Work
Suffering an injury can range from a relatively mild inconvenience to a debilitating, life-changing event. This can be made even worse if it was NOT your fault, and instead due to someone else’s negligence.
In that case you would be justified in seeking recompense for your pain, suffering and loss of amenity as well as any expenses incurred.
Suffering an injury can range from a relatively mild inconvenience to a debilitating, life-changing event. This can be made/ even worse if it was NOT your fault, and instead due to someone else’s negligence.
In that case you would be justified in seeking recompense for your pain, suffering, loss of amenity as well as any expenses incurred.
SEEK ADVICE NOW and find out what you could receive as compensation for your financial and non-financial losses.
Duty of Care
We all have a legal obligation to act in such a way as to prevent harm coming to others.
Whilst the extent of your duty of care towards others can vary, as a general rule if it would be reasonably obvious that your actions would result in harm to someone, then you will be held accountable if they are indeed harmed. A common example of this is driving without due care and attention which results in injury to another motorist. In that case your insurance company (on your behalf) will be responsible for compensating the victim, and you will likely face a hefty rise in your annual premium.
Breaching your duty of care towards others is therefore a serious act, and can result in civil AND criminal penalties.
Liability
We will first make a thorough assessment of your claim in order to establish liability and who is actually responsible. This is not always straightfoward and may require further, detailed investigation into the circumstances. Without an outright admission of liability or an agreement to deal with the matter on a ‘without prejudice’ basis, then this may ultimately need to be determined by a judge at court. Very often parties can blame each other, or allege that the victim’s own actions may have contributed towards the incident. This is known as contributary negligence and in such circumstances any compensation awarded will be apportioned in accordance with how liability is split.
There are strict limitations on the time you have to make a claim, so contact us now, without further delay.
Experts
We need to ascertain the severity of your injury in order to assess the level of compensation.
A suitably qualified medical expert will be instructed to provide a report confirming the nature of your injuries as well as the anticipated time of recovery or any long-term degenerative changes.
Expert opinions are not just limited to your injuries. Financial losses in specialist areas may also require an appropriate expert opinion. For example, an engineer’s report can be produced following a road traffic incident to determine the cost of vehicle repairs or whether the resulting damage has rendered the vehicle as a total loss.
Recovery
Justice for your injury is not solely related to your monetary gain. To mitigate your losses we will immediately arrange for physiotherapy or other suitable therapy to maximise your chances of a full recovery of your health, as it was prior to the incident.
The cost of this is recoverable.
Compensation
It is crucial that the amount of compensation sought is sufficient to cover all of your physical, mental and financial losses, otherwise known as general and special damages.
General damages refers to your pain, suffering and loss of amenity. Special damages refers to your financial losses, including future anticipated losses such as care or lost earnings on the labour market.
The amount of money you could receive for your general damages will generally be proportional to the severity of your injury and how your quality of life has been impacted. It is determined by guidance found in the Juidicial College Guidelines as well as precedents set by court cases with similar circumstances.
You will therefore need to document how all aspects of your life have been affected and provide proof of your financial losses. Given that a number of months will pass before the matter is resolved, it is essential to make notes and retain receipts, wage slips and other evidence wherever possible.
