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Am I eligible to make a serious personal injury claim?

A serious injury can disrupt your life and lead to medical bills, care costs, and lost income. This guide explains when you may be able to claim compensation and how it can help.

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Accidents at work

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, employers must take reasonable steps to protect their employees, such as providing proper training and maintaining safe equipment. For instance, if your employer failed to inspect a faulty forklift and you were injured when its lifting arm collapsed, you could be eligible to make a workplace accident claim.

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Accidents in public places

Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, those in control of public places (“occupiers”) must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of visitors. For example, if museum managers ignored reports of a loose light fitting and it later fell, causing you a serious head injury, you could be eligible to make a public liability claim.

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Road traffic collisions

All road users must follow the Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure one another’s safety. For example, if a van pulled out of a driveway without checking and hit you while cycling, causing serious injuries, you could be eligible to make a road traffic accident claim. Contact our advisors for a free eligibility assessment.

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Compensation amounts for serious injury claims*

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Up to

ÂŁ500,000+

Severe Back Injury

(includes loss of earnings and multiple injuries)

Up to

ÂŁ165,880

Severe Leg Injury

(includes loss of earnings and multiple injuries)

Up to

ÂŁ117,410

Severe Knee Injuries

(includes loss of earnings and multiple injuries)

*Compensation for serious injury claims varies by case, but all successful claims include general damages, which cover the pain and suffering caused by your injuries. The amount is usually based on medical evidence and the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), which outline compensation ranges for different types of injuries. Our table below shows examples of the most severe brackets. Additionally, you could also be awarded special damages. Any financial losses your injuries have caused you would be compensated under this heading. Examples include: Loss of earnings, both past and future. Physiotherapy costs Rehabilitation fees Care costs Childcare expenses Travel costs To be able to receive compensation for these expenses, you would need to provide evidence of them, such as invoices and payslips. To get a free eligibility assessment and to ask any questions you may have, get in touch with our team today.

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What classes as a serious injury?

A serious injury is any injury that presents a risk to life or has a lasting impact on your ability to carry out daily tasks. This includes head and spinal injuries, as well as the loss of limbs or sensory impacts..

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Spinal Cord Injuries

The spinal cord is the nerve structure inside your spine that goes from the base of your brain to your lower back. Falls, car crashes, and being hit by falling objects can all result in a spinal cord injury. Serious effects such as paralysis, loss of sensation and problems with organ function can arise from spinal damage.

Brain And Head Injuries

A brain or head injury is any damage to the skull, brain, and surrounding tissues. Serious brain injuries can cause substantial impediments to motor function, deficits of personality and intellect, and significant impairments of bodily functions.

Amputations

An amputation is the surgical or traumatic removal of a limb or appendage. As well as being deeply traumatic, losing any body part can have serious impacts on your mobility and your ability to take care of yourself and complete daily duties. The payouts in amputation claims are often very high to reflect this.

Serious Burns, Scars Or Lacerations

All forms of scarring can have lasting cosmetic and psychological impacts, but at their most severe, such as a serious burn injury and large laceration scars, these impacts can be very severe. Burns can also result in impairment of function if nerve endings or soft tissues are damaged. They can also cause disfigurement and cause you to suffer psychologically.

Eye Injuries

Injuries that permanently affect eyesight are considered serious. Even a small reduction in this primary sense can have substantial effects on daily life. The most serious eye injuries involve the complete loss of an eye or damage to the nerves and other tissues that results in a permanent loss of sight.

Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is any pain that lasts a minimum of 12 weeks despite treatment. The pain can continue even after the injuries themselves have healed as the brain continues to send out pain signals, often sharp and intense, as the brain misinterprets nerve impulses. Chronic pain conditions can make it very hard to work, carry out domestic tasks and participate in sporting or social events.

Fatal Incidents

The worst possible outcome to any serious incident is the death of those involved. It is still very much possible to claim compensation in the event of a fatality. Our advisors can provide more information on fatal injury claims.

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Serious injury claims questions

Can I claim on behalf of a loved one who has been seriously hurt?

There are two scenarios where you could claim on behalf of a loved one who has suffered serious injuries. These are:

  • Where the injured person is a child 
  • Where the injured person lacks the mental capacity to claim for themselves

In these instances, you would need to be appointed as their litigation friend. Part of your duties would include working with their solicitor and making decisions in their best interests.

To learn more about how to make serious injury claims on behalf of another, you can contact our advisors.

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How can I claim for a catastrophic injury?

To be able to claim for a serious or catastrophic injury, you will need to submit some supporting evidence. Any evidence you provide will not only assist solicitors in calculating a fair and accurate compensation figure for you, but also help show that a duty of care was breached, and this is why you were injured.

Examples of evidence that could be gathered for serious injury claims include:

  • Medical documents.
  • CCTV and dashcam footage.
  • Photographs of your injuries, the accident scene and its cause.
  • A copy of your incident report from the workplace or public place accident book.
  • Witness contact information so their statement can be taken at a later date.

One of the many tasks our solicitors can support you with is gathering evidence. You can check your eligibility to work with one of our solicitors by contacting our advisors today.

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How can claiming for compensation help me?

Compensation can help you in various ways. Although it cannot undo the injury you have suffered, being awarded compensation can help you feel a sense of justice. Additionally, after suffering a serious injury, you may have expereinced various financial losses, such as medical expenses and lost earnings due to being unable to return to work. Compensation could also help you cover these costs.

Interim Payments

Interim payments can be awarded for immediate and necessary costs in cases where it looks very likely that compensation will be paid out. This payment will be taken out of your compensation and deducted from the amount that is paid to you at the end of your claim.

I Cannot Work Due To A Serious Injury I Sustained, Am I Entitled To Claim?

Yes, you are still entitled to claim even if you cannot work after you suffered a serious injury, as long as your case meets the eligibility requirements. If you have needed to take time off work due to your injuries, or are unable to return to work at all, you could claim compensation for these lost earnings. Contact our advisors today to learn more about claiming compensation in serious injury claims.

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What is the time limit for making serious injury claims?

As per the Limitation Act 1980, there are 3 years to make a personal injury claim, including those for serious injuries.

However, exceptions apply to the following cases:

  • Any injured person who was a minor at the time of the accident will have the limitation period paused until they turn 18. This gives them until 21 to start their claim from this date.
  • If the injured person’s mental capacity is not sufficient to claim for themselves, whether due to the accident itself or a pre-existing condition, then the time limit is halted completely. They will have 3 years to begin the claiming process if they recover this capacity.
  • As we said previously, in these cases, a litigation friend can be appointed and make a claim on their behalf while the time limit is not in effect.
To learn more about the time limits in serious injury claims and to find out if any exceptions are applicable to your particular circumstances, contact our team today.

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Can I use JF Law’s injury claim solicitors to make a no win no fee claim?

Yes, provided you have an eligible case, one of our No Win No Fee solicitors could help with your claim. They work under a particular type of contract called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). When instructing a legal representative under such an agreement, the claimant gets some key advantages, including:

  • No fees to pay for the solicitor to start work on the claim.
  • You will also not incur any fees for that during the actual claims process.
  • Lastly, if the claim doesn’t succeed, there will be no solicitor fees to pay.

Should you win the claim, you’ll receive compensation. The solicitor will deduct their success fee from this, but since The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 imposes a binding cap on these fees, you will keep most of whatever is paid out.

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We fully appreciate just how much information we’ve put into this guide and how distressing experiencing a serious injury can be. To ask any questions you might have, or to get your eligiblity to claim assessed for free, talk to any advisor today using the details given here:

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