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What Is A Personal Injury Compensation Claim?
A personal injury claim is legal action you can begin if you have suffered as a result of someone else’s negligence.
In different areas of everyday life, for instance, while on the road, when out in public or while at work, you are owed a duty of care by responsible third parties.
If this duty of care is breached and you suffer an injury as a result, you could be eligible to claim personal injury compensation.
How Can We Help You Claim Compensation?
If you’d like to claim personal injury compensation, we can help. We work with a panel of expert solicitors who possess significant experience in this area of law. They work on a No Win No Fee basis too, meaning you can access quality representation without paying upfront fees.
To be eligible to make a personal injury claim, you must show that a third party owed you a duty of care, and this duty was breached, resulting in an injury.
We’ll examine this in more detail in the sections below but here’s a summary of the eligibility criteria:
- A third party owed you a duty of care at the time of the accident.
- That party breached the duty of care they owed to you in some way.
- This breach resulted in an accident in which you were injured.
- That you take legal action within 3 years of the date of the accident. If you don’t you might be prevented from claiming compensation.
Learn More About Claiming Personal Injury Compensation
Claim Compensation For An Injury At Work
All employers owe a duty of care to their employees as established by the Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974. This legislation requires employers to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of their employees while they are at work.
How this duty is met will vary depending on the work being carried out, but the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s workplace regulator for health and safety, publish guidance on maintaining a safe working environment.
Examples can include the following:
- Ensuring the work environment is clear of hazards such as trailing wires and clutter.
- Providing employees with the training and supervision necessary to complete their work tasks.
- Conducting regular inspections of any work equipment and the premises, and completing any repairs in a reasonable time frame.
- Providing, free of charge, any protective clothing needed to complete work tasks safely.
Failures to take reasonable steps to ensure employee safety can result in accidents where employees suffer injuries. For example, your employer does not provide manual handling training, and consequently, you tear a ligament in your shoulder after trying to lift a box that was supposed to be lifted by two persons.
Make A Personal Injury Claim After An Accident In A Public Place
Make A Personal Injury Claim After An Accident In A Public Place
The party in control of a public place is referred to as the “occupier.” Occupiers have a duty of care to take steps to ensure the reasonable safety of all visitors to the premises. The duty of care owed by an occupier is set out by the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957.
“Reasonable” relates to the occupier assessing potential risks and following appropriate health and safety procedures to minimise or remove the risk of a visitor becoming injured while using the premises.
Some examples could be:
- Repair any defective equipment, such as broken chairs and tables
- Signpost any hazards, such as wet floors
- Conduct regular risk assessments to spot any hazards.
A failure to take steps to secure the reasonable safety of visitors using the space for its intended purpose could result in them suffering injuries. For example: a railing was coming loose on a cafe balcony. The manager had been informed of this by one of the staff but had not organised a repair or posted a warning sign. You lent on the railing and fell when it gave way, suffering a badly broken leg in the fall.
To find out what personal injury compensation amounts can include for accidents in public places, call our team now for a free initial consultation.
Getting Compensation After A Road Traffic Accident
Road users are required to navigate the road network in a manner that prevents harm to one another. This means they must adhere to the rules set out by both the Highway Code and Road Traffic Act 1988.
We have included some examples of how road users could fulfil their duty of care:
- Drive within the legal speed limit
- Always stop at a give way
- Use the traffic light system correctly.
If a road user fails to adhere to their duty of care, a road traffic accident could occur which causes others to be injured. For example: A road user is speeding. The car in front stops at a red light, but the speeding car cannot stop in time, hitting the car in front.
For further information on the above scenarios or to get a free assessment of your eligibility to claim personal injury compensation, contact our advisors today.
How Are Personal Injury Compensation Payouts Calculated?
A personal injury compensation payout after a successful claim can be comprised of up to two different heads of loss. These are known as general damages and special damages, respectively. The physical and psychological injuries caused by the accident will be compensated under general damages. Monetary losses stemming from those injuries can be compensated under special damages.
When calculating a possible value for the harm you have sustained, your legal team can make reference to your independent medical assessment alongside relevant figures from the Judicial College Guidelines. Referred to as the JCG, this publication details guideline award brackets for a multitude of different injuries.
Costs incurred from your injuries can be reimbursed as part of your compensation award under special damages. Examples of such costs could include:
- The installation of accessible showers, ramps or other infrastructure into your home if your mobility has been adversely affected by the accident.
- Travel to and from your place of work on public transport.
- Lost income due to a leave of absence from work to recover.
- Medical expenses such as prescription medication.
We should emphasise that the JCG figures and our examples of costs you could claim are guidelines only. How much compensation you could receive will depend on the particular circumstances of your case
You can get a more detailed estimate of how much compensation you could receive for the harm you have sustained by contacting our advisors. Talk to our personal injury team today via the contact information provided below.
How Do I Prove My Personal Injury Claim?
Evidence forms a key part of any personal injury claim. As well as demonstrating the fault of the third party, your evidence will highlight the extent of the injuries you sustained. We have included some possible evidence you could gather here:
- It is always recommended that you seek the proper medical attention following an accident. As well as prioritising your health, you have the right to acquire copies of your medical records, which you can use as part of your evidence.
- CCTV footage, or footage from a dash cam device for an accident on the road, can be very useful in showing how the accident took place.
- You can also photograph your injuries, the scene of the accident and what caused it.
- Employers with 10 or more employees are required to keep a workplace accident book. You can take a copy of your incident report.
- Other workplace documents, such as training and maintenance records, can help demonstrate these actions were either performed inadequately or omitted entirely.
Gathering evidence can seem a daunting task. It may be beneficial for you to work with a personal injury solicitor from our panel. Talk to our advisors for a free consultation regarding your eligibility to claim. If eligible, a solicitor from our panel of legal experts could take on your case and support it with the collection of evidence.
Our advisors are available 24 hours a day via the contact information provided below.
How Does The Personal Injury Claims Process Work?
Before a claim can be issued in court, the courts will want to know that everything initially has been done to try and resolve the matter first. This is where the Pre-action Protocol comes in. These procedures are steps in place for pre-litigation to give both parties a chance to resolve the issue before bringing it to the courts. We have outlined the steps that will need to be taken for a claim for personal injury compensation here:
- Letter of Notification: A letter is sent to the third party notifying them of your intent to begin a claim against them.
- Letter of Claim: The letter of claim is the formal issuing of the claim against the defendant. It should detail the facts the claim is based upon as well as any injuries suffered.
- Response: The defendant has 21 working days to issue a response. They will then have 3 months from the date of the Letter of Claim to complete their investigations.
- Disclosure: This is where both parties provide relevant documents to help clarify or provide resolution to any disputes.
- Experts: This involves the claimant attending an independent medical assessment which will produce an expert report for a claim
- Negotiations: Where there has been an admission of liability by the defendant, a Part 36 Offer can be made. Both parties will put forward offers with the goal of settling the dispute.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: In cases where the parties are unable to reach an agreement, alternate dispute resolution or ADR methods, such as arbitration, can be used. If this is unsuccessful, the case will go to court.
While you can complete these steps yourself, instructing a solicitor to represent you in the claim will mean they perform these tasks for you. The solicitors on our panel have years and years of experience in handling personal injury claims, and you will benefit from that knowledge of the legal process.
To find out more about the process of making a personal injury compensation claim, speak to our experienced team today. As well as addressing any concerns you may have about the personal injury claims process, they can assess your eligibility to claim compensation for free. Talk to an advisor today via the contact information provided below.
What Are The Benefits Of Claiming Compensation On A No Win No Fee Basis?
Contact our advisors today for a free consultation regarding your eligibility to begin a personal injury claim. If our team decide you are eligible, a dedicated personal injury solicitor from our panel of legal experts could take on your case on a No Win No Fee basis.
The type of No Win No Fee contract offered by our panel is called a Conditional Fee Agreement or “CFA.” When claiming with a solicitor under a CFA, you will enjoy notable benefits, including not having to pay a fee upfront for the solicitor to commence work on your claim. You will also not pay any fees during the claims process for this work. In the event your claim fails, there will be no legal fees for these services
Successful personal injury claims will see the claimant awarded personal injury compensation. A percentage of this compensation will be deducted as the solicitor’s success fee. Per the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013, success fees are capped by law, meaning that you, the claimant, will receive most of any compensation award.
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