Compensation Claims

Compensation claims are the legal process by which you ask for the compensation. You get this after an injury where someone else is at fault. The most common types of an accident where compensation is appropriate are accidents at work, where your employer has not taken reasonable steps to keep you safe, or road traffic accidents. It is also possible to claim in a wide variety of other situations, however. Slips, trips, or falls in a public place, dog bites, medical negligence are all examples of potential compensation claims.

 

When making a compensation claim, it is always best to consult an experienced solicitor. Our team of expert solicitors are able to explain the process. They get the correct amount of compensation for what happened to you. We will talk your situation through. It is to understand exactly what happened to you and the effect it has had on your life. Once we have all of this information, we will be able to guide you through making your claim. We make sure that you have included all factors that might influence how much compensation you are entitled to.

We recognize that you are an individual with unique circumstances. The amount of compensation you could receive once you make a claim depends on a variety of factors. These can include:

More severe injuries will lead to higher amounts of compensation. The severity of your injury is assessed in terms of pain and suffering and also loss of function.  A very painful injury will result in higher compensation than a less painful one. Accidents, where you lose strength or range of movement, will also receive higher payments.

 

If you play football for your local amateur club and suffer a fall at work which stops you from playing, this may lead to a higher compensation payout than you might otherwise receive.

 

Psychological harm and stress can also be taken into account in compensation claims. Post-traumatic stress disorder following a very severe car accident, for example, would be included in your compensation claim. Psychological difficulties following an accident or injury are not easily visible, but we can guide you through getting evidence to support your claim, which may also help you access additional support and treatment as well.

 

You should not be left worse off as a result of an accident or injury that is not your fault. Compensation is there to help you to get back to the state you were in before your injury. As a result, any financial losses you may have had are covered by your compensation claim. This can include loss of earnings if you have been unable to work. If you are permanently unable to return to your former career, this may also include the loss of potential future earnings. Another condition is if you have had to modify your home or car or make other purchases to help you adjust to your injury or to help with your rehabilitation, these would also be included.  If you will require assistance for some time to come, the costs of this assistance will be estimated to ensure that you receive everything you need.

 

For the most part, this is not a factor in how much compensation you get for your injury. The compensation makes things right for you, not to punish the other party. In extreme cases, however, awards can be increased where someone, an employer, for example, has been extremely negligent and the court wants to make sure that they take their responsibilities seriously. It would be very rare for this to be a factor in your compensation claim.

 

The purpose of compensation claims is to attempt to make you no worse off than you would have been if the accident had not happened. It does not aim to punish others. The law recognizes that it is not always possible to undo things that have happened, and that sometimes money is the only way to recognize that someone has suffered pain or loss. It is a way for the person who was responsible for your accident to acknowledge that they have done wrong and for you to feel that your pain and suffering following your accident or injury has been taken seriously. Compensation claims are an essential part of our justice system, making sure that those who have been hurt due to someone else’s carelessness or negligence should get the justice they deserve.

 

The amount of compensation you deserve to claim following an accident or injury varies hugely. There are guidelines in place to suggest the typical range of payments for particular kinds of injuries. But these ranges are very broad to allow for a wide range of factors that might influence the payments. Our expert no win no fee personal injury solicitors will be able to give you a better idea. They will tell you how much compensation you might expect to receive for your claim.