Associate Solicitor, Personal Injury Claims
If you suffer a life changing injury, then you may be thinking about making a claim for compensation, especially if it was due to the fault of another person or organisation. Compensation in life changing injury claims is generally divided in to two components; General Damages and Special Damages.
General Damages for the actual pain, suffering and loss of amenity caused from the injury. Medical evidence from independent medical experts across a range of disciplines is the foundation for assessing General Damages compensation in life changing injury claims.
Solicitors (and if the case proceeds to Trial, Judges) then refer to the Judicial College Guidelines and Case Law for guidance on the appropriate compensation award for General Damages. There are brackets of compensation in each of the 13 chapters of the Judicial College Guidelines, ranging from a minor injury healing in 7 days attracting a compensation award of just a few hundred pounds to a severe brain injury attracting an award of anywhere between £224,800 and £354,260 compensation.
The second component of compensation is in relation to Special Damages for past and future financial loss incurred as a result of the injuries you’ve sustained. This can include claims for loss of earnings, pension loss, the cost of long term medical treatment, intensive rehabilitation you need to help you recover, past and future care and support and adaptations to your home and car.
It’s important that you instruct a specialist Serious Injury Solicitor who will have the necessary skills and experience to deal with the complex issues involved in your case. Expert legal advice can help to ensure that you claim fully for something that has altered your life permanently.
For free, expert legal advice get in touch with our Serious Injury Solicitors and we will help you. Ask if we can deal with your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis.
We're rated‘Excellent’Life changing or catastrophic injuries are those that have a major impact on the person, whether it’s permanent disability, ongoing health problems and/or reduced life expectancy. And by their very nature, life changing injury claims can attract the greatest amounts of compensation, which can run into millions of pounds.
The most common types of life changing injuries can include:
However, the nature of these injuries means they have a dramatic and life changing effect not only on the claimant, but also on their families. That’s why it’s so important to ensure you have the best legal representation acting on your behalf, so you can get the compensation and access to the care and support that you deserve.
When you suffer a sudden life changing injury in an accident, friends and family can often overlook the fact that the psychological impact of a serious injury can be just as significant as the physical effects.
In order to claim compensation for a serious injury, you need to be able to show that your injuries were the result of someone else’s negligence. Our Serious Injury Solicitors have a strong track record of helping victims of serious injury get the compensation they are entitled to.
In this guide, we show the amounts of compensation awarded for amputation or loss of limb in personal injury claims in the UK. In most amputation claims when compensation is paid out, the award has two parts, compensation for General Damages and also for Special Damages which we explain below.
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