£110,000 Compensation for Amputation after Accident at Work

How We Helped

Associate Solicitor Charlotte Rankin, who specialises in serious injury claims, agreed to take on Mr L’s claim on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Charlotte contacted Mr L’s employer and they accepted responsibility for the accident at work.

Charlotte arranged for Mr L to be examined by an orthopaedic expert, who wrote a medical report recommending he be examined by specialists including a physiotherapist, an orthotist, a pain management expert and a psychologist.

Charlotte advised him not to settle the claim until we’d secured this independent medical evidence to support his claim. Otherwise, there was a risk of under-settling and Mr L not being awarded the full amount of compensation he was entitled to.

At first, Mr L agreed with Charlotte that he should wait until this medical evidence had been obtained before settling his case, as it would help to determine how much compensation he should receive.

But following a close bereavement, Mr L changed his mind and decided to settle without this evidence. At the time, Mr L was under financial pressure because he couldn’t work and his various symptoms were getting worse.

We secured several Interim Payments, worth a total of £25,000 to help meet his immediate financial needs. However, he was still set on settling as soon as possible.

Charlotte instead obtained a detailed witness statement to form the basis of his evidence. This set out his losses and how his injuries had affected his work, home and social life. With the help of Counsel, a detailed schedule of loss was drafted, which we had to base on various assumptions because of the lack of medical evidence.