Gavin Hughes
Partner, Military Claims Solicitor
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For free legal advice call our Military Claims Solicitors and we will help you. Ask if we can deal with your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Our Military Claims Solicitors can help you claim compensation if you’ve been injured in a military training accident, or if you’ve lost a loved one whilst they were training in the British Armed Forces.
We offer free, expert legal advice to serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and family members to discuss potential compensation claims. If we take your case on, we will deal with this on a No Win, No Fee basis.
We have an excellent track record of securing compensation for our armed forces clients.
For free legal advice get in touch with our Military Claims Solicitors.
The very nature of serving in the Armed Forces means that training is physically and mentally demanding. Despite this, the MoD should still be running training exercises in a safe manner and minimising the risks of injury as much as they can.
Common causes of training injuries include:
It’s the MoD’s duty to keep you safe whilst training. The impact of a training injury could mean that you can’t progress as far in your military career as you would have before your injury or even result in a medical discharge. Any compensation you get will take this into account.
Our Military Claims Lawyers will help you to get the compensation you deserve, and we’ll deal with your case on a No Win, No Fee basis – just ask us for details.
Our expert Military Lawyers can make a claim on your behalf if you have sustained an injury whilst serving for the British Armed Forces. We offer free legal advice over the phone and will provide clear and straightforward advice, so you are clear if you have a claim.
Our Military Claims Lawyers handle relatively low case volumes, so we can offer you a friendly, personal service and we’ll handle your case with sensitivity.
Simpson Millar have signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the sacrifices that the service community makes to protect us. We’re delighted to offer 10% discount to all Armed Forces personnel on some of our legal services.
Service Personnel operate in a highly dynamic environment, and when things go wrong this can result in significant or severe injuries, with a long road to recovery. In the most severe cases there could be catastrophic brain or spinal injuries, meaning round-the-clock care is needed. In these cases, compensation is paid to make sure all their care costs are paid for life, along with compensation for the loss of their career.
Serious injuries can cause many uncertainties, stress and worries and the financial strain can be overwhelming. By making a successful claim, you can be sure that you and your family have future financial security leaving you to concentrate on living your life to the full after your injury. Our military claims Solicitors will handle your claim with sensitivity, and a close personal touch, often visiting you regularly throughout your claim.
Tragically, fatal accidents can happen in the course of military training.
We are experienced in dealing with cases for husbands, wives and other family members. We’ll deal with the claim sensitively and will provide you with a highly-personalised service, whilst we work with you to secure compensation. Any compensation you get will help to replace the lost income which would have been brought into the family home.
If you’ve lost a loved one in a military training accident, it’s really important for you to get compensation so you can feel financially secure.
Our Military Claims Solicitors are well experienced in helping Armed Forces personnel who have been injured in training accidents. Here’s just one example of how we have helped:
We helped our client to get compensation after he fractured a vertebrae in his lower back during a parachute training accident.
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Very happy with the results, My case was settled after a year and a few months, was kept updated throughout the whole process, very professional and would highly recommend to many ex service personnel...
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Superb from day one. Always helpful and honest in there approach to everything. I was very nervous in the beginning but I was made to feel at ease with the exceptional way that I was treated. In parti...
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My claim has been handled from start to finish with both professionalism & compassion , Simpson Millar ( Jonathan Cloudsdale ) in particular has kept me up to date each step of the way to make this c...
Chris Fidoo
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Overall I received a very good service from the company. Unfortunately the person dealing with my case left the company before the case was concluded. Thereby followed a protracted period of uncertain...
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We meet Gavin Hughes through a mutual friend as I has a medical case which I wanted assistance with. From the moment we met Gavin we knew that he would be the right person for us. Gavin and the team a...
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We recommend that anyone who has suffered a training injury in the course of their forces career should make a claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). This is a no-fault scheme, so compensation should be paid in all cases.
AFCS compensation tends to be lower than compensation in civil claims and you need to know that you can still make a civil claim even if you you’ve made a successful claim under the AFCS. The general rule is that the amount of the AFCS award will be offset from the compensation from your civil claim.
Our lawyers regularly help our clients make AFCS claims in the course of civil claims for training injuries.
We recommend that claims should also be investigated under any Critical Illness Insurance policy. Any claim under a private insurance policy is not offset against the civil award.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) owes a duty of care to service personnel, so it must make sure training exercises are carried out safely.
It’s been widely reported that a military officer with 26 years of service was the victim of derogatory and insulting remarks during a consultation with a civilian panel advising the Ministry of Defence on his Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) claim.
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There are time limits in which to make a compensation claim for a military training accident. You usually have 3 years from the date of your injury to make a civil claim and 7 years to make an AFCS claim.
Understandably, some serving personnel want to leave any prospective claim until they’ve left service, but we need the longest period of time possible to investigate a case, gather evidence, and prepare for Court proceedings if we need to.
Getting early, specialist legal advice is your best option.
We offer free legal advice over the phone and you should ask our Military Claims Solicitors if we can deal with you case on a No Win, No Fee basis. This means you won’t have to pay for any of the legal work we do unless your claim is successful.
Fill in the form below to get in touch with one of our dedicated team members, or call our team today on: 0808 239 0244
