
Melanie Burden
Partner, Head of Employer's Liability - Serious Injury
For free legal advice call our Personal Injury Solicitors and we will help you. Ask if we can deal with your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis.
A hand injury can have a serious impact on your ability to grip, exercise, do everyday tasks and even work. You shouldn’t have to suffer if your injury was someone else’s fault, which is why our leading Personal Injury lawyers are here to help you make a No Win, No Fee claim for compensation.
If you’ve suffered a hand injury in an accident at work, in a public place or a road traffic accident that was at least partly someone else’s fault, our Personal Injury Solicitors could help you make a claim for compensation.
Your hand injury could mean you’ve had to take time off work and have been unable to go about your day-to-day life. We’ll help you adjust to your injury while we aim to achieve the best compensation possible for you. We could ask the responsible party to pay some of your compensation before your claim has even settled, so that you can recover lost income and access specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
If you injured your dominant hand, it will impact your ability more to carry out even the simplest of tasks, so our lawyers will take this into account when they value your claim.
Contact us today for a Free Claims Assessment, where we’ll listen to your situation and tell you if we think you have a claim. We’ll gather evidence to help us prove that someone else was responsible for your injury, keeping you up to date from start to finish.
Our leading Personal Injury team have successfully secured compensation for people with hand injuries such as:
You might have sustained an injury at work, or even been exposed to vibrating tools in the workplace, which can cause conditions such as:
Every injury is different, so we’ll work towards the exact compensation you need to help you recover and access further support if you need it. Get in touch today to see how we could help.
Compensation is split up into two categories – general damages and special damages.
General damages will take into account the pain, suffering and loss of amenity you have suffered as part of your hand injury.
Special damages will account for the largest part of your compensation, because they will take your unique circumstances into account. This will include any financial impact caused by your injuries, such as loss of income, medical costs, travel or the costs any care and support you may need in the future.
Here are some guidelines for general damages that have been awarded for hand injuries – it’s important to note these are just a guide and a baseline – you would receive special damages in addition to this.
Injury |
Guidelines for general damages |
Loss or loss of use of both hands |
£140,660 to £201,490 |
Serious Damage to Both Hands |
£55,820 to £84,570 |
Loss or loss of use of one hand |
£96,160 to £109,650 |
Loss of index finger and middle or ring finger
|
£61,910 to £90,750
|
Loss of a thumb
|
£35,520 to £54,830
|
Loss of a little finger
|
£8,640 to £12,240 |
Serious hand injury with significant loss of use of the hand |
£29,000 to £61,910 |
Very serious thumb injury
|
£19,600 to £35,010
|
Serious hand injury with full or close to full recovery
|
£5,720 to £13,280
|
Vibration white finger (VWF)
|
£2,990 to £38,430 |
Here are some of the reasons why you should choose Simpson Millar to help with your injury claim.
We have some of the UK’s best Personal Injury lawyers, who have a track record securing thousands of pounds for people with hand injuries.
The law can be confusing, so we use straightforward language to make things simple. We can also visit you anywhere in England and Wales, at home or in hospital.
We’re nationally accredited solicitors, and proud members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
You’ll be kept up to date at every stage in the process, while we gather evidence and work out your compensation amount.
Here’s what to expect if you make a claim with us for your hand injury.
If we think you’ve got a chance of getting compensation, we’ll get in touch with the other party, to ask them to admit liability for your accident and hand injury. This might be your workplace, a local authority or a business.
We’ll start to collect evidence to prove that your injury happened because of someone else’s actions or negligence. This might include CCTV footage, photos, witness statements or logbooks if it happened in your workplace.
We’ll send you to an independent medical expert, who will assess your injury and find out about how it has affected your life. We try to intervene early if we think you’d benefit from rehabilitation. Sometimes the other party can send you early interim payments, before the claim is settled.
Based on your medical assessment, we’ll work out how much compensation you’re owed and take this to the other party.
If the other party does not accept liability, then the claim may have to go to Court. Luckily, this doesn’t happen with most personal injury claims. If it does, we’ll keep you informed and provide expert advice throughout the whole process.
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Here are just a few examples of how we have achieved compensation for people with hand injuries, to help them access the support and rehabilitation they need.
Sarah, our client, suffered serious burn injuries at a BBQ in a friend’s garden. We helped her receive compensation for her injuries.
Mrs. V was walking up to the building she worked in along a poorly lit walkway when she tripped on the lip of the pavement and fell to the ground. The reason Mrs. V’s path was so dark was because the four lampposts that should have lit the way were out of service.
Our personal injury solicitors successfully represented a client who was involved in a road traffic accident, which resulted in various injuries.
We could handle your claim on a No Win, No Fee basis. This means that if we don’t win your case, you won’t need to pay us a penny. However, we believe in open communication and complete transparency when it comes to billing our clients, so you will always be aware of what the final bill could be at the end of the process.
If the other party admit liability, we could ask them to pay part of your compensation early in installments (interim payments) before your case has settled. This can help you if you need urgent support and rehabilitation after your injury or if you’re struggling financially because of loss of earnings.
Over the years, we’ve achieved thousands of pounds in compensation for people who have suffered hand injuries in accidents that were not their fault. The exact amount of compensation you could receive will depend on:
We deal with every claim on a case-by-case basis, so get in touch with our expert Personal Injury team to see what you might be entitled to.
You may be entitled to compensation if your injury is the result of one of the following:
You have 3 years from the day you were injured to make a claim for compensation. If you developed a condition as a result of your hand injury, the time limit to start a claim will be 3 years after you were diagnosed with this.
You can claim on behalf of a child under 18 at any point. Once they turn 18, they can make the claim for themselves up until their 21st birthday.
You could also make a claim on behalf of someone who does not have the mental capacity to do so themselves – there is no time limit for this. It might be your child with a disability, or an elderly family member with Alzheimers - our Court of Protection team can help if you’re struggling to assess whether the person is capable to make decisions for themselves.
Yes, you might have multiple injuries from an accident, or be dealing with psychological effects such as depression or even Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We will assess the overall impact of all your injuries so that you can achieve the compensation you deserve.
We can take our hands for granted and we don’t realise how hard it can be to perform the simplest tasks until we suffer an injury. Hand injuries can have a huge impact on many areas of your life. For example, you may be unable to:
We can help you claim compensation for factors such as:
When we negotiate your compensation, we aim to get you the exact amount you need so you can access support and care to live the best quality of life possible, particularly if you have a long-term injury. Get in touch to see if you could be eligible to make a claim.
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