Knee Injury Claims & Compensation

Our team may be able to handle your claim on a No Win, No Fees basis. This means if we don’t win your case, you don’t pay us any money.

Get in touch today for a Free Case Assessment and we can talk you through your options.

You usually have three years to make a knee injury accident claim from the date it happened.

If you’re claiming compensation on behalf of a child, you can make a claim at any point until they turn 18. Once they turn 18, they’ll have until their 21^st birthday to start a claim themselves.

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. Our team can talk you through the process around setting up a trust fund.

You could also make a claim on behalf of your spouse or family member who does not have the mental capacity to do so themselves – there is no time limit for this. It might be a family member with a disability or neurological condition - our Court of Protection team can help if you’re struggling to assess whether the person is capable to make decisions for themselves.

You may be entitled to compensation if your injury is the result of one of the following:

• Your workplace or the Military – you may have suffered an injury at work due to inadequate training, protective clothing or faulty machinery. For example, you may have crushed your knee or fallen from height. If your employer didn’t meet their legal responsibilities and failed in your duty of care, we could help you claim for compensation.
• A road traffic accident – you might have injured your knee if you were a driver, motorcyclist, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist etc in a road traffic accident. If we can prove that someone else was fully or partially responsible, you may be able to claim compensation against the other party, to help you recover and rebuild your life.
• A public place – you may have injured your knee if you slipped on an icy pavement that should’ve been gritted, or perhaps a wet floor in a shop if there was no wet floor sign. Businesses and councils should have put in place safety measures, as they have a lawful responsibility to make their premises safe for public use, so you may be able to claim for compensation if they failed in this duty of care.
• Medical negligence – your knee injury may sadly be the result of medical negligence, which is defined as any situation where a medical professional has given you substandard care which either caused your injury, or made your condition worse. You could make a claim for compensation if a doctor made a mistake or oversight that could have been avoided, for example if an error was made during surgery, causing an existing condition to get worse, or your knee fracture was missed on an x-ray.

The person or company who pays for your compensation will depend on who was responsible for your accident. For example:

• If your knee injury happened at work, your employer should be covered by insurance – so you wouldn’t be making a claim ‘directly’ against your employer;
• If you suffered your knee injury in public, the council may be held responsible, in which case they would pay your compensation – an example of this would be tripping on a loose paving stone that the council should have taken action to fix, or your child being injured by faulty equipment in a park.
• If you sustained a knee injury while falling in a shop, restaurant or other business, the company in charge will usually be covered by their own insurance, which would pay your compensation.
• If a Road Traffic Accident caused your knee injury, this will usually be covered by the other road user’s motor insurance. If the responsible road user was uninsured or we cannot trace them, you may be able to claim compensation from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB).

As Personal Injury experts we have a track record of making successful claims for people so we would never take on your case if we did not think there was a chance of you being able to achieve compensation, even if you were somewhat responsible for your injury.

We will do everything in our power to collect evidence and negotiate the best possible settlement for you. However, if the other party deny responsibility, we may have to issue court proceedings. This does not happen in the large majority of Personal Injury cases, but if it does, our experts will support you throughout and represent you throughout.

Knee injuries can vary widely in terms of how long they affect people for and how severe they are. For example, you might have multiple injuries from an accident as well as your knee injury, 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.

Knee injuries can affect many aspects of your life, and compensation can help you access aids, adaptations and therapies to help you live the best quality of life possible with your injury. For example:

• An automatic car so you do not have to use the clutch when driving;
• Therapy such as counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you cope with the changes and emotional challenges that have been brought about as a result of your knee injury/accident;
• Adaptations to your home or different handles and aids to use around the house to help with your mobility;
• The cost of training to change career if you can no longer work at your old job due to a permanent disability, particularly if your old industry involved you being on your feet a lot.
• Any extra support or care you need around the house e.g. with cleaning and chores;
• Travel costs you’ve incurred e.g. for appointments, scans and surgeries;
• Support and rehabilitation you might need – both now and in the future.

To see if you’d be eligible to make a claim and access these many different types of care and support, get in touch with our specialist team today or request a callback.

Whilst your personal injury lawyer is settling your compensation claim, we can apply for interim payments of compensation if the other party accept responsibility. These payments can cover urgent costs such as:

• Loss of earnings;
• Daily household expenses;
• Necessary equipment such as home adaptions or wheelchairs;
• Private medical treatment, rehabilitation, physiotherapy and care you may need.