Typical Awards
Back Injury Claims
 £30,000
Wrist Injury Claims
£4,000
Neck Injury Claims
£30,000
Hand Injury Claims
£7,000
Ankle Injury Claims
£4,000
Leg Injury Claims
£8,000
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Accident and Disease Type Claims
SPECIAL DAMAGES
This is to reimburse you for your financial losses and any expenses you have had to incur
as a direct result of the accident. General damages compensate you for your injuries. Examples of the types of special damages that you may
be able to claim are set out below.
During your case we will send you a Questionnaire to complete with as much information as possible and will
ask you to return this to us with all receipts, invoices or other documents in support of the
amounts you wish to claim. It is often easier to recover specific items if you can produce
evidence that the expense has been incurred. You can keep topping up this information
during the claim, and before any settlement negotiations are started we will send you for
approval a “Schedule of Special Damages” setting out all the items that you wish to claim.
Loss of earnings
This includes wages that you have already lost and, if appropriate, income that you
might have received in the future, but will not now do so because of the accident. We can normally calculate your losses by obtaining details from your employer of all
money paid to you for a 13 week period prior to the accident and since the accident.
If your employer has paid you anything while you were off work, eg contractual sick
pay (but not Statutory Sick Pay) and your employment contract requires you to
reimburse this, we will claim it on your behalf so you can reimburse your employer from
your compensation.
Calculating your anticipated future loss of earnings can be more difficult, but is usually
only necessary if your injuries are very severe. In such cases we might need to assess
the level of any pay increases, promotion prospects and other benefits (eg pension)
that you would likely have enjoyed if the accident had not happened.
Travelling expenses
You can claim either the fare paid (eg for bus, train or taxi) or at the rate of 45p per mile
and any parking fee, for journeys taken because of the accident, eg:-
(a) Visits to your GP, hospital or other medical practitioner providing treatment.
(b) Attending the appointment with the medical expert.
(c) Other journeys, but you will need to state why each one was necessary.
(d) Journeys by close relatives to visit you in hospital.
Medical and care expenses
These items can include:-
(a) Hospital charges for emergency treatment.
(b) Prescription charges and the cost of non-prescription items, eg pain killers.
(c) Surgical supports, bandages, tubigrip, etc.
(d) Treatment provided by physiotherapists, or other practitioners on a private basis.
(e) The cost of treatment in a private hospital might also be recovered if the NHS
waiting list is too long.
(f) Care provided by Social Services or a private agency.
(g) Care provided by family or friends, claimed at an hourly rate (eg helping you with
cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene, etc).
Other expenses or items of specific loss
These items can include:-
(a) Repair or replacement costs for damaged clothing, jewellery or other belongings.
(b) Items bought because of the injuries, eg larger clothes or shoes while in plaster.
(c) Additional utilities costs because you had to spend more time at home than normal.
(d) Additional telephone and postal costs in contacting people involved in the claim.
(e) Vehicle repair or storage costs and any policy excess, following a car accident.
Miscellaneous expenses or losses
These items can include:-
(a) Costs incurred in employing others to undertake domestic cleaning, decorating,
general DIY, gardening, etc that you would have dealt with yourself but were
unable to because of your injuries.
(b) Sums lost in having to cancel activities or holidays.
(c) Costs incurred in obtaining specialised equipment or in adapting your home or car
if your injuries were particularly severe.
Interest
Interest can be claimed on the items included in the Schedule of Special Damages. It is not always possible to recover every item that you claim, but the more evidence
provided in support of each specific item, the more chance you have of recovering it.
You may be entitled to Compensation:
- We will deal with your claim on a No Win - No Fee basis which means that if you are successful then your opponent will pay your compensation and our costs.
- If you are not successful then you do not pay us anything at all.
We can help you recover what is rightfully yours.
Our Assurance:
- No hidden costs or administration charges
- Keep 100% of your compensation
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