Serious injuries have a huge impact on you and your loved ones’ lives.
Such injuries are life-changing, and our expert team of serious injury solicitors will help you recover compensation for your injury and obtain the best possible care, rehabilitation and support.
What is a serious injury?
Serious injuries are those which will have a long-term effect and are life-changing. Compensation for these injuries must take into account:
- rehabilitation needs
- long-term care and support
- loss of earnings and pensions if you are no longer able to work or cannot perform the same job
- moving to a new home or making adaptations to your existing home
What are the different types of serious injury claims?
Our serious injury solicitors have expertise in handling the following types of injury claims:
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Brain injuries
We are able to obtain the best treatment, care and support from brain injury case managers, rehabilitation providers and therapists. We regularly provide assistance for people who have been injured in road traffic accidents, criminal assaults and workplace accidents.
Spinal injury
Our spinal injury solicitors can help you claim compensation to assist you and your family. If you have suffered a spinal injury that was not your fault, our expert spinal injury solicitors can help you get your life back on track. We have experience in obtaining compensation for people who have suffered spinal injuries at work and in road traffic accidents.
Compensation can be used to support your recovery or help you make adaptations to your home, and for transport, rehabilitation therapy and private healthcare.
Broken and fractured bone claims
We have extensive experience in handling claims for people who have suffered from broken and fractured bones. We are able to assist in providing suitable rehabilitation and treatment to aid your recovery, and have experience in recovering a level of compensation that will assist you in putting your life back together again.
Amputation claims
We appreciate that claiming compensation may not be your first thought after being involved in a serious injury and suffering an amputation. However, our sympathetic and committed solicitors will ensure we obtain the right outcome on behalf of you and your family and attempt to recover compensation that will lead to a better outcome for your rehabilitation, financial stability and quality of life. We will help you to gain access to the best psychological and physical care.
Loss of sight claims
Our expert team of solicitors appreciate how traumatic the loss of one’s sight can be as a result of an accident that was not your fault. We will do everything possible to recover suitable compensation on your behalf.
We appreciate that an injury to one or both eyes that causes temporary or permanent loss of sight can have a devastating impact on you and your family. Such eye injuries can affect employment and everyday quality of life. Our serious injury solicitors have years of experience in helping such people claim compensation for loss of sight injuries.
Burn injury claims
Our serious injury solicitors have expertise at handling compensation claims for burn injuries. We appreciate that such injuries can be life-changing and we are able to help you with rehabilitation support and support for any psychological symptoms you have experienced. We have assisted many clients who have suffered from serious burns as a result of chemical burns, gas explosions, firework injuries, criminal acid attacks and cement burns
Paralysis claims
Very often, paralysis can occur as a result of an accident or illness caused by the fault of somebody else. Paralysis can be temporary or permanent and may affect many bodily functions and impact on every aspect of your life. We can provide support to you and your family to obtain a suitable outcome.
Unfortunately, people become paralysed as a result of many situations including a sporting accident, horse riding incident, road traffic accident, construction accident, falling from height or
an accident at work.
We have assisted clients who have unfortunately been left with conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury and strokes.
We handle paralysis claims on a No Win No Fee basis.
Chronic pain
Chronic pain can be a life-changing condition that can have both mental and physical effects upon your wellbeing. Chronic pain is a very individual experience and this is appreciated by our expert team of serious injury solicitors. We will ensure that you are provided with assistance from rehabilitation specialists such as occupational therapists, pain consultants and physiotherapists.
We will handle chronic pain syndrome cases on a No Win No Fee basis.
Personal Injury FAQs
Each personal injury claim is different and the amount of recoverable compensation will depend upon the severity of your injuries, whether you are partly responsible for the accident, how much you have lost in earnings and whether you have made a recovery or whether you require further treatment.
Please click our personal injury compensation calculator to obtain further information about personal injury damages.
If your claim is successful you will receive one total sum that is arrived at by combining two heads of damage, namely general damages and special damages. General damages is an award of money that is given to you purely in relation to the injury you have suffered and takes into account pain and suffering, loss of amenity, severity of injury and whether any ongoing treatment and care is required.
Special damages are all those losses and expenses you have incurred as a direct result of the accident including loss of earnings, loss of pension, medical treatment, ongoing care and rehabilitation, travel expenses and modifications to your home.
In most cases you must start your claim within three years of the accident. In any event, we advise you to contact us as soon as possible.
There are some exceptions to the three year time limit that relate to children or people who lack mental capacity to make a claim themselves. We will make sure to advise you of these time limits when you contact us for a free consultation.
You can claim damages to reflect the injury that you have sustained. This is known as general damages and takes into account pain, suffering, loss of amenity, how seriously injured you are and whether you have made a full recovery or not.
Any compensation claim would also include any financial losses you have suffered including loss of earnings, loss of pension, costs of medical treatment and travel expenses and costs of any rehabilitation and care, if needed.
Serious injuries are those which will have a long-term effect and are life-changing. Compensation for these injuries must take into account:
• Rehabilitation needs
• Long-term care and support
• Loss of earnings and pensions if you are no longer able to work or cannot perform the same job
• Moving to a new home or making adaptations to your existing home
Serious injury claims usually take a few years to bring to a conclusion. However, it is possible for us to obtain interim compensation payments before the conclusion of your claim, to help pay for any treatment you require. These payments are available if the responsible party admits fault for your injury. The final settlement will depend upon a number of factors including whether you have made a full recovery or not. Our specialist lawyers will make sure that your compensation is calculated to take into account all relevant factors.
The value of your claim depends on a number of factors but generally there are two categories:
1. Compensation for your Personal Injury
2. Compensation for your financial losses
We will help you understand the likely level of compensation you could receive providing:
• A full assessment of the extent of your injuries
• The type of injury sustained
• Your symptoms and their duration
• Advice on what can be claimed for
There are many ways of funding your personal injury case and we will advise you of the best option. We offer a genuine “NO WIN NO FEE” agreement and if you choose this arrangement you should have nothing to pay if your claim is unsuccessful.
We will also consider obtaining an insurance policy to be in place to pay your opponents costs should you be required to pay anything. If there is ever a situation whereby you may be required to pay something you will be advised of this possibility well in advance so that you can avoid it arising should you wish to do so.
Why should you choose Edwards Duthie Shamash solicitors?
We have provided specialist legal assistance for over 120 years to individuals, families and businesses.
We offer a free consultation with legal advice and will be able to handle your claim on a No Win No Fee basis. We will endeavour to remove any added stress by dealing with your claim in a diligent and compassionate manner.
We’re experienced and compassionate.
Our solicitors have extensive experience in handling claims and have recovered compensation for thousands of clients. We work on a No Win No Fee basis and do our utmost to recover the compensation that you deserve in a friendly and diligent manner.
