Our specialist Personal Injury team pride themselves not just on recovering maximum compensation for their clients, but on recovering compensation that truly addresses the needs our clients have to help out with their recovery and rehabilitation, and to help them and their family cope with their injuries and the aftermath of those. We thoroughly explore - with specialist input - what our client needs and we then work very hard to secure funding for them. We look here at how compensation is calculated in particular cases.
Compensation in these cases is paid to cover two distinct areas.
1. Pain, Suffering, and Loss of Amenity
We set out here some "guide" awards that have been made:
Chest Injuries:
With long term disability £20,000 - £96,000
Full recovery £1,000 - £11,500
Lung disease:
Serious disability £35,000 - £86,500
Lesser injury £1,000 - £35,000
Digestive system:
Severe damage £27,500 - £40,000
Ongoing pain £10,750 - £17,750
Food poisoning:
Severe and long term £24,500 - £33,500
Serious but temporary £6,150 - £12,250
Short lived to £6,150
Kidney:
Serious damage to both £108,000 - £134,000
Loss of a kidney with no damage to other kidney £20,000 - £27,500
Bowels:
Total loss of function To £96,000
Temporary colostomy £28,500 - £44,500
Some permanent damage £8,000 - £15,500
Bladder:
Complete loss of function To £90,000
Serious impairment £41,000 - £51,000
Almost full recovery £15,000 - £20,000
Spleen:
Loss of spleen £13,250 - 316,750
Loss of spleen with no risk of infection £2,750 - £5,500
Hernia:
Continuing pain £9,500 - £15,400
Inguinal hernia £2,000 - £5,850
2. Financial and other Losses
The second area of compensation is in respect of the financial consequences of the accident. This area of award frequently reaches into the millions of pounds.
We also claim for you the full costs of private remedial treatment, whether at a rehabilitation centre, cutting edge surgery and treatment, or otherwise.
Compensation is also claimed in respect of the full care, equipment, transport, accommodation, therapy, loss of earnings and career, financial advice, and other needs. To assess the full extent of compensation we enlist the help of a specialist team of expert professionals.
In as far as money can provide to alleviate the consequences of the accident you can rest assured that we will seek to recover maximum compensation for you.
Compensation is no longer limited to a single capital award but is now also available as guaranteed annual payments for life indexed linked to the inflationary increase in cost of the loss.
How we can help
Our specialist accident and injury lawyers have years of experience in ensuring the maximum recovery of compensation for our clients. We have a track record of pushing the boundaries of the law to ensure the award of compensation reflects the full extent of loss in as far as money can compensate.
Funding
In the vast majority of cases we are able to act for you with a guarantee that there will be no cost to you win or lose. If you succeed in your claim you will keep all of your compensation. If your claim is unsuccessful you will not have to make any contribution towards your legal costs.
Please do contact our specialist team today to see how we can best help.
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