If you’re wondering, “how long after an injury can you claim compensation?” then this guide could help. Below, we will look at the time limits that apply to personal injury claims.

In addition to this, we will look at the eligibility criteria for making a claim. You may be wondering what your settlement could consist of; we’ll look at how payments in these claims are valued and what kinds of damages they can be made up of.

We also invite you to contact us for a free assessment of eligibility for your claim. If your case is valid, we could connect you with expert professional legal help to get started. Simply :

• Call us on 0208 050 2736
• Contact us online for further help
• Use the live support option opposite.

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1. How Long After An Injury Can You Claim Compensation?
2. What Accidents Could Potentially Lead You To Make A Personal Injury Claim?
3. What Evidence Could Help You In The Personal Injury Claims Process?
4. Personal Injury Claim Calculator – What Could You Receive?
5. What Are The Benefits Of Making A Personal Injury Claim On A No Win No Fee Basis?
6. Learn More About How To Make A Serious Injury Claim

How Long After An Injury Can You Claim Compensation?

A piece of legislation called the Limitation Act of 1980 states that there is a three-year time limit for starting a personal injury claim. This timescale can start from either the date of the accident itself or the date of knowledge. The date of knowledge is when you first become aware that negligence was the cause of your injuries.

This limitation period can vary in certain circumstances. For example, if the person injured doesn’t have the mental capacity to claim, the time limit can be suspended while this is the case. Also, if the injured person is under 18, the three-year period does not begin until their 18th birthday. At this point, they have 3 years to start their own claim

Alternatively, a litigation friend can undertake the duties of a personal injury claim on the behalf of someone who cannot claim themselves. They can do this while the time limit is suspended.

Our team are happy to explain more if you get in touch. Furthermore, they could assess the validity of your case and connect you with a lawyer.

What Accidents Could Potentially Lead You To Make A Personal Injury Claim?

There are several pieces of legislation that set out the duty of care you’re owed in different situations. Briefly, they are:

• The Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974 – in the workplace
• The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 – in public places
• The Road Traffic Act 1988 – on the roads.

A duty of care means a responsibility for your safety. If this duty is breached, and you’re injured, this is an example of negligence. Below are some examples of how you could be injured because of a breach in duty of care.

• A slip, trip or fall on unmarked wet floors in a public place.
• Falling from a height because your employer failed to put scaffolding together correctly
• Being hit by a moving object because of faulty machinery
• A restaurant accident in which you are burned with hot food because the server was not provided with proper training
• You collide with a road user who failed to stop at a give way sign, causing them to hit the side of your car, causing a neck injury.
• You sustain a manual handling injury because your employer makes you lift an object that is too heavy to handle alone

A successful personal injury claim requires that you show you were injured because of negligence on the part of the persons with a duty of care to you. Speak with an advisor today for free legal advice about claiming.

What Evidence Could Help You In The Personal Injury Claims Process?

Whether the accident and injuries were caused in the workplace, in a public area or on the roads, you might be wondering what evidence is needed to support your claim. For example, you could:

• Take photos of the area and injuries
• Gather CCTV and/or dashcam footage
• Keep a diary of symptoms and treatment
• Obtain medical records such as copies of X-rays and prognosis reports
• Ask any witnesses if they would be willing to provide a statement at a later date, and if so, take their contact details
• Ensure the accident book is completed. There might be one present in a public place or in your workplace.

Call our team and they can help assess eligibility in a free, no-obligation phone call today. They could connect you with a lawyer, who in turn could help you collect proof to support your claim.

Personal Injury Claim Calculator – What Could You Receive?

When you make a successful claim, you could receive up to two heads of claim. General damages relate to the pain and suffering that your injuries have caused you. Solicitors can use the Judicial College Guidelines to help them value claims. This publication details guideline settlement brackets for a number of different injuries.

We include an example from these guidelines below. These figures should only be used as guidance and not as guarantees, as the amount you’re awarded could differ.

Judicial College Guideline Amounts

Area Injured	How Severe?	Award Bracket	Notes
Head/Brain	(b) Moderately Severe	£219,070 to £282,010	Limb paralysis and cognitive issues that cause permanent dependence on others
Knee	(a) Severe (i)	£69,730 to £96,210	Serious disruption to the joint, gross ligament damage that causes significant pain and requires lengthy treatment
Leg	(b) Very Serious (ii)	£54,830 to £87,890	Permanent mobility issues and the need for walking aids for the remainder of the persons life
Arm	(b) Injuries Resulting in Permanent and Substantial Disablement	£39,170 to £59,860	Serious fractures to one or both forearms causing permanent cosmetic or functional effects
Ankle	(b) Severe	£31,310 to £50,060	Injuries that require a prolonged period in plaster or with the insertion of surgical pins
Pelvis	(b) Moderate (i)	£26,590 to £39,170	Significant injury but any permanent disability is not serious and future risk is not great
Back	(b) Moderate (i)	£27,760 to £38,780	Compression and crush fractures causing constant pain and discomfort.
Neck	(b) Moderate (i)	£24,990 to £38,490	Fractures and dislocations that cause immediate severe symptoms and may require surgery
Wrist	(c) Wrist Injuries	£12,590 to £24,500	Less severe injuries that cause some level of persisting pain and stiffness
Foot	(g) Modest	Up to £13,740	Metatarsal fractures, puncture wounds and ligament tears leaving a permanent limp and degree of pain

Special Damages

You could also be awarded special damages to take into account the financial impact of your injuries. This could cover:

• Loss of income or impact on future earnings
• Travel and prescription costs
• Adaptations to home or vehicle
• The cost for domestic help as you recover
• Medical treatments you have had to pay for

Evidence could support a claim for special damages, and this could include receipts or invoices to show what you have spent, as well as payslips to show the earnings you have lost. Speak with our team for guidance on this and an answer to the question, “how long after an injury can you claim compensation?”.

What Are The Benefits Of Making A Personal Injury Claim On A No Win No Fee Basis?

You may be considering legal help to get started in a compensation claim. Solicitors offering their services under a No Win No Fee agreement could offer many benefits to you. A commonly used version of these is called Conditional Fee Agreements

This generally means:

• No upfront fees
• No fees to pay as the claim progresses
• Nothing to pay your lawyer if your claim is lost

Should your claim be successful, a success fee will be deducted by your No Win No Fee solicitor. This is subject to a legal cap, ensuring you always get the majority of your settlement.

Contact Us To See If You Can Claim Today Using Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Solicitors

To learn more about how long after an injury you can claim compensation or any other information relating to your claims, please connect with our team by:

• Calling us on 0208 050 2736
• Contacting us online for further help
• Using the live support option at the bottom of the page

Learn More About How To Make A Serious Injury Claim

We hope that this guide has helped to answer the question, “how long after an injury can you claim compensation?”. The articles below come from our website and offer further reading:

• Read more on how to file a workplace injury claim
• Also, there’s more information about how to claim for an accident in a shop
• Further details on road traffic accident claims

As well as this, the following resources offer more help:

• Preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace
• Guidance from the Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
• The Highway Code offers guidance to road users

Writer Jeff Wage

Publisher Fern Stewart

This article looks at how to make a wrist injury claim if you suffered harm through negligence. We will look at the scenarios in which a duty of care applies and how it can be breached.

In addition to this, we discuss how potential compensation is calculated. We will look at the evidence you could provide in support of a claim.

Please feel free to get in touch with our team to discuss your potential wrist injury claim. They can assess eligibility in a free call and may be able to connect you with a solicitor from our panel. Simply:

• Call us on 0208 050 2736
• Start a claim online
• Use the live chat service to learn more.

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1. How Do I Make A Wrist Injury Claim?
2. What Types Of Accidents Could Lead To Me Making A Wrist Injury Claim?
3. Potential Evidence For A Wrist Injury Claim
4. What Wrist Injury Compensation Amount Could I Receive?
5. Why Use Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Solicitors To Claim?
6. Learn More About The Personal Injury Claims Process

How Do I Make A Wrist Injury Claim?

Wrist injuries can have a serious impact on your quality of life. They could cause pain, discomfort and stiffness. In some cases, you might not be able to use your hand as you did before because of the impact on the mobility in this joint.

Below, we look at some of the legislation that outlines the duty of care that you are owed in different circumstances:

• The Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974 requires employers to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of those who work for them by preventing accidents at work that could cause injury.
• The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 requires those in control of public places to ensure the reasonable safety of those using the space for the intended purpose.
• The Road Traffic Act 1988 outlines the duty of care on the roads and sets out certain driving offences. The Highway Code details how road users should act on the road. Some of the rules found in the Highway Code are suggestions and guidance, while others (categorised by the use of the word “must”) are legal obligations that can elsewhere be found in legislation. A road traffic accident could occur if this is breached.

The sections below will discuss how accidents could occur. We invite you to get in touch at any point with any questions or queries you have about making a wrist injury claim as you read on.

What Types Of Accidents Could Lead To Me Making A Wrist Injury Claim?

Below are some examples of how a wrist injury could occur:

• A slip and fall on a wet floor with no warning signs
• Loose floor tiles that leads to a trip accident in a restaurant
• Inadequate manual handling training means a worker sprains their wrist in a factory accident as they’re not trained on proper lifting techniques
• A pedestrian is hit as they cross the road because a driver ran a red light
• An accident in a gym occurs because of faulty equipment that staff knew about but did not display a “do not use” sign on.

However your injury occurred, evidence will be an important aspect of a claim. Read on to find out about how you could support a wrist injury claim. Alternatively, speak with an advisor from our team.

Potential Evidence For A Wrist Injury Claim

You may be wondering “what evidence do I need to collect in support of a claim?”. If you can provide proof of the circumstances that led to the accident and how you have been affected by your injuries, this could be beneficial to your case.

For example, you could:

• Take photos of the area where the accident occurred and your injuries
• Gather CCTV footage of the area and incident if possible
• Collect the contact details of any witnesses who are willing to provide a statement to a solicitor at a later date
• Keep a diary of the progression of your condition, including any treatment you need or symptoms that arise or worsen
• Obtain medical evidence of your injuries (such as x-rays)

A lawyer can help you in the process of collecting evidence for a claim. If you speak with a member of our team, and they feel your claim has a good chance of success, they could connect you with a lawyer to work on your claim.

What Wrist Injury Compensation Amount Could I Receive?

The settlement you receive in a personal injury claim could be made up of two heads. These are general and special damages.

General damages relate to the pain and suffering that your injuries have resulted in. Solicitors can refer to the Judicial College Guidelines to help them when assigning a value to your injuries. We have included some of the guideline brackets from these guidelines in the table below:

Area of Injury	Award Bracket	Notes
Wrist	(a) £47,620 to £59,860	Complete lack of function.
Wrist	(b) £24,500 to £39,170	Significant permanent disability; however, some useful movement persists .
Wrist	(c) £12,590 to £24,500	Less serious than above with remaining movement but a degree of stiffness and pain.
Wrist	(d) £6,080 to £10,350	Complete recovery of a fracture within 12 months, with only minor symptoms remaining.
Wrist	(e) In the region of £7,430	A Colles' Fracture that is uncomplicated.
Wrist	(f) £3,530 to £4,740	Minor undisplaced or minimally displaced fractures that heal within around a year or less.

Special Damages

Special damages is the potential second head of claim you could receive. This aims to cover the financial impact of the accident in which you were injured.

Special damages could compensate you for:

• Loss of earnings (both present and future)
• Medical costs
• Travel costs to essential appointments
• The cost of at-home care

A personal injury solicitor could help you ensure that all aspects of your claim are covered. This is particularly important as you cannot go back and claim for something that was missed once your claim has been settled. Speak with a member of our team today; you could be provided with a lawyer from our panel.

Why Use Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Solicitors To Claim?

An advisor from our team could connect you with a No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel. A Conditional Fee Agreement is a popular form of this kind of agreement that you could be offered.

With this in place, there is no need to pay upfront fees to your lawyer. There are also no fees needed as the claim moves ahead. Should the claim fail, you generally don’t pay your lawyer for the work they have done.

If you’re awarded compensation, your lawyer will take a legally-capped success fee from your settlement. This means you keep the majority of the compensation you’re awarded.

Want Free Legal Advice? Contact Us 24/7 To See If You Could Receive Wrist Injury Compensation

If you would like to learn more about how a No Win No Fee personal injury solicitor could help you make a wrist injury claim, please consider getting in touch for a free assessment of the strength of your claim:

• Call our advisors on 0208 050 2736
• Start a claim online
• As well as this, you can use the live chat service

Learn More About The Personal Injury Claims Process

In conclusion, the articles below come from our website and offer further reading:

• How to make a hand injury claim
• Read more on how to use a compensation calculator for an elbow injury
• Details on claiming for an accident in a shop

Other helpful resources are linked below:

• Advice about wrist pain from the NHS
• Preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace
• Advice for being safe on public transport

If you have any more questions about making a wrist injury claim, please get in touch.

Writer Jeff Wage

Publisher Fern Stewart

Welcome to our guide on serious injury solicitors. This article will address the subject of what can constitute a serious injury and whether or not you could be owed compensation. You could sustain a serious injury in a number of different scenarios.

Some of the most common are:

• Road traffic accidents
• Accidents in the workplace
• Accidents in public places

One of the most important factors in determining compensation eligibility is whether or not your injuries were the result of someone else’s negligence. We will explore what this means in more detail over the course of this article. Read on for more information.

Below, you’ll find our contact details. Our advisors are available at any time of the day to answer your questions. You can:

• Call us on the number at the top of this page
• Claim online through our website
• Use the live chat feature in the corner 

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1. When Could I Use Serious Injury Solicitors?
2. What Must I Prove For My Personal Injury Claim To Be Valid?
3. Accidents That Could Require Serious Injury Solicitors
4. What Evidence Can Support My Personal Injury Claim?
5. How Will Serious Injury Solicitors Calculate My Compensation Settlement?
6. Serious Injury Solicitors And No Win No Fee Agreements

When Could I Use Serious Injury Solicitors?

Not only is it important to know which claims fall under the definition of “personal injury claims”, but it’s also important to be aware of when an injury can be categorised as serious. 

Serious injuries could consist of any long term injury or life-changing injury. On the other hand, something like a dislocated joint is less likely to have a lasting effect on your life and overall health. Therefore, it’s unlikely to be classified as a serious injury. An injury like a badly broken limb or even paralysis in some extreme circumstances will affect your life on a much larger scale. Therefore, they are more likely to be described as serious.

Serious injury solicitors work on helping claimants to seek the maximum amount of compensation relevant to their circumstances. They also assist in establishing who was negligent and whether that led to your injuries.

What Must I Prove For My Personal Injury Claim To Be Valid?

In order to make a claim, there are 3 criteria that need to be met. This section focuses on them.

1. Was there a duty of care? Was there a duty of care owed to you? In other words, was there someone who was responsible for your safety whilst carrying out a task? In a workplace accident, this could be your employer. For road traffic accident claims, this is relevant to all other road users.
2. Was this duty of care breached? This is when the party responsible for your wellbeing breaches their duty of care and causes an accident. Blameless accidents can still happen, however. If someone has taken all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of injury, then it’s less likely they can be said to have acted negligently if an accident still takes place.
3. Were you injured as a result? Personal injury claims can only be made if you were injured as a result. If you have not sustained an injury then you cannot claim personal injury compensation. However, it is not just physical injuries can you can be compensated for. Some psychological injuries such as severe PTSD can qualify.

Additionally, claims will generally need to begin within 3 years of the date of the accident. This time limit is stated in the Limitation Act 1980. If this time limit expires, then you could find it more difficult to make a claim. Sometimes, it will no longer be possible.

However, there are some circumstances in which the time limit can work differently.

Date Of Knowledge

Although the time limit is intended to begin from the date of your accident, this is under the assumption that you are aware of your injuries being sustained on the same day. Sometimes you can be injured but the symptoms don’t reveal themselves until a later date.

If you can back up your delayed diagnosis with medical evidence, you could use this alternative date as the start of your 3-year time limit. 

Child Claims

If the injured party is under 18 then they cannot make their own claim. Due to this, their time limit is suspended until their 18th birthday. Then, they will have until their 21st birthday to start their claim if it hasn’t already been started for them.

Before the claimant turns 18, a trusted adult can be appointed to make a claim on their behalf. They are known as a litigation friend. For example, this could be a parent, guardian, family friend, or even a solicitor.

Claims On Behalf Of Those With A Reduced Mental Capacity

Some injuries and conditions can affect someone’s mental capacity to make a claim themselves. Like with cases of child accident claims, their time limit is also suspended. It will only begin if and when their mental capacity returns.

However, a litigation friend can make a claim on their behalf before they recover mental capacity.

Criminal Injury Claims

This would only be relevant if you have been the victim of a violent crime such as a physical attack or sexual assault, for example. These claims are generally made in a different way from other personal injury claims if the defendant is unknown or doesn’t have the means to compensate you.

You would need to make a claim through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). The time limit for a claim of this nature is generally 2 years. However, there can be exceptions made in certain circumstances.

If you’re unsure as to whether your time limit has expired, get in touch with us today.

Accidents That Could Require Serious Injury Solicitors

Although negligence is important to establish following a serious injury, solicitors can also assist you with the claims process generally.

Different pieces of legislation exist for accidents in various scenarios. For example, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 lays out the duty of care that an employer has towards their employees. Therefore, it means they have a legal duty to make sure the workplace for which they are responsible is kept as safe as reasonably possible.

Serious injuries can also occur as a result of an accident in a public place such as a shop or a restaurant. The legislation that details the person’s or organisation’s responsibility for the safety of the area is called the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This is also relevant for personal property such as your own house.

If a road traffic accident were to take place due to damage to the road’s surface, this could be a violation of the Highways Act 1980. The party in control of the road could be a body such as the local council.

What Evidence Can Support My Personal Injury Claim?

Serious injury solicitors can offer you advice and guidance regarding what evidence is needed for a personal injury claim. You will need proof that your injuries were caused by someone else’s negligence.

Some examples include:

• CCTV footage – if your accident has been captured by CCTV cameras, then this could prove very useful.
• Witness statements – there may have been people who saw your accident firsthand. They could submit a written statement to corroborate your story.
• Independent medical assessment – this will need to be carried out as a part of your claim. We can help organise this for you at a medical facility near you.

For more examples of evidence that you could present during your claim, get in touch.

The Latest Statistics For Accidents Requiring Serious Injury Solicitors

The statistics below are for reported road accidents in the year ending June 2021 in Great Britain. As you can see, slight accidents were the most common. Then, it was serious accidents. Fatal accidents were the least common.

How Will Serious Injury Solicitors Calculate My Compensation Settlement?

In this section, we have included some illustrative figures regarding what could be awarded to you for your potential general damages payment. This figure is to account for the pain and suffering endured due to your injuries.

The amounts have been taken from the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This publication is used by legal professionals to assist in calculating a general damages payment.

Injury	Description	Amount
Paraplegia	(b) depending factors will be those such as the level of pain and effect on mental health	£205,580 to £266,740
Mental anguish	(E) when you expect to die or have your lifespan reduced	£4,380
Brain/head	(B) Epilepsy - established grand mal	£95,710 to £140,870
Psychiatric damage	(a) Severe	£51,460 to £108,620
Sight	(d) Complete loss of 1 eye	£51,460 to £61,690
Chest	(a) Total removal of a lung, for example	£94,470 to £140,870
Reproductive organs	(a) (i) - Male: total loss	In excess of £144,420
Kidney	(c) Loss of only one kidney an no damage to the other	£28,880 to £42,110
Shoulder	(a) Severe - often associated with neck injuries	£18,020 to £45,070
Elbow	(G) (a)Severely disabling	£36,770 to £51,460

Claiming Special Damages For Financial Losses

Serious injury lawyers can also assist you in claiming for special damages. These are costs and expenditures that have arisen due to your injuries. For example, a loss of earnings due to you being unable to work could be recovered under special damages.

Get in touch for more information or for our advisors to value your claim for free.  

Serious Injury Solicitors And No Win No Fee Agreements

The serious injury claims lawyers on our panel work on a No Win No Fee basis. The benefits of this include:

• Only being required to pay your lawyer their fee if your claim is successful
• No hidden lawyer fees
• Experienced legal assistance
• Reduced financial risk regarding making a claim with the support of a lawyer

If you are awarded a settlement, your lawyer will take a small percentage of the final amount as their success fee. The percentage is capped by law. 

Making a claim with a lawyer but without a No Win No Fee arrangement in place could result in you still being required to pay your lawyer’s fee even if your claim is unsuccessful.

Speak To Us About Making A Serious Injury Claim

So, get in touch with us today. Our advisors are standing by and ready to help. There’s more than one way to get in touch with us.

• Call us on the number at the top of this page
• Contact us through our website
• Use the live chat feature in the corner

More Information On Personal Injury Compensation Claims

We have included some additional links that may be of use to you.

1. How to know if you’ve broken a bone.
2. NHS information on paralysis.
3. Another NHS article on amputation.

Why not check out more of our personal injury claims guides below:

• A guide to accident at work claims
• Claim compensation if you’ve been injured by a moving object at work
• Manual handling injury claims
• How to claim compensation for hand injuries at work
• How to claim compensation after a head injury at work
• A guide on claiming compensation for a workplace injury
• Claim compensation after suffering a finger injury at work
• How to claim compensation for eye injuries at work
• Forklift accidents at work
• How to claim compensation for a knee injury at work
• Back injury at work claims
• How to make a fall from a height claim
• Finding construction accident solicitors
• Making a claim for a sprained ankle at work
• Making a claim for a concussion at work
• How to make factory accident claims
• How long do I have to claim after an accident at work?
• What are my rights after an accident at work?
• What do I need to do after an accident at work?
• A guide to claiming compensation for fatal work accidents
• How to make a work injury claim
• Tips on preventing an accident in the workplace
• Can my employer sack me after an accident at work?
• How to claim for an accident at work

If you have any more queries about how serious injury solicitors could help you, get in touch today.

Written by BIB

Published by VIC