In this guide, we discuss how work injury solicitors could help you claim compensation. There are different steps involved in making a personal injury claim, including gathering evidence and ensuring you submit your case within the relevant time limits. As such, it can be beneficial to instruct a solicitor to help you through the various stages of the claims process.
Also, if you work with a solicitor under the terms of a No Win No Fee agreement, they can provide their services without requiring costs upfront or as your case proceeds. You can learn more about this as you move through our guide.
Later in our guide, we look at the eligibility criteria for starting a work injury claim and the potential evidence that could help strengthen your case.
Furthermore, we discuss the duty of care your employer owes you with regard to your health, safety, and well-being and how a breach of this could lead to you suffering an injury.
If you make a successful accident at work claim, you could receive a payout that addresses the impacts of your injuries. Towards the end of our guide, we discuss how compensation settlements are calculated and what they could comprise.
To ask any other questions about accident at work claims including when you could be eligible to seek compensation, please contact an advisor. They can provide a no obligation consultation for free. Get in touch using the contact details below:
- Call us on 0800 408 7827 to discuss your specific case
- Fill out our online ‘Contact Us‘ form to send your enquiry
- Use the live chat function below and an advisor can assist you
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- How Can Work Injury Solicitors Help You Claim Compensation?
- Eligibility Criteria For Making A Work Injury Claim
- What Evidence Could Help You Claim For An Accident At Work?
- Calculating Compensation In Successful Personal Injury Claims
- Why Use Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Work Injury Solicitors?
- Learn More About Making A Work Compensation Claim
How Can Work Injury Solicitors Help You Claim Compensation?
Whilst it’s not essential to instruct a solicitor in order to begin a personal injury claim, it can be beneficial. For example, the work injury solicitors from our panel could assist you in the following ways:
- Help gathering evidence and building your case
- Presenting your case in full within the relevant time limits
- Sending important correspondence on your behalf
- Valuing your workplace injury claim and negotiating a fair settlement for your case
- Keeping you updated on the progress of your case
- Providing expert legal advice.
The solicitors on our panel are knowledgeable and have experience of handling workplace accident claims. Additionally, they can offer their helpful services nationwide so you can focus on finding a solicitor who has the skills and expertise to assist you with seeking compensation without worrying about location.
To find out whether you could be eligible to instruct a solicitor to represent your case, please contact an advisor via the number above. You can also find out how to sue your employer after they were negligent.
Eligibility Criteria For Making A Work Injury Claim
Employers owe their employees a duty of care to take reasonable and practicable steps to prevent them from becoming injured while working. This duty is set out in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Some of the steps they can take to uphold this duty and adhere to health and safety regulations include:
- Carrying out risk assessments on a regular basis and implementing any measures to address known hazards
- Providing adequate training to ensure employees are able to carry out their duties safely
- Providing any necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) where the risk of injury posed by any hazards cannot be removed completely
A failure to do so could lead to an accident in which an employee sustains workplace injuries. For example, an employee might be injured at an office due to trailing leads on the floor that your employer is aware of but hasn’t covered. As a result, the employee might sustain a broken ankle and leg injuries as well as spinal injuries after a slip or trip accident.
In order to begin a personal injury claim following an accident at work, you need to show your employer breached their duty of care, and that this caused you to sustain harm as a result.
One of the work injury solicitors from our panel could assist you if you meet these eligibility criteria. Call our team to potentially be connected with an expert solicitor.
What Evidence Could Help You Claim For An Accident At Work?
There are several pieces of evidence you could use to support your work accident compensation claim. For example:
- Pictures of your injuries and the accident scene.
- Video footage of the accident, such as from a CCTV.
- Medical evidence, such as doctor reports and X-ray scans.
- Contact details for any witnesses so statements can be taken at a later date.
One of the expert work injury solicitors from our panel could help you gather evidence to support your case. Call our team to learn more about how they could assist you.
Calculating Compensation In Successful Personal Injury Claims
Settlements awarded following successful accident at work claims could comprise up to two heads of loss:
- General damages – Compensating for the pain and suffering of your injuries. This can include physical and/or psychological injuries. If you instruct a solicitor to represent your case, they can arrange for you to attend an independent medical assessment as part of the claims process. This can generate a report which can be referred back to when valuing general damages.
- Special damages – Compensating for the financial losses incurred due to your injuries. For example, if you needed to take time off work, you may have incurred a loss of earnings. You could seek reimbursement of this loss under special damages. Other examples of losses you could claim back include medical costs and care costs. Evidence can help prove these costs so you should keep hold of any receipts, payslips, and invoices.
Compensation Table
The table below uses figures from the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), a document that can be referred to alongside your medical report when valuing general damages. The figures are guideline compensation brackets and not necessarily reflective of what you will receive for a successful work accident claim. Also, the top entry is not from the JCG.
| Injury Type | Severity Level | Guideline Compensation Brackets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Severe Injuries with Special Damages | Severe | Up to £1,000,000+ | A payout reflecting the pain and suffering of multiple physical and/or psychological injuries of a severe nature alongside financial losses incurred, such as care costs, lost income, and medical expenses. |
| Brain Damage | Very Severe | £282,010 to £403,990 | The person requires full-time nursing care due to poor language function and double incontinence. |
| Moderate (i) | £150,110 to £219,070 | A moderate to severe intellectual deficit with an impact on personality and the senses as well as no employment prospects. | |
| Arm Amputation | Loss of Both Arms | £240,790 to £300,000 | A person with full awareness of their injury is reduced to a state of considerable helplessness. |
| Back | Severe (i) | £91,090 to £160,980 | Spinal cord and nerve root damage causing serious consequences, such as severe pain and disability. |
| Moderate (i) | £27,760 to £38,780 | A prolapsed intervertebral disc with surgery being required. | |
| Leg | Severe (i) | £96,250 to £135,920 | Injuries, such as fractures that haven't united and extensive bone grafting has been undertaken, are not included in this bracket. |
| Less Serious (i) | £17,960 to £27,760 | An incomplete recovery from fractures and serious soft tissue injuries are covered in this bracket. | |
| Other Arm Injury | Less Severe | £19,200 to £39,170 | A substantial recovery has taken place or is expected despite significant disabilities. |
| Ankle | Moderate | £13,740 to £26,590 | Fractures and ligamentous tears that lead to less serious disabilities such as problems walking on uneven ground. |
If you call the number above, an advisor can provide a free valuation of your specific case to help you understand how much compensation you could be owed.
Why Use Our Panel Of No Win No Fee Work Injury Solicitors?
Our expert panel of work injury solicitors can offer their helpful services on a No Win No Fee basis by providing a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Under the terms of a CFA, you generally won’t have to pay for your solicitor’s services at the following times:
- As your claim begins
- While your claim proceeds
- If your claim fails
After the completion of a successful claim, your solicitor will take a success fee from your personal injury compensation. However, this is taken as a percentage which has a legal cap ensuring you keep the majority of your settlement.
If you would like to learn more about how a solicitor could assist you with your workplace accident claim, please get in touch with an advisor via the following contact details:
- Call us on 0800 408 7827 to discuss your specific case
- Fill out our online ‘Contact Us‘ form to send your enquiry
- Use the live chat function below and an advisor can assist you
Learn More About Making A Work Compensation Claim
For more of our helpful accident at work claims guides:
- A helpful guide explaining how to claim for a broken forearm at work and the compensation that could potentially be awarded.
- Guidance on suing a former employer for an injury you sustained at work.
- Find out if you could claim compensation for a knee injury at work and how settlements are calculated.
For more helpful external resources:
- Information on claiming Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) from GOV.UK.
- Guidance on first aid from the NHS.
- Advice on managing health and safety in work from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Thank you for reading our helpful guide discussing how work injury solicitors could help you seek compensation. If you have any other questions, please get in touch using the number above.