Every year in the UK over three million people suffer injury in an accident.
In many cases the victims of the accident have a right to claim compensation.
How does a person know if they have a valid right to compensation and how do they go about making a claim? If a person has been injured through no fault of their own they may have a valid claim for compensation.
All personal injury claims must be made within three years of the date that the accident took place.
The only exception to this rule is if the victim is under 18 years of age in which case they have they have to within three years of their eighteenth birthday to make a claim.
Despite this three year limit generally the sooner the claim is made the better as evidence and statements will be easier to gather while the incident is still fresh in people's minds.
There are a wide range of incidents that could lead to a compensation claim.
Common types of claim will relate to road traffic accidents, slips and trips, accidents in the workplace and industrial disease.
The actual amount of compensation to be awarded will vary according to the nature and severity of the injury.
For example a typical whiplash injury suffered in a road accident will likely result in a payment of a few hundred pounds.
In comparison an injury which has a much longer recovery period such as a broken leg may result in a payment of several thousand pounds.
A person who believes that they have a valid right to compensation should begin by contacting a solicitor.
In the UK there are many firms of solicitors that specialise in personal injury claims.
Typically solicitors will begin by asking the claimant to visit a doctor and obtain written documentation of the injury so that the court will be able to validate the claim.
In some cases a police report may also be required.
Once the injury has been verified the solicitor will be able to advise the claimant how much compensation they are likely to receive.
This is important as excessive claims for compensation are likely to thrown out by the court.
Most personal injury solicitors work on what they call a no-win no-fee basis.
The way that this works is that if the claim is successful then all legal fees are paid by the guilty party meaning that the claimant will receive 100 percent of the compensation awarded.
If the claim is not successful then solicitors will waiver the legal fees meaning that there is no charge.
For this reason solicitors will only take on cases that they believe have a genuine chance of success.
In many cases the victims of the accident have a right to claim compensation.
How does a person know if they have a valid right to compensation and how do they go about making a claim? If a person has been injured through no fault of their own they may have a valid claim for compensation.
All personal injury claims must be made within three years of the date that the accident took place.
The only exception to this rule is if the victim is under 18 years of age in which case they have they have to within three years of their eighteenth birthday to make a claim.
Despite this three year limit generally the sooner the claim is made the better as evidence and statements will be easier to gather while the incident is still fresh in people's minds.
There are a wide range of incidents that could lead to a compensation claim.
Common types of claim will relate to road traffic accidents, slips and trips, accidents in the workplace and industrial disease.
The actual amount of compensation to be awarded will vary according to the nature and severity of the injury.
For example a typical whiplash injury suffered in a road accident will likely result in a payment of a few hundred pounds.
In comparison an injury which has a much longer recovery period such as a broken leg may result in a payment of several thousand pounds.
A person who believes that they have a valid right to compensation should begin by contacting a solicitor.
In the UK there are many firms of solicitors that specialise in personal injury claims.
Typically solicitors will begin by asking the claimant to visit a doctor and obtain written documentation of the injury so that the court will be able to validate the claim.
In some cases a police report may also be required.
Once the injury has been verified the solicitor will be able to advise the claimant how much compensation they are likely to receive.
This is important as excessive claims for compensation are likely to thrown out by the court.
Most personal injury solicitors work on what they call a no-win no-fee basis.
The way that this works is that if the claim is successful then all legal fees are paid by the guilty party meaning that the claimant will receive 100 percent of the compensation awarded.
If the claim is not successful then solicitors will waiver the legal fees meaning that there is no charge.
For this reason solicitors will only take on cases that they believe have a genuine chance of success.
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