ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CLAIMS
We represent an independent network of personal injury solicitors and we are able to deal with a wide range of personal injury cases including road traffic accident claims. We deal with
Our specialist solicitors will focus entirely on your needs by providing vigorous expert representation to ensure that you receive maximum damages for your personal injury claim. We are able to arrange home or hospital visits and medical examinations and urgent private treatment can be undertaken at short notice, to assist recovery, with some of the most eminent medical consultants. We believe that it is important that a qualified solicitor is involved from the very start of your claim to ensure that you obtain fair and reasonable compensation. Our lawyers deal with personal injury claims varying from minor whiplash to spinal injury and brain damage.
Am I entitled to make a claim?
If the accident was not your fault or you are only partly to blame then you should be able to make a claim. Passengers in vehicle collisions are almost never at fault for causing an accident except when they have distracted the driver.
If both drivers are partly to blame for causing an accident then liability is divided between them on a percentage basis entitling both to claim compensation against each other.
Is there a time limit on starting my claim?
Claims must be settled or legal proceeding must have been issued in a court of law within three years from the date of the accident subject to certain exceptions. If you were under eighteen at the time of the accident then you have three years from the date of your eighteenth birthday. There are other exceptions and advice should always be obtained from a qualified solicitor as soon as possible after the accident.
How much compensation will I receive for my injury?
The value of a personal injury claim depends on the length of time that the injury lasts, how severe was the pain and suffering and whether or not there are any long term effects. These elements are determined after consideration of medical reports usually obtained from medical consultants after examination and consideration of hospital and GP records. Compensation that can be claimed may include;
- pain and suffering
- loss of enjoyment of life
- disadvantage on the open labour market
- medical charges
- loss of earnings
- insurance excess
- damage to property
- assistance for household chores
- care and assistance
- medical therapies
- traveling expenses
- vehicle damage
- expenses
- vehicle hire
- aids and equipment
- adapted accommodation and transport
Is there anything I should I do after an accident?
- Visit the A&E department of your local hospital and make an appointment to see your GP to make a record any injuries.
- You should take photographs of any visible injury at intervals during the healing process.
- Make a note of the registration number, make and model of all the vehicles involved.
- Obtain the address and telephone number of others involved in the accident.
- Obtain details of the insurance policies of all the parties involved.
- If the police are involved obtain the officers name and number.
- Obtain witnesses names, addresses and telephone numbers.
- Record the date and time of the accident, the street and city and weather and road conditions.
- Draw a diagram of the vehicles, people and property immediately before and after the accident, and take photographs of any damage and the road layout which may change over time.
If you’ve been involved in an accident we can help you to preserve your legal right to compensation. We offer free consultations for advice to find out whether you have a good case, how to go about claiming and how much your compensation might be worth. We will give you clear unequivocal advice about your chances of success and the anticipated value of your claim. If after talking to us you decide not to take your road traffic accident claims further you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged anything at all.
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