We understand the complexities of serious injury claims and are here to help
Serious and life-changing injuries are those that are particularly severe. They have long-lasting effects in terms of your mobility, lifestyle, income, and physical and mental health.
That's why, if you sustained a serious injury that wasn't your fault, making a compensation claim can help provide much-needed peace of mind. The settlement can help you adapt to your injury or recover faster, as well as compensate for the trauma inflicted by improving your quality of life.
National Accident Law's serious injury claim lawyers have helped many people with life-altering injuries of the brain, back, neck, and other parts of the body. Wherever the injury took place - such as in a car accident or at work - they will work non-stop to get you the compensation you deserve.
Contact our experts today for a free, no-commitment consultation. Our helpful team, overseen by professional serious injury solicitors, will talk to you about your life-changing injury and whether you may be able to receive a serious injury claim payout.
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What are life-changing injuries? What's the meaning?
What are life-changing injuries? What's the meaning?
Life-changing injuries, also called catastrophic or serious injuries, are a category spanning the most severe injuries, such as those that result in a lower life expectancy for the sufferer, a lasting disability or a permanent health issue.
Serious, life-changing injuries are often suffered in traumatic circumstances, such as road traffic accidents, machine accidents and industrial accidents.
There are several types of injuries commonly categorised as life-changing:
- Injuries of the brain and head
- Spinal cord injuries
- Back bone injuries
- Severe neck injuries
- Sight loss in one or both eyes
- Loss of a limb or multiple limbs
- Paralysis
- Burns that cause permanent scarring
- Broken bones
How to deal with a life-changing injury
If you have experienced a life-changing injury, there are several steps you can take to deal with it, improving your quality of life, planning for the future, and starting to rectify the damage done.
Gain support
After the life-altering injury takes place, help from friends, family and support groups will enable you to better come to terms with the damage, allaying some of the concerns and anxieties you may have regarding your serious injury.
Seek legal advice
If the injury wasn't your fault, seeking out legal advice can help you understand the options open to you, such as starting a serious injury claim. Serious injury solicitors or legal staff you speak to should provide unbiased, no-obligation advice that helps you make an informed decision.
Make a serious injury claim
In the event your serious injury lawyer thinks you have a claim, you may wish to seek compensation from the person or organisation responsible for your injury. Your legal experts should keep you informed but also fight your corner and take care of any complexities with your case.
Get an immediate needs assessment
In some cases, it may be possible for you to receive a payment before the main serious injury claim payout is given to you. This will be based on an immediate needs assessment, which looks at how you have been impacted by your serious injury and the things that might make your life easier. If certain adaptations, equipment or treatments are identified, money may be provided before the case is fully settled.
Adapt your lifestyle
Utilising your immediate needs assessment payment or full compensation amount, adapting your living arrangements to your life-changing injury is an important step. With adaptations such as ramps, stairlifts and wheelchairs, you will gain greater independence and enjoy a better quality of life.
Rehabilitate
Once you have received serious injury compensation, different treatments and therapies may be open to you. With these, you can potentially improve your prognosis and adjust to your injury, opening opportunities for work, exercise, education and an enhanced lifestyle.
Contact us by filling in a call back form or giving us a call on - our serious injury lawyers will be able to help you understand how you can begin living with your injury.
Why should I make a serious injury claim?
Why should I make a serious injury claim?
Given their nature, serious injuries have long-lasting, often permanent effects on your life. You may be unable to work, find it difficult to progress, or need to change occupation entirely. Your mental health may be impacted too. You may be unable to live in your home as independently as you did before or enjoy the same pastimes. And you may have ongoing care costs to pay for too.
All these factors mean that, if the injury wasn't your fault, gaining serious injury compensation can be crucial in supporting your recovery. Get in touch with our lawyers today on to learn how we could help you make a personal or work serious injury claim.
An accident that has left serious and/or fatal injuries can have a devastating impact on your life and can change your world upside down.
We are committed to supporting you with your serious injury claim and helping you receive the compensation you deserve.
Amy Vaughan
Senior LitigatorCan I make a serious injury claim?
Can I make a serious injury claim?
If you were seriously injured in the past three years and it wasn't your fault, you may be able to make a serious injury claim.
If claiming on behalf of a child, you have until their 18th birthday. After then, they have three years to do so themselves. The three-year rule is also sometimes extended for people who have reduced mental capacity, or who were injured abroad. For more information, contact us on .
Can I make a no win no fee life-changing injury claim?
Can I make a no win no fee life-changing injury claim?
It is possible to claim for serious injury compensation on a no win no fee basis in many cases.
With these arrangements, you will typically need to take out a form of insurance known as After the Event (ATE) cover. You only pay the premium for this if you win, alongside your legal fees and other costs. If you lose your serious injury claim, however, you will pay absolutely nothing - and there is no money paid upfront.
If you do win and need to pay costs, these should not come as a shock, since early in the process your serious injury solicitor team will spell out exactly what you will have to pay. This might include a success fee for your lawyer, the cost of your insurance premium, and legal fees that cannot be recovered from the guilty party.
What will I receive as my serious injury claim payout?
What will I receive as my serious injury claim payout?
Life-changing injuries are complex by nature. As well as the injury itself, there are many other factors to consider, including lifetime loss of earnings, care costs and so forth. As a result, it is difficult to say exactly how much you will receive as your serious injury claim payout without examining the specifics of your case.
That said, more severe, permanent injuries typically result in greater compensation being awarded compared to injuries that result in few lifestyle changes or have a good chance of recovery.
After you get in touch, our serious injury solicitor team will use the 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines to work out the likely serious injury claim payout you could receive. Contact us today on or start your claim online today and find out how much you could get in compensation.
Why choose National Accident Law for your serious personal or work injury claim?
Why choose National Accident Law for your serious personal or work injury claim?
We have helped many sufferers of serious and life-changing injuries that were not their fault improve their quality of life by claiming compensation.
Our expert serious injury lawyers have the understanding, commitment and enthusiasm to go the extra mile. With you every step of your journey, they will make sure your specific needs are always placed centre stage. And with no win no fee claims often available, anyone can employ our team's experience to get the financial assistance they deserve.
Learn more about our team and our network of life-changing injury solicitors.
Contact our serious injury claim lawyers today
Serious injuries have complex and difficult ramifications but claiming compensation can help put your life back on track. If your life-changing injury wasn't your fault, we can help.
Contact our helpful, knowledgeable team today for your free, no-obligation consultation where we'll talk to you about your eligibility to claim and what next steps you can pursue. Get in touch now on , request a call back or start your claim online today.