Accident Compensation UK

Throughout the United Kingdom, our law system practices the ‘fault based’ scenario when it is associated with personal injury compensation. Basically this means that regardless of the seriousness of your injuries, there is no reason that you will obtain damages if there is no one to hold responsible.

Personal Injury:

There is a sense of ambiguousness over what the victim can and cannot claim for when an injury has been inflicted. Then there is the issue of the compensation payment itself and the misguidance on how much they should expect to receive for their accident. It process can be a long and painful one through the courts if the victim decides to refuse any out of court settlements that the person or company responsible for their injuries proposes. The text book example is head injury cases as they are know to take as long as three to five years to reach a verdict. Those involved in such proceedings should not expect the court case to be settled swiftly - in truth; it is unlikely that a swift settlement will benefit the victim at all.

The general publics’ most popular of accident claims are as follows:

a. Work/industry accidents
b. Repetitive strain injury (RSI)
c. Road/traffic accidents
d. Local Council compensation claims for tripping or slipping on public roads/pavements
e. Asbestos exposure
f. Medical negligence
g. Holiday/tour operator compensation claims for injuries occurred whilst abroad
h. Fatal accidents

Accident Compensation UK recommends that you take one of two options when trying to make a compensation claim. The first is to prove the other party’s negligence which, in affect, was the cause of the accident and inflicted your personal injuries. The second, if your attempt at proving their negligence was ineffective, then you must make sure you can establish the other party as having breach their statutory duties and your injury was the result of this.

The law states that to make a claim for your personal injuries caused from your accident you must provide some form of evidence that these injuries were in fact inflicted in the last 36 months, as well as starting the court proceedings within that time period.