PERSONAL INJURY & ACCIDENT COMPENSATION

We can arrange a courtesy car if your vehicle has been involved in a no-fault accident. Simply telephone 0800 169 3683 and we will swing into action. Often we can deal with the matter within one hour. We will arrange for an independent vehicle engineer to examine your vehicle and report on its condition. If it is a write off, then we will ensure that you receive the best possible pre-accident value....

We are pleased to be able to offer credit-hire replacement, like-for-like vehicles while your car is being repaired. We can make this arrangement for you provided your vehicle was damaged by an insured third party and the accident was not your fault. We try and match the hire vehicle to your usual car ( or van). Obviously if your usual car is a Ford Escort, then we are not going to be able to provide...

Damages is a legal term for the money you receive in compensation for your personal injury claim. It is an old, tried and tested method of putting you into the position you were in before the accident, by giving you money. Lawyers use a latin term restitutio in integrum. Damges are simply split up into two main heads of damage. General damages and Special damages. General damages cover PSLA. Pain,...

Criminal injury claims are administered by the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority ( CICA ). The CICA awards compensation to individuals who have suffered injury due to a criminal act, perhaps an assault, stabbing, rape etc. We represent individuals who would like to make a criminal injury claim. These types of claims are operated on a no-win, no-fee basis. We will explain the fixed fee arrangement...

It is expected that all drivers should exercise the same standard of care. This means learner drivers as well as experienced drivers, should demonstrate the same duty of care. In Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691, a learner driver crashed the car she was driving and injured her instructor. The case before the courts was……should she exercise the same standard of care as an experienced...

The operators of all supermarkets owe a duty of care to their customers at all times, this does not mean just in the store itself, but also in the foyer, the toilets, the car park and petrol station. Every year we investigate many slipping and tripping accidents that happen in supermarkets and shops. By far the most common is slipping on something that has been spilled on the floor. Some example...

Whiplash is  a very common neck injury caused when the neck suffers a ‘jerk’ due to a backwards and forwards motion, for example when the vehicle is struck by another from behind. When a vehicle is struck by another from the side (a lateral impact, perhaps at a junction), the head is thrown sideways, with much the same effect. The soft tissues of the neck and shoulders suffer damage....

Duty of care simply means that the person, or organisation, or state, owe you a duty of care. But how did this concept arise? The answer lies in a one of the most famous case ever heard in the UK, Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562. The case involved defective goods, namely a bottle of ginger beer. The claimant suffered illness when she consumed the ginger beer which had a decomposing snail in the...

Not surprisingly, this is a very commonly asked question. So how do personal injury lawyers know what a particular injury is worth? For sure it is not an exact science but there is a reasonable method to calculating the price of an accident claim. Personal injury solicitors call the compensation ‘damages’ Personal injury solicitors  have access to the list of damages awarded by the courts....

If your car has been damaged in a crash, through no fault of your own, then we can arrange repair and lend you a like-for-like vehicle while this is being done. So, for example, someone crashes into your BMW, we can arrange repair and then lend you a BMW ( or Audi, or Mercedes, or similar premium car) for your to get about in. If you let the other side’s insurance company deal with the repair,...