As a firm of lawyers who only represent victims for accident claims, we take on a significant amount of claims for personal injury compensation involving drain and manhole covers. It’s fairly obvious to see why – many covers don’t appear to be of sound constructions, and many are driven over day in and day out by vehicles.

It’s common for covers to become tripping hazards when they either come loose and protrude, or sink down and cause a lip. To the unsuspecting walker, tripping and landing hard on the ground can cause some serious injuries.
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In most road accidents, there is someone fully to blame. But every now and then, a genuine accident happens where both vehicles have been partly to blame. In these circumstances, parties may agree to split liability evenly between them.

An example of this could be a car park accident where two people pull out of a space at the same time but driving in opposite directions and bumping in to each other.  Another could be two vehicles changing lanes at the same time and crashing in to each other.

So if this happens, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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If you have been involved in a car accident, it is likely you will suffer from whiplash. The reason for this is that the impact is likely to cause your body to be jerked forwards and backwards (or sideways depending on the type of collision) and this will likely pull and strain the muscles and tendons in your neck, back and shoulders. The result is a whiplash injury.

No immediate symptoms is common

It is extremely common to feel absolutely fine after a car accident. The symptoms of whiplash injuries normally do not become apparent until 12 – 48 hours after an accident. So don’t assume you are fine, and don’t be surprised if you wake up the next morning and feel very stiff and sore. What you need to do next is visit your GP or go to a walk in centre or hospital to be medically examined.
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Rupturing ligaments is serious, and normally requires surgery for repair or reconstruction followed by a significant period of physical rehabilitation. When making a claim for personal injury compensation, the more you suffer the more compensation we get for you. Compensation for ruptured ligaments and the severe amount of inconvenience that is caused is therefore taken very seriously.

How we value your claim

The way in which we value your claim is simple – we will organise an appointment with a medico-legal expert who will provide a report to us based on your medical records and your account of the suffering and inconvenience that has been caused. In the case of a ruptured ankle ligament, you will normally see an Orthopaedic expert and perhaps a Plastic Surgeon separately for any scarring. We use the report and our considerable wealth of experience in line with official guidelines to value your claim. This forms the General Damages part of your claim.
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If you are fortunate enough to avoid falling down a flight of steps to the point of breaking something, it’s still highly likely you will end up with some form of pain or injury by slipping on stairs. Back pain is very common for two main reasons – the first is that you may slip and fall backwards and hit your back on the steps; the other is that the force of the slip may cause a whiplash type injury by jarring your back.

Your Rights

You do not need to have broken anything or have been seriously injured to make a claim for personal injury compensation from slipping on steps. So don’t think that you are unable to claim because you are still in one piece! That being said, a back injury can be very painful and can lost a considerable period of time; so you may well be entitled to make a claim.
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In law, there are limitation periods that apply which mean a person can only bring a claim within a particular period of time. The length of that timeframe is normally dependant on where the accident happened, the circumstances, and the age of the person at the time of the accident.

For a road accident that happened in England and Wales, you normally have three years from the date of the accident to bring a claim. This means you must either settle the claim or issue court proceedings within the three year period. Failure to do so may mean you are statute barred from claiming. This normally means you will face difficulties making a claim as your opponent can raise a defence under the Limitation Act 1980.
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Claiming compensation from your employer can be a little daunting for many people. There is a worry about what your employer might think of you, or whether they will treat you any differently or even whether they may get rid of you!

This quick blog is here to put your mind at ease.

The law protects you

You cannot be sacked or treated any differently for making a claim for personal injury compensation. If you were, you may well have an employment claim to make against them as well! So don’t worry, you are fully protected; a fact that your employer should be fully aware of.
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It isn’t always easy searching for the right lawyer to represent you for your personal injury claim. Type any general search term in to Google or another search engine and its likely you will see hundreds of websites all vowing that they are the best choice for you.

We would of course love you to choose us, but in case you do want to shop around, use our guide to find the perfect injury lawyer for you:

Go Direct!

Most websites are not actually law firms, but claims management companies and accident advice services who will refer you to a law firm rather than actually act for you. This can result in you being charged for a middleman just to pass you to another lawyer who may charge as well.
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Our offer of 100% compensation for you is totally genuine. Since the law change in April 2013, other lawyers are unable to offer you a 100% agreement because the government changed the law resulting in lawyers being unable to recover all of their fees from the opponent.

The two things we can’t recover, and how a lawyer charges you, are:

• Success Fee – which can now be recovered from your compensation. A lawyer cannot deduct any more than 25% from your payout to cover this fee. The market appears to have settled on lawyers charging the max amount of 25%.
• After The Event insurance premium – of which many lawyers are asking for payment of this upfront.

But a huge concern of ours is that many law firms are not confirming what deductions they will make on their websites, and several are not informing people when they are contacted. According to many of our clients who have come to us after dealing with other firms, they were never told of a deduction and only realised they would face one when they received the paperwork.
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In the past, I would have written about the vast benefits of our service like regular updates, private physiotherapy, and a friendly and efficient service to try and win you over to the fact that we, in our humble opinion, are the best choice as a national personal injury law firm. But now, none of that matters to most people as it’s all about the COST. Here’s why:

April 2013

A dark month for the world of personal injury claiming when the government changed the law so lawyers cannot recover all of their legal fees from the opponent. The two things we can no longer recover are as follows:
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