One of the most common, if not the most common, questions we face at The Injury Lawyers is: ‘How much is my claim worth?’ This, however, is not a question we, let alone anyone, can answer with certainty straightaway. It is impossible to immediately value your claim. How come? Well, we don’t know when your injuries will heal for example. An injury that lasts two years will be worth more than the same injury that lasts one year, for example. But we do not know when you will fully recover at an early stage. What we can do however is give you a guideline figure as to the value of your injury.
So how do we do this?
A good starting point is the Judicial Studies Board (or ‘JSB’) guidelines on general damages (compensation for your injury alone) for personal injury. These provide an excellent indication of the value of your claim. These guidelines allow us to begin to value your injury by providing examples as to how much a head injury, facial injury, back injury, neck injury, leg injury or foot injury may be worth. The guidelines are based on previous compensation awards made by the courts. Importantly, the JSB guidelines are not law. If you receive £4,000 and the JSB guidelines suggested you may be entitled to £4,500, it is not a matter of fact that you should have received that extra £500. However, what can be said with certainty is that the professional injury lawyers at The Injury Lawyers will always seek the maximum compensation for you.
Here are some examples from the JSB guidelines:
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