Serious Injury Solicitors

Trusted serious trauma partnerships

We are a trusted partner of serious trauma centres, which means we can support you from the moment of injury, working directly to get the best possible outcome for your case.

• One of three law firms selected by The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham to support patients at the hospital as part of their 4 Trauma 4 Patients support service.
• One of three firms selected by the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire to support patients as part of the Major Trauma Signposting.
• One of three firms selected by the Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital to support patients as part of the Major Trauma Signposting Partnership.
• One of three firms selected by the Royal Stoke University Hospital to support patients as part of the Major Trauma Signposting Partnership.

Professional recognition and accreditations

Our team is highly regarded and is a member of various professional associations and recognised as leading lawyers through the legal directories.

• Accredited members of Headway's Head Injury Solicitors directory
• Listed in the Spinal Injury Association Solicitors directory of Personal Injury Solicitors
• Members of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society
• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
• Birmingham Law Society
• Law Society Personal Injury Panel
• Recognised in the Chambers and Partners directory
• Recommended by the Legal 500 as leading personal injury lawyers.

No win no fee serious injury claims

For all serious injury claims, we can offer a no-win, no-fee arrangement. This means if your claim is unsuccessful, you pay nothing. It's completely risk-free and there are no hidden charges.

What is a serious injury claim?

A serious injury is an injury that can have a significant, long-term impact on an individual's life and that of their family.

Serious injuries include burns, complex fractures, multiple orthopaedic injuries and loss of sight or hearing.

These can be incurred because of a road traffic collision, an accident at work, or other types of accident. As every serious injury case is unique, it is essential to speak to a specialist lawyer, who will be able to establish quickly if you have a case and will advise on how to support you.

What is the role of a serious injury solicitor?

Our serious injury solicitors handle all the legal aspects of your claim, giving you the time to focus on your recovery. Every individual's goals and objectives will be different in the aftermath of injury. We'll take the time to truly understand your goals and work to resolve your case in the most appropriate way for you.

Our team will meet with you to understand more about what has happened and the impact of the accident on you and your family. We will notify the party responsible for your accident and their insurer.

Compensation is just one way serious injury solicitors can help when you are faced with a long-term injury.  In most cases, it will be appropriate to arrange rehabilitation to support you on your road to recovery. We have relationships with the best rehabilitation providers in the area. We will work with you to find the one that is best equipped to assist with your very individual circumstances.

We are also responsible for seeking interim payments to help ease the financial burden that can often occur in the immediate aftermath of an injury. These payments can be crucial in helping you avoid financial stresses in the early days and weeks, and, crucially, in easing stress at a time when you should be focusing on your recovery.

We will also immediately start gathering evidence of your losses and begin the process of instructing medical experts to assess and report on the injuries sustained to build the legal case.

Often, we can achieve a good result for our clients through negotiation.

However, when necessary, we can prepare your case and take it to Court.

How we will deal with your serious injury claim

Claims have to begin within three years of the injury, although a Court can extend this, depending on the case. One major exception is if a case involves a child – the limitation period starts on their 18th birthday.

Several specific processes must be completed as part of any serious injury claim:

Building a serious injury case

1. Establishing who was responsible – it could be where you work, another organisation or even a manufacturer of a piece of equipment.
2. Gathering evidence to support your claim, including dashcam and CCTV footage, witness statements, photographs and in some cases, police evidence.
3. Medical assessment of your injuries – we will need to gather medical records from your GP or hospital, if you received treatment there, as well as expert medical assessments, and maybe even photographs, to prove the extent of any injury.
4. Arrange medical care or rehabilitation – we may be able to organise access to private care and arrange interim funds to help pay for it.
5. Reach a settlement – we try to reach a settlement with the person or organisation you are claiming against. It is common for several offers to be made before the final amount is agreed.  However, you may decide to reject an offer.  If this is the case, it can go to Court, but we will advise on this.  Please note that most cases do not need to go to Court.

How is serious injury compensation calculated?

Compensation is calculated based on:

• The extent of your injuries, the pain and suffering, and the impact on your daily living
• The cost of medical treatments, therapies, or rehabilitation
• Your travel costs to medical appointments associated with the case
• If you have lost income or you cannot carry out the job you had before
• Any equipment, such as wheelchairs, prosthetics, or an accessible car, that you have had to buy
• Any home adaptations you have made
• If you have incurred care costs
• If you have incurred damage to property, such as a car, a bicycle, clothes, etc.

The compensation calculation also takes into account any losses you may reasonably face in the future.

Typical payouts for serious injury

Every case is unique, and the compensation you could receive depends on multiple factors, most notably the severity of your injuries and how much ongoing support you require.

It may not be possible to assess your likely compensation at the point you consulted with us, as we may require expert evidence to determine the long-term prognosis.

The compensation you receive for your injury will be determined by similar cases reported in Court.  We will also use the judicial college guidelines. Your compensation for financial losses and costs, both incurred and to be incurred in the future, will depend on the expert recommendations and the amount of treatment or care you may need in the future.

Access to rehabilitation and medical care

Our in-house rehabilitation and support coordinators are here to help.

They have a background in health and social care, and their role in your case is to:

• Identify the support you need and help you access it
• Help coordinate your discharge from the hospital and get you home safely
• Collaborate and work with the treating therapists
• Liaise with a case manager
• Provide emotional support
• Support your family.

Our specialist service enables many of our clients to access certain therapies more quickly than they would under the NHS, allowing them to rebuild their lives and achieve their goals sooner.

We'll work with medical experts, support groups and care providers to ensure you receive the rehabilitation you need and can help you to access a range of specialist rehabilitation support and medical treatment privately.

We will often do this by liaising with the other party's insurer to try to agree on either direct funding or an interim payment.  If the treatment costs are not paid directly by the compensator, they are often included as part of your claim.