Injury and Illness Claims Resources
If you are thinking about claiming compensation after an injury or illness that was not your fault, we can help. Explore FAQs, articles and other resources to help you research your rights and claim compensation.
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Injury and illness FAQs
Eligibility to claim
- Existing medical condition worsened - can I claim?
- I don't know who's to blame - can I claim?
- I haven't taken time off work - can I claim?
- I'm not sure who is responsible - how do I claim?
- My injury was my fault - can I claim?
- No witnesses - can i still claim?
- What is the time limit for starting an injury claim?
- What is vicarious liability in a personal injury claim?
Funding your claim
- Can I get Legal Aid for a personal injury claim?
- How much does it cost to claim?
- Is it possible to claim compensation for a minor injury?
- What is a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA)?
- Why do injury solicitors all charge the same 25% success fee?
- Will I have to pay if I withdraw my claim?
Negotiating your claim
- Dealing directly with insurers - will my claim be faster?
- How long does an insurer take to settle a claim?
- Should I accept a Pre-Medical (Pre-Med) offer?
- Should I Accept a Without Prejudice Offer? What are the Risks?
- When's the best time to accept an offer?
Tax and benefits
Making a claim
- Can fitness tracker data be used in a claim?
- Can I claim for someone else?
- Claiming for both physical and psychological injuries
- Do I have to use a local solicitor?
- Do I have to use my insurer's solicitor?
- How are claims handled for 'anonymous' or 'protected parties'?
- How long will my claim take?
- How often do injury claims go to court and what if they do?
- How to choose the right injury solicitor
- How to make a group (multi-party) claim
- I cannot work - what can I claim for?
- I've lost my claim in court - what happens next?
- No response from defendant - what happens next?
- The Injury Claim Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
- What are my chances of winning?
- What evidence do I need to make a claim?
- What is a litigation friend?
- What is the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- What mistakes do claimants often make?
- What to expect on an initial call for an injury claim
- Why might a solicitor reject my claim?
- Will I have to go to a solicitor's office?
Medical report
- I didn't get medical attention - can I claim?
- Medical assessment - can it be carried out locally?
- What happens during a medical exam?
- Will I need a medical exam?
Calculating your compensation
- Injury Compensation: Claim for Lost Earnings, Overtime & More
- Can I claim for physio and care costs?
- Complete list of claimable losses in an Injury claim
- How do I 'mitigate and minimise' losses?
- How to get an Interim Injury Compensation Payment?
- What are 'reasonable losses'?
- What are general and special damages?
Your rights
Upper body
- Arm injury claims
- Back injury claims
- Brain tumour claims
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome claims
- Cerebral palsy claims
- Cheekbone injury claims
- Chest injury claims
- Collarbone injury claims
- Concussion injury claims
- Diffuse axonal injury claims
- Ear injury claims
- Elbow injury claims
- Eye injury claims
- Facial injury claims
- Hand injury claims
- Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome claims
- Head and Brain injury claims
- Hernia injury claims
- Jaw injury claims
- Lip injury claims
- Loss of sight claims
- Neck injury claims
- Noise-induced hearing loss claims
- Rib injury claims
- Shoulder injury claims
- Teeth damage claims
- Tennis elbow injury claims
- Thumb injury claims
- Tinnitus claims
- Tongue injury claims
- Ulnar neuropathy claims
- Upper body injury claims
- Vertebral compression fracture claims
- Vibration White Finger claims
- Whiplash claims
- Wrist injury claims
Lower body
- Abdominal injury claims
- Achilles tendon injury claims
- ACL injury claims
- Ankle injury claims
- Bladder cancer claims
- Bladder injury claims
- Bowel injury claims
- Digestive system problem claims
- Foot and Toe injury claims
- Groin injury claims
- Hamstring or thigh injury claims
- Hip injury claims
- Internal organ injury claims
- Kidney injury claims
- Knee injury claims
- Leg injury claims
- Spleen injury claims
Other injuries and illness
- Fatal accident compensation claims
- Abrasion injury claims
- Acoustic shock claims
- Allergic reaction injury claims
- Amputation injury claims
- Appendicitis misdiagnosis claims
- Avulsion fracture claims
- Blood clot or DVT claims
- Blood transfusion negligence claims
- Burn injury claims
- Bursitis injury claims
- Cancer claims
- Chronic pain claims
- Cold injury claims
- Complex regional pain syndrome claims
- Compound fracture injury claims
- Crush injury claims
- Diesel exhaust fumes cancer claims
- Dislocation injury claims
- Electric shock injury claims
- Emphysema and COPD claims
- Epilepsy claims
- Faulty defibrillator or pacemaker claims
- Food allergy claims
- Food poisoning claims
- Fractured or broken bone injury claims
- Gastroenteritis claims
- Giardiasis poisoning claims
- Hairline fracture claims
- Infected wound claims
- Legionnaires disease claims
- Loss of taste and smell claims
- Low Value claims
- Lung cancer claims
- Mesothelioma claims
- Multiple Injuries claims
- Nerve injury claims
- Norovirus claims
- Nut allergy injury claims
- Orthopaedic injury claims
- Osteoarthritis claims
- Paralysis injury claims
- Perchlorate-related illness claims
- Pressure sore claims
- Repetitive strain injury (RSI) claims
- Respiratory and lung disease claims
- Scar injury claims
- Serious injury claims
- Shigellosis claims
- Siderosis claims
- Skin injury claims
- Soft tissue injury claims
- Tendon injury claims
- Tenosynovitis injury claims
- Tiredness injury claims
- Torn cartilage injury claims
- Weil's disease claims