Accident Claims
We have a specialist Personal Injury Department who are able to offer you advice
in connection with accident claims of all types.
Provided that the accident was not entirely your fault, then our team may be able
to recover on your behalf compensation for your injuries and compensation for any
losses you suffer as a result of the injuries sustained.
We would be happy to meet you in your own home, your workplace or even the Hospital
if that is more convenient to you.
We would discuss the funding of your claim at that initial meeting without any cost
to you.
Accident Types
We have the specialist knowledge to deal with accident claims of all types. These
include:
Road Traffic Accidents
You might be a driver or a passenger in a motor vehicle, a motorcyclist or a pedestrian.
Anyone that uses the road owes a duty of care to all other road users. Even if you
were a passenger, and the accident was your driver’s fault, you can make a claim.
Employer’s Liability
Your employer owes you a duty of care to ensure that you are as safe as possible
whilst carrying out your work. Even if the injury was inflicted upon you by one
of your work colleagues, your employer may still be liable.
Slips Trips and Falls
Local Authorities have a legal obligation to maintain the highway to a reasonable
standard. If they breach their obligations and that breach causes your injuries,
you may have a claim. Even if the accident happens in a shop, restaurant, pub or
club, the Proprietor of that establishment will owe you a duty of care. Even if
you were injured at someone’s home address, they may still be liable.
Criminal Injuries
If you are the victim of an assault, there is a Scheme which is designed to compensate
you.
Sports Injuries
There is a required standard of safety in most sports. Most Clubs usually carry
Insurance to cover claims.
What Can I Claim?
In addition to claiming compensation for the pain and suffering caused by your injury,
other associated financial losses can also be claimed. For example, if your injury
means that you are unable to work, we can claim back the earnings that you would
have earned had you not been involved in the accident, including loss of overtime,
loss of bonus etc.
We can claim back your medical expenses, for example the cost of prescriptions and
other over the counter medicines, physiotherapy bills and the like. We may even
be able to claim back private treatment costs, in some circumstances.
If you were involved in a road accident, and your motor vehicle was insured on a
comprehensive basis, even if the accident wasn’t your fault, your Insurance Company
may still charge you an Insurance excess. We will endeavour to recover that excess
from your Opponent for you together with any other Uninsured losses, for example
car hire charges and/or other travel expenses, compensation for the inconvenience
of you being without your vehicle and so on.
What will it cost to make my claim?
It may cost nothing. You may already be Insured, under your Motor Insurance or Household
Contents Policy in respect of Legal Expenses.
Let us see your Insurance Policies and we will check to see if you are already Insured
in respect of legal costs. If so, then we will almost certainly be able to act for
you without charging you.
If you do not have the Legal Expenses mentioned above, we may be able to offer you
a Conditional Fee Agreement (sometimes called a “No Win No Fee” Agreement) to fund
your case. If we act for you under a Conditional Fee Agreement, we may also be able
to arrange for you, a Policy of Legal Expenses Insurance which would ensure that
if your claim is unsuccessful, then you do not have to pay the other side’s costs.
Please ask for more details.
Independent Financial Advice
Our in-house financial advisers can offer independent
financial advice and have many years experience of dealing with financial
issues following a personal injury. For more information, please visit our financial
services section.
Contact Us
If you have a potential claim, please complete the
Online Claim Form and one of our specialist team will contact you within
24 hours of receipt of the Form (Monday to Friday only). Alternatively, please e
mail personal.injury@chattertons.com
or call one of the numbers given below.
Contact Details
Personal Injury Team