Ankle Injury Claims Guide – How Much Compensation Can I Claim For A Ankle Injury?

By Jade Maine. Last Updated 25th September 2024. Ankle accidents can be devastating at times. Not only are they painful, but they can limit your mobility, lower your productivity, and have a massive impact on your quality of life. If the injury has occurred as the result of an accident, then it may be possible to get compensation. Below, we take a look at ankle injury claims in detail.

Ankle injuries are not uncommon. Whether you’re playing sports or working in an office, a simple trip or fall can be all it takes to twist, sprain, or even fracture the bones of the ankle. This often results in bruising, dislocations, fractures, and lacerations, as well as an ankle sprain or strain.

Ankle injuries that follow an accident should not be taken lightly. Such injuries are capable of causing a huge upheaval in your lifestyle and, for this reason, it is always important to consider ankle injury compensation claims. Making ankle Injury claims can help you get compensation for the present and future financial loss that would arise as a result of the accident.

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Select a Section:

• What Is The Average Payout For An Ankle Injury?
• Different Types Of Ankle Injury Claims
• Top Tips On Proving Ankle Injury Claims
• How No Win No Fee Personal Injury Solicitors Could Help You
• Learn More About Ankle Injury Claims

What Is The Average Payout For An Ankle Injury?

Since every claim is assessed individually and affected by a number of different factors, we cannot guarantee an average payout for any ankle injury.

Following the success of your personal injury claim, your compensation could be formed of up to two heads of loss called general and special damages.

A general damages payout accounts for how you’ve been affected psychologically and physically by an ankle injury that was caused by negligent actions. If your claim is successful, you will definitely receive a general damages payout.

Some factors considered under this head of loss includes:

• Pain severity.
• Loss of amenity.
• Length of recovery.

To help calculate your general damages payout, you might be asked to attend an independent medical examination. The reports from this examination can be used along with the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG).

The JCG is a publication that contains guideline compensation brackets for varying physical and psychological injuries/illnesses.

Compensation Table

We have provided a compensation table that includes, except for the first figure, information from the JCG regarding different ankle injuries.

However, as we have already mentioned, none of these brackets can be guaranteed for your specific broken ankle compensation claim because all claims are unique.

What Are Special Damages?

A special damages payout accounts for how you’ve been affected financially by an ankle injury that was caused from negligent actions. If your claim is successful, you might receive a special damages payout, although it is not guaranteed.

Here are some types of financial losses that could potentially be reimbursed under this head of loss:

• Missed work earnings for not being able to work while you are injured.
• Medical bills for paying for prescriptions etc.
• Travel expenses for making your way to and from medical appointments.

Evidence of your ankle injury’s financial impact is essential. So, please collect payslips, receipts, bank statements, and invoices to support you and maximise your chance of being reimbursed.

For more information about how a broken ankle compensation payout is calculated, please contact us today.

Different Types Of Ankle Injury Claims

There are lots of different daily situations that could result in suffering an injury to your ankle. In some of these situations, you will be owed a duty of care, which is vital when seeking ankle injury settlement amounts in the UK. These situations include:

• While in public places. The individual or organisation of that space owes you a duty of care under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This means that you should be reasonably safe while using the premises for the permitted purposes.
• While at work. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA) sets the duty of care while you are carrying out work-related activities. This means that as far as reasonably practicable, your employer must ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees.
• While on the roads. All road users must navigate in a way that prevents damage and harm to themselves and to others. This is their duty of care. As part of this duty, they should adhere to the Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988.

To be able to make a personal injury claim, you must meet the eligibility criteria. This means that all ankle injury claims must be supported with evidence that proves:

• You were owed a duty of care.
• There was a breach in this duty.
• You suffered an ankle injury because of this breach.

If you have any questions about the average payout for an ankle injury or the eligibility criteria to make a personal injury claim, please contact one of our advisors.

Top Tips on Proving Ankle Injury Claims

A key part of ankle injury claims is proving third-party liability. This is done through supporting evidence. In addition to showing who was responsible for the accident, the evidence you gather will also demonstrate the extent of your injuries, something very important for when solicitors are calculating ankle injury compensation amounts.

We have provided some examples of evidence you could collect here:

• Medical documents: We always say the first action you should take after any accident, even if your injuries seem minor, is to seek out professional medical help. Now, while your health and well-being are the foremost concern, your medical records (think copies of any scans, test results and examination notes) can be very useful evidence for your claim.
• Video footage: if available, you have the right to request CCTV footage of the accident occurring. You could also get footage from any dash cam devices for a road traffic accident.
• Accident book: for an accident at work, you can take a copy of your incident report from the workplace accident book.
• Workplace documents: documents such as records of training or maintenance work could be used to show that these important tasks were carried out improperly or not at all.
• Witnesses: a witness statement could be taken from anyone who saw the accident occur. Be sure to take down their contact details so they can provide a statement during the claims process.

The evidence available to you will vary depending on the circumstances of your accident. You can find out about the types of evidence you could collect by talking to our advisors today using the contact information given below.

How No Win No Fee Personal Injury Solicitors Could Help You 

If a personal injury solicitor decides to take on your personal injury claim, they could offer to work under a ‘No Win No Fee’ arrangement. A popular type of No Win No Fee agreement that is used is called a Conditional Fee Agreement CFA. So when making ankle injury claims with a No Win No Fee solicitor, you could benefit from:

• Not having to pay any solicitor fees upfront,
• Not having to pay solicitor fees as the case moves forward
• If the case should fail, not paying for the service the solicitor has provided.

When personal injury claims represented by a No Win No Fee solicitor succeed, a success fee can be taken by the solicitor. Under the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013, the success fee is legally capped at a maximum of 25%, so the claimant always receives the majority.

Contact Our Team Today

We are here to offer help, expertise, and assistance. Our legal consultation session is free and, if we find out that your case of compensation claim is valid, we can help you settle that claim as quickly as possible.

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• Start your claim online
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Learn More About Ankle Injury Claims

• NHS – Treating sprains and strains 
• NHS – Broken ankle information: Read this NHS guide to learn how to treat an ankle injury.
• Slip Trip or Fall Compensation Claims: Find out if you can claim for an ankle injury after a slip trip or fall accident.
• Whiplash Compensation Claims: Discover more about whiplash claims here.
• How Much Compensation Can I Claim For A Sprained Ankle?

Do you have further questions about how to receive ankle injury compensation? If so, please contact our team for free legal advice. They can answer any queries you have about making ankle injury claims and can even provide you with a compensation estimate.