The distress and potential injury caused by surgical and medical negligence can turn lives upside down. If you received a level of healthcare that fell short of the expected professional standards, you might be owed damages for the harm caused. This guide will explain how to start surgery negligence claims for compensation against NHS or private healthcare providers.

Key Takeaways In Surgery Negligence Claims

• If you receive substandard medical care and this causes harm, you could claim compensation.
• The compensation is affected by the size of the harm caused and also by any claimable financial losses.
• You will need evidence to prove your claim.
• In general, you have three years to start your case, although there can be exceptions.
• Our specialist medical negligence solicitors can help you claim on a No Win No Fee basis.

We offer a free case assessment, so if you would like to speak to a member of our team, you can:

• Ring us on 0800 073 8804 to chat about your surgical or medical negligence claim.
• Fill out the contact form to start a claim online.
• Use the live discussion window to start the conversation.

Select A Part Of Our Surgery Negligence Claims Guide

1. What Is A Surgical Error?
2. Surgery Negligence Claims Criteria
3. Our Research Into Surgical Errors
4. How Can Negligence In The Operating Room Happen?
5. The Potential Impacts Of A Surgery Gone Wrong
6. How Much Compensation Could I Get For An Operation Gone Wrong?
7. Why Should I Claim With Legal Expert?
8. Learn More

What Is A Surgical Error?

The term ‘surgical error’ can be used to describe the following:

• Procedures carried out in the wrong area of the body (wrong site surgery).
• Correct procedures carried out on the wrong patient.
• Incorrect dosages of anaesthesia or painkillers and other medication errors.
• When surgical instruments, such as swaps, sponges or small tools, are left inside the patient.
• Nerve damage caused by a mistake or an error during surgery.
• Post-operative infections caused by poor dressing or lack of general hygiene in the area.
• Lack of effective response to excessive bleeding.
• Errors that arise from medical staff who are not correctly trained (such as misdiagnosis or failure to properly consult patient notes).

The circumstances of your surgery negligence claim might be different. Just check with our advisors for a free initial consultation.

As you consider seeking compensation for surgical or medical negligence, you need to meet the criteria to do so:

• You were owed a duty of care
• This duty was breached.
• The breach caused you avoidable harm.

A duty of care applies to every patient receiving surgical care. This includes GPs, nurses, community care staff, surgeons or specialists. If you suffered harm because of a failure on their part to treat you correctly, you could have a valid basis for surgery negligence claims.

To meet their duty to you, healthcare professionals must provide you with the correct minimum standard of treatment or advice. This can include:

• Taking an accurate history from the patient
• Referring patients where necessary
• Investigating all relevant symptoms that a patient presents with
• Thinking about differential diagnoses
• Providing adequate treatment
• Following up on test results or scans

To see if you can claim, you can contact an advisor to discuss your personal circumstances.

Can I Claim For An Operation Gone Wrong Abroad?

Perhaps you sought a cosmetic procedure abroad and it went wrong? In cases like this, surgical negligence compensation can still apply. Healthcare providers around the globe are bound by standards of professionalism. However, making international claims may be more complex, so it’s a good idea to consult with our surgery negligence claims solicitors to see if they can help.

Our Research Into Surgical Errors

Our research has unearthed some facts about surgical errors:

• In the last five-year period, 11,700 claims against NHS trusts were started for surgical negligence and 8,753 were successfully settled.
• In this same period, the NHS had to pay over £1 billion in damages to claimants.
• The most common cause of surgical errors was delays or failures in treatment, which was logged nearly 2,000 times.
• Unnecessary pain was the most reported surgical error with 1,990 reported cases.

How Can Negligence In The Operating Room Happen?

The following are examples of negligence that can occur in the operating theatre:

• A tired surgeon fails to check the correct location for surgery and carries out a procedure on the wrong limb. This delays treatment of the original issue and creates more pain and recovery for the patient.
• Poorly trained healthcare providers administer the wrong amount of anaesthesia to a patient, and they regain consciousness during an operation. This causes the patient both significant harm as well as psychological trauma.
• An undetected swab left inside of a patient after an operation creates an infection. Because of this, the patient required an additional procedure to remove it, which badly delayed their recovery time and overall well-being.

The NHS tries hard to deliver a standard of healthcare to all of its patients. You may feel sympathetically for over-stretched hospitals and reluctant to start a claim against the NHS. It is important to note that money to pay compensation to those who suffer medical negligence is set aside by the NHS each year. Your damages would not be paid out of front-line care.

Talk to our team about these concerns, and they will explain your potential options for starting surgery negligence claims.

The Potential Impacts Of A Surgery Gone Wrong

Incorrect surgery or medical treatment can create a wide range of problems for the patient:

• They suffer additional harm on top of the initial health problem.
• A delay in the recovery can occur.
• A permanent disability can arise.
• The patient suffers needless psychological distress.
• They cannot return to work as expected and may suffer financially.
• The patient experiences additional medical expenses like private care bills to correct the problem.

Fatal Surgical Errors

In some cases, surgical negligence can lead to a fatality. You can claim compensation for the pain and suffering experienced by a loved one who died. Under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 1934 (LRMPA), the deceased’s estate may be able to bring forward an action.

In addition to this, the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (FAA), explains how certain qualifying relatives and dependants can claim for how the death has impacted them. Compensation can cover funeral costs, lost companionship and impact on the family unit as a whole. Additionally, under the FAA certain relatives also qualify for a bereavement award. This is set out as a lump sum of £15,120 shared between all the family members who successfully apply.

Please contact our advisors for further free guidance on surgery negligence claims and who can claim compensation after a fatal surgical error.

How Much Compensation Could I Get For An Operation Gone Wrong?

If your surgical or medical negligence claim is a success, the compensation might cover two areas of loss called general and special damages.

General damages compensate for the physical pain and emotional suffering the person endured. In addition to this, an amount may apply for any significant loss of amenity and long-term disability.

To calculate a monetary value for issues like this, those involved in the process will look at your medical evidence. They may consult documents that offer guideline amounts of compensation like the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This publication gives suggested award bracket amounts for diverse injuries. Importantly, the amounts are intended as a guide only.

Every medical negligence claim has factors that make it unique. Because of this, we recommend that you speak to our team to get a more exact idea of what could apply in your case. An excerpt from the JCG (except the top entry) is below:

Compensation Guidelines

INJURY	HOW SEVERE?	COMPENSATION GUIDELINES
Serious forms of multiple harm and Special Damages	Serious	Up to £1,000,000 plus.
Paralysis	Paraplegia	£267,340 to £346,890
Arms	(b) Amputation (i)	No less than £167,380
	(b) Amputation (iii)	£117,360 up to £133,810
Leg	(a) Amputation (iii)	£127,930 up to £167,760
	(a) Amputation (iv)	£119,570 up to £162,290
Psychological Harm	(a) Severe	£66,920 up to £141,240
Kidney	(c) Loss of Kidney	£37,550 up to £54,760
Spleen	(a) Loss of Spleen	£25,380 up to £32,090
Scarring	A group of small scars or single disfiguring scar.	£9,560 up to £27,740

What Are Special Damages?

Surgery negligence claims for compensation often include financial harm. Special damages are the head of loss where these amounts can be claimed back. It is necessary to present documented proof of financial loss caused by the surgery error. This might be:

• Medical bills for treatment you had to pay for.
• Proof of the costs for people to look after you.
• Wage slips that indicate a drop or loss in income.
• Receipts and tickets for travel expenditures to appointments.
• The invoices or receipts for any modifications to your home or vehicle.

Special damages must be claimed in conjunction with general damages. So if you’d like personalised guidance on what out-of-pocket costs you could include in your surgical negligence claim, speak to us first.

Why Should I Claim With Legal Expert?

Our surgical negligence solicitors provide an array of excellent services to help people like you get the compensation you deserve. For example, they do this by:

• Helping you collect supporting evidence like statements from witnesses or medical reports from specialists.
• Calculating the potential compensation more precisely to include harm caused both now and predicted in the future.
• Taking care of the negotiations with the other side and following the Pre-Action Protocol that applies.
• Meeting any court-imposed deadlines.
• Explaining the legal jargon and providing you with regular status reports about the claim.

While our solicitors take care of these details, you can concentrate on your recovery. Take a moment to see how you could benefit from advantages like these with your surgical or medical negligence claim.

Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA)

Another bonus is that our solicitors offer eligible claimants a way to access excellent legal representation without adding to their financial burden right now. By offering a version of a No Win No Fee contract called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), the person claiming can expect:

• No solicitors fees to pay upfront.
• No solicitors fees to pay as the claim advances.
• Nothing is owed to solicitors for finished work if the claim is unsuccessful.
• A success fee is deducted from the compensation if the claim wins. This is a restricted percentage taken after the claim settles.
• Because the success fee is capped, the person seeking compensation in surgery negligence claims can confidently expect to receive the majority of the compensation awarded.

Advantages like this mean that a claimant could benefit from first-class legal representation without financial stress. Interested in learning more?

• Ring us on 0800 073 8804 to chat about your surgical or medical negligence claim.
• Fill out the contact form to start a claim online.
• Use the live discussion window to start the conversation.

Learn More

As well as information on surgery negligence claims in this article, there’s more free information to help here:

• Read about claims for unnecessary surgery here.
• Here is information about delayed surgery for a broken arm.
• Also, details about laser eye surgery compensation claims.

External help:

• This resource looks at professional standards for general practitioners.
• Here is information from NHS Resolution about negligence claims.
• In addition to this, advice on who to complain to about medical care.

In conclusion, we value your interest in this article about surgery negligence claims. Please reach out to advisors for any more guidance about legal fees and No Win No Fee claims for compensation.

When we go to the doctor, hospital or a medical professional, we expect that they will use their skills and knowledge to diagnose us quickly and accurately. While this happens for many patients, some are subject to mistakes, errors or other forms of substandard care. If you think this has happened to you or a loved one, this guide about lung cancer misdiagnosis claims will aim to answer any questions you may have about making a medical negligence claim.

Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims – Key Takeaways

• • If you have received substandard medical care and this harmed you, you could be eligible for compensation.
  • Compensation can cover physical harm, psychological harm and financial losses.
  • You generally have 3 years to claim from when you realise that you suffered this harm.
  • There are many ways that a lung cancer misdiagnosis could happen, but not all of them will lead to a successful claim.
  • Our expert medical negligence solicitors can help you on a No Win No Fee.

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• • • • Am I Eligible To Make A Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claim?
      • Average Payouts For Lung Cancer Compensation
      • Common Reasons Why Lung Cancer Is Misdiagnosed
      • The Implications Of Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis
      • How To Start A Medical Negligence Claim
      • Why Choose Legal Expert For Your Claim?

Am I Eligible To Make A Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claim?

You can make a misdiagnosis claim if you can prove medical negligence. The criteria are:

• • • You were owed a duty of care by a medical professional.
    • A healthcare professional failed to provide you with the minimum standard of acceptable care and, in doing so, breached their duty to you.
    • This breach caused you avoidable harm.

Medical professionals owe a duty of care to everyone they treat, so this part of the criteria is automatic. Determining if the duty has been breached involves proving that the care you received was below the minimum accepted standard. Some things that can be considered to help show the correct standard was not met can include:

• • • The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on lung cancer diagnosis.
    • General Medical Council guidance about things such as the duties of a doctor.
    • Royal College of Nursing description of a nurse’s legal duty of care.
    • The extensive case law established over years of legal cases involving medical negligence.

Meeting the correct standard could include:

• • • Listening to a patient’s symptoms and medical history in sufficient detail.
    • Performing necessary tests such as blood tests, X-rays or other scans. This should also be in the correct time frame, as these can be required urgently in some cases.
    • Enquiring about relevant symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue or coughing up blood.
    • Correctly interpreting test results and making sure that errors or mistakes do not happen.
    • Following up on test results.

Not every case of lung cancer misdiagnosis will be negligent. Each case will be different and turn on it’s facts. If you think you may have a claim but are unsure, we offer a free case assessment, and there is no obligation to proceed. You have nothing to lose by finding out if you are eligible to claim. Use the details above to speak to our advisors to learn more.

Average Payouts For Lung Cancer Compensation

A common question about medical negligence claims is about the “average” compensation. Because claims vary so much, an average would tell you very little. However, we can tell you how general damages, the part of a claim that compensates for pain and suffering, would be calculated.

The Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) provide suggested compensation brackets for different types of harm. While they don’t guarantee anything, they can give an indication of the level of compensation for certain types of harm or injury. 

Below are some examples of entries from the JCG and their compensation bracket (except the top entry, which is not from the JCG).

Injury	Severity (as per JCG)	Amount
Multiple Incidences of Harm and Financial Loss	Very Severe	Up to £500,000 or more
Lung Disease	(a)	£122,850 to £165,860
	(b)	£85,460 to £118,790
	(c)	£66,890 to £85,460
Asthma	Severe and Permanent Disabling Asthma	£52,550 to £80,240
	Chronic Asthma	£32,090 to £52,490
	Bronchitis and Wheezing	£23,430 to £32,090
Injuries Resulting In Death	Full Awareness	£15,300 to £29,060
	Followed by Unconsciousness	£12,830 to £13,020
	Immediate Unconsciousness/ Death after Six Weeks	£4,590 to £5,360

Factors That Can Affect Your Payout

We will look at how financial losses can be added to lung cancer misdiagnosis claims in the next section, but there are other factors that can influence the size of any payout. These can include:

• • • How severe the harm is. As you can see from the table above, harm that is of a more serious nature will be reflected in a higher payout.
    • Loss of amenity (loss of enjoyment of life). Those who have had more of their life impacted, e.g. they have had to give up a hobby they loved because of the harm caused, can be awarded higher general damages to reflect this.
    • You may have suffered some harm even if the negligence did not happen. The defendant only has to compensate you for the harm they caused you. This is determined by medical evidence.
    • Whether the other side accepts fault or fights your claim. If your claim is disputed, then you may choose to settle without the risk of going to court and failing to win, which might mean your payout is lower.
    • The approach the parties take to negotiation. You may decide you want to settle the case quickly for personal reasons and decide to accept an offer that is less than the full value of your claim.

Special Damages And How They Relate To Your Claim

Special damages compensate for financial losses you can prove were caused by negligent medical treatment. For example:

• • • Professional counselling.
    • The cost of travel to and from chemotherapy.
    • Domestic help or care and assistance.
    • Money to cover any accessibility adjustments needed for your home.

You can also claim for loss of earnings if you can show you couldn’t work because of a negligent lung cancer misdiagnosis. Evidence of this might include a medical report saying why you had to take time off and past payslips showing how much you usually earn.

How To Use Our Medical Negligence Compensation Calculator

You can use our medical negligence compensation calculator to get an estimate of the level of compensation that your case could be worth. It will ask questions about your case and the harm you have suffered to provide its estimate. It is just a tool for guidance and does not give a guaranteed or certain compensation figure.

Our skilled medical negligence solicitors can help value your claim if you are eligible. They can make sure that the correct amount of compensation is claimed by adding all losses that are applicable to the case. You can reach out to an advisor to see if you are eligible to start a medical negligence case today. Our details are at the top of this guide.

Common Reasons Why Lung Cancer Is Misdiagnosed

Lung cancer misdiagnosis can occur at any stage in the healthcare process, from initial checkups to patient aftercare. Here are some ways it could happen:

• • • A failure to recognise symptoms – The medical professional may fail to take note (or enquire about) common symptoms that would lead to the correct diagnosis of lung cancer.
    • A failure to refer – A doctor might mistake lung cancer for another condition and fail to make a timely referral, causing an overall poorer prognosis for the cancer.
    • Incorrect test results – a patient could have their X-ray mixed up with another patient, and they are incorrectly diagnosed with bronchitis instead of lung cancer.
    • Incorrect diagnostics -The wrong diagnostic test was performed despite a clear need for the correct test to be administered.
    • A failure to act – A doctor could become distracted and fail to take action on the basis of test results. They could misplace the results, and several months pass before the error is picked up.

It is important to remember that for any of the above examples to lead to a claim, the care received must have fallen below the minimum standard expected. This list is not exhaustive, and there are other potential ways that negligence could occur. Contact us if you have any questions about your specific circumstances.

The Implications Of Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis

According to a 2024 Parliament research briefing, a diagnosis of lung cancer is one of the most dangerous. Fewer than half of afflicted people survive for more than a year. Fewer than a quarter survive for more than five.

The earlier it is caught, the better the prognosis tends to be. 90% of people diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer survive for a year or more. At stage 4, the year survival rate falls to 21%. Correct and early diagnosis is key, while false or delayed diagnosis can be fatal.

A lung cancer misdiagnosis can prolong suffering by delaying the correct treatment. Negligent treatment can also allow cancer to develop to the next stage or even spread to other parts of the body.

How To Claim For A Wrongful Death Following Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis

If you have lost a family member or loved one due to medical negligence, you could potentially claim compensation.

Under the Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1934 the deceased’s estate can claim for the pain and suffering experienced prior to death. Under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (FFA), those who qualify as a dependent can claim compensation for financial loss following the death of a loved one.

A dependant is defined in the FAA to include the following:

• • • A wife, husband or civil partner (past or present)
    • A person who lived with the deceased as a spouse or in a spouse-like manner. This must have been for at least two years before death.
    • A child or other descendant of the deceased. This also includes those treated like a child by the deceased.
    • A parent of the deceased or any other ascendant. This includes those treated like a parent by the deceased.
    • A sibling, aunt or uncle of the deceased or any of their children.

You can read more about this topic in our guide about medical negligence causing death, or you can reach out to one of our sensitive and professional advisors.

How To Start A Medical Negligence Claim

You do not need to use a solicitor to start a medical negligence claim, but you may find that it is advantageous to do so.

There is a Pre-Action Protocol for clinical disputes (i.e. for medical negligence cases) that should be followed. This includes steps such as sending a letter of notification and a letter of claim. You could be claiming against the NHS or a private hospital, but the steps taken to claim do not differ. One of our experienced solicitors can handle these things for you if your case is accepted.

To be successful with your case there are some points that you will need to bear in mind, so let us look at some of those now.

Gathering Evidence – Medical Records, Witnesses, And More

You or your legal representatives must prove every part of your lung cancer misdiagnosis claim:

• • • You were owed a duty.
    • This was breached.
    • The breach caused you to suffer avoidable harm.

To show each point, you can provide various documents and details:

• • • GP records that could show the symptoms you complained of.
    • Hospital records.
    • Scan results and other diagnostic tests.
    • Expert testimony about the standard of care you were entitled to expect.
    • Witness contact details so a legal professional can take a written statement to support your case.
    • Receipts and invoices showing related financial losses.
    • Wages slips to prove loss of earnings.

How Long You Have To Begin A Claim

Under the Limitation Act 1980, you have three years to start a claim. This is usually from the date the negligence happened, although it could be several months before you realise that you suffered a negligent cancer misdiagnosis. In this case, you would have three years to start your claim from when you reasonably knew that you had suffered harm and that negligence had happened. This is called the date of knowledge.

If you are claiming for a deceased loved one, then the time limit is normally three years from the date of death to begin the case. This can also be three years from the date of an inquest that revealed medical negligence as the cause of death.

Other exceptions to the three year time limit are for minors (those under 18) and those who lack mental capacity to claim. Neither of these groups can bring their own claim and have to wait until they are 18 or until they regain mental capacity, respectively. The three year time limit starts to run at these points.

A litigation friend can be used to start a claim for a minor or someone lacking capacity before the timit starts to run. This is a suitable adult who runs the claim for them. It is usually a parent or guardian but does not need to be a family member.

No Win No Fee Agreements

Our expert medical negligence solicitors can help you on a No Win No Fee basis by offering you a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Under a CFA you:

• • • Do not pay your solicitors fees prior to your case starting, as it progresses or if it fails.
    • Have a percentage of the compensation deducted to pay a success fee to your solicitor if you win your case.
    • Keep the majority of the compensation as the success fee has a legal cap on a percentage basis.

How Long It Can Take To Get A Compensation Payout

The timeline for medical negligence claims varies from months to years, depending on the type, complexity, and parties involved.

It is impossible to be more precise without knowing the exact circumstances of each case. If you wish to discuss this further, we recommend contacting our advisors using the details above. They can also answer questions about any part of this guide.

Why Choose Legal Expert For Your Claim?

The solicitors at Legal Expert are leaders in their field. They have several decades of experience standing up for cancer misdiagnosis claims, and they can use that expertise to:

• • • Draft an effective Letter of Claim.
    • Gather the best evidence available.
    • Negotiate with your best interests in mind.
    • Provide expert legal advice every step of the way.
    • Strive for the maximum possible settlement.

There’s no reason to wait to start a claim. Contact our advisors today for a free initial assessment with absolutely no obligation.

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    • Leave a query through our online claim form
    • Use the Live Chat feature below

More Information

We have gathered the following links so you can continue reading about this subject.

Here are some further guides from Legal Expert:

• • • Learn how to complain about medical negligence.
    • Advice on when you could claim for pancreatic cancer misdiagnosis.
    • What to do if your cancer is misdiagnosed as adenomyosis.

Here are some more resources from the rest of the Internet:

• • • Lung cancer statistics from Cancer Research UK.
    • Recommendations from the Government’s national screening program.
    • Information on the causes and risk factors of lung cancer by Macmillan Cancer Support.

Thank you for reading our guide to lung cancer misdiagnosis claims.

Suffering an injury that leaves you with scarring on your face can be deeply traumatic. It could lead to you feeling very self-conscious, nervous or anxious about your appearance. If this scarring was caused by someone else, you could be entitled to claim compensation. This guide about facial scar compensation claims will aim to answer any questions that you have about how to claim.

Key takeaways

• You can claim compensation for your facial scarring if someone else is at fault.
• The severity of the scarring and its financial impacts will affect the size of the compensation you could claim.
• You usually have 3 years to start a personal injury claim.
• One of our expert personal injury solicitors could handle your case on a No Win No Fee basis.

If you would like to speak with one of our advisors call today for your free, no-obligation consultation.

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• Am I Eligible For Facial Scar Compensation?
• How Could This Kind Of Injury Impact You?
• How Much Facial Scar Compensation Could You Receive?
• Types Of Scarring 
• How Could Facial Scarring Occur?
• My Face Was Scarred In An Accident. Can I Make A No Win No Fee Claim?
• Learn More About Making A Claim For Compensation

Am I Eligible For Facial Scar Compensation?

In order for you to be eligible to make a compensation claim for a facial scar, certain criteria must be met.

We need to establish the following:

• Was there a duty of care owed to you?
• Did a third party breach this duty?
• Did the breach result in your injury and/or harm?

Examples of third parties who owe a duty of care:

• Road users have a duty of care to other road users. They must use their vehicles to avoid harming others and follow the rules set out in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code. 
• Employers owe a duty of care to their employees. The Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974 places a responsibility on them to take reasonable steps to keep their employees safe from harm.
• Occupiers of public spaces owe a duty of care to the public. The Occupiers Liability Act 1957 requires occupiers to take reasonable steps to keep the public safe.

Claiming Compensation For Facial Scars Caused By A Criminal Injury

If you suffered a facial scar injury as a result of a violent crime, you might be able to claim compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).

The CICA is a government-funded body that compensates victims for their injuries. This is different from a personal injury claim and requires separate criteria for success. There are also different rules for the damages awarded.

The rest of this guide will focus on making a personal injury claim, but you can find more information about how to make a criminal injury victim compensation claim here.

Or, if you prefer, you could discuss your potential CICA claim for facial scar compensation with an advisor.

How Could This Kind Of Injury Impact You?

In a society that at times can be obsessed with appearance, having a facial scar could have a massive impact on your happiness and social life. People with facial scars can face not only physical but mental health issues as well.

The scarring could be very painful at the time of injury, whether gut with a sharp object or burnt with something hot. Some scars will also have ongoing physical issues such as altered sensation, nerve damage or itchiness.

There could be surgeries available to improve scarring or make-ups that could be applied to cover them. Each case will be different, and whilst some remedies might improve scarring, these can have a financial impact on you instead.

Can Scarring Affect Me Financially?

Scarring can affect you financially. As discussed above, make-up might be necessary to cover scars that cause you psychological upset or embarrassment. The cost of this would add up over many months or years. There could also be creams or ointments that might aid your recovery.

If your scarring or the accident that caused it has left you with significant psychological injuries, then it could be that your ability to work has been impacted. In such cases, if supported by medical evidence, you could claim Loss of earnings.

Private cosmetic surgery could be warranted in certain circumstances. Some common financial losses could apply, such as:

• Travel expenses
• Treatment fees
• The cost of painkillers or other medications.

Below, we discuss the amounts of compensation that could be awarded should you make a successful claim for compensation and the differences between general and special damages.

Call our advisors today for a free consultation.

How Much Facial Scar Compensation Could You Receive?

It is difficult to confirm the amount of compensation that you could receive for a facial scar injury, as this would depend on the severity of the scar, any psychological injury, as well as any financial impact.

Compensation can be split into two heads of loss called general damages and special damages. General damages cover your pain and suffering, including any mental harm. Special damages reimburse you for the financial impact, and we looked at examples of these earlier.

The details of your injury and/or harm can be confirmed by an independent medical professional who will, in turn, provide a medical report which will have a prognosis period and confirm if you require any further treatments and/or assessments.

Those responsible for valuing your general damages can use your medical report and documents, such as the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), to value your claim. These guidelines provide suggestive compensation values for all types of injuries.

Please note that they are not guaranteed compensation figures and are only guidelines. Below is a table with some JCG entries (except for the first figure) to help you think about how different injuries are valued.

Injury	Severity	Amount
Multiple Injuries, physical and mental, with additional financial losses	Most severe	Up to £500,000 +
Scarring to other parts of the body	Burns covering 40% or more of the Body	Likely to exceed £127,930
	No Significant internal injury	In the region of £10,550
	Several noticeable laceration scars or one single disfiguring scar	£9,560 to £27,740
Post-traumatic stress disorder	Severe	£73,050 to £122,850
	Moderately severe	£28,250 to £73,050
	Moderate	£9,980 to £28,250
Facial disfigurement	Very severe scarring	£36,340 to £118,790
	Less severe scarring	£21,920 to £59,090
	Significant scarring	£11,120 to £36,720

If you would like more advice about making a claim for facial scar compensation, call today for your free, no-obligation consultation.

Types Of Scarring

There are many different types of scarring, including:

• Fine line scars can be slightly raised in the beginning, usually flattening and fading over time without the need for treatment.
• Keloid scars are an overgrowth of tissue that can occur when too much collagen is produced at the wound.
• Hypertrophic scars are usually raised and firm. They also do not grow bigger than the original wound, and the area of the scarring could be uncomfortable or difficult to move.
• Contracture scars can feel tight, painful or difficult to move. They can be common after being burnt.

This list is not exhaustive, as there are other types of scars. Call today to see if you have an eligible claim by speaking with one of our advisors.

How Could Facial Scarring Occur?

Facial scarring can occur in many different ways. Below are a few examples:

• A worker is not provided with suitable personal protective equipment at work in the form of a mask, and a hot or toxic substance splashes in their face, causing significant facial burns and scarring.
• An employee suffers a facial laceration when a pallet that falls while an HGV is being unloaded strikes them. The employee who unloaded the pallet should have made sure that their colleague was out of the loading zone before beginning to take the pallet from the HGV.
• A person suffers a dog bite while being attacked by a banned breed of dog.
• A victim is left with a facial scar following a violent criminal act such as assault.

If you think your facial scar was caused due to the fault of someone else, please call our advisors today for your free consultation.

My Face Was Scarred In An Accident. Can I Make A No Win No Fee Claim?

If the third party owed you a duty of care, and the accident was not your fault, then you could make a No Win No Fee claim for compensation under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA)

The advantages of a No Win No Fee arrangement are:

• There are no upfront solicitor’s fees
• No on-going solicitors fees
• If the claim is unsuccessful, there’s no charge for the work that your solicitor has done.

If your claim is successful, your solicitor will deduct a small success fee from the compensation. This is legally capped at a certain percentage and is only deducted in successful cases.

Contact Our Team Today

To speak with one of our advisors call today for your free, no-obligation consultation.

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Learn More About Making A Claim For Compensation

Read more of our guides below.

• See our guide on psychological injuries and how you can claim.
• Read about how to claim for a-permanent-scar-injury
• Learn more about scar-compensation-calculator-for-the-uk.

Further resources.

• Find out when you can qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
• Consider the mental health charity Mind if you feel you would benefit from their help.
• Here is an NHS guide about scar management.

We appreciate your time in reading our guide on facial scar compensation. If you have any questions, call our advisors today.

Car accidents happen every day, causing injuries and financial losses for those involved. However, many road users do not understand car accident laws or how they help to prevent accidents or support those who have suffered from one. Therefore, this guide will elaborate on such laws and explain how you may be eligible to make a car accident claim with the help of our experienced solicitors.

Key Takeaways

• If another road user was responsible for your injuries, you may be eligible to claim compensation.
• Car accident laws could be found in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code are in place to prevent accidents and ensure the safety of all road users.
• After a collision with another road user, you are legally required to stop your vehicle at the scene.
• If you fail to adhere to car accident laws, you may be fined. 
• Our experienced solicitors may help you claim compensation on a No Win No Fee basis. 

To start your compensation claim today:

• Check out our contact page
• Give our team a call: 0800 073 8804
• Message our team on our live web chat

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1. What Is A Car Accident?
2. Car Accident Law – When Do I Need To Stop?
3. What To Do After A Collision
4. Can I Be Fined If I Don’t Follow The Right Car Accident Laws?
5. What Are My Rights After A Car Accident?
6. Learn More About Car Accident Law And Collision Claims

What Is A Car Accident?

A car accident is a direct vehicle collision that can have minor or catastrophic consequences. It typically involves two or more vehicles, but it may also constitute collisions between cars and pedestrians, cyclists, animals, or any objects that may obstruct our roads.

Unfortunately, car accidents often result in personal injuries, financial losses, and damage to vehicles and personal items. Therefore, it is important for all road users to adhere to car accident laws to avoid collisions and incidents.

All road users owe a duty of care to one another not to cause damage or injury. They can fulfil this duty by adhering to the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.

If you have been injured in a car accident, you may be eligible to make a road traffic accident claim with our solicitors if:

• A road user owed you a duty of care
• The road user failed to adhere to car accident laws, negligently breaching this duty
• This breach resulted in your injuries

Is It Against The Law To Drive Without Wearing A Seatbelt? 

Under rule 99 of the Highway Code, you are required to wear a seatbelt if you are a driver or passenger of a car. Failure to do so is a violation of the Highway Code.

However, there are some exceptions to seatbelt laws, when you are not legally required to swear a seat belt, such as:

• If you are travelling on public transport and a seatbelt is not present
• When travelling in an emergency services vehicle
• When reversing, this is to ensure you have a clear vision of the road behind you

If you are in a vehicle with minors, you must ensure they are sitting in a child’s car seat. This requirement applies until the child turns twelve or becomes taller than 135cm before that age. If a minor is above the age of twelve but smaller than this height, they must use a booster seat. 

If you were injured in a car accident, speak to our advisors to find out if you are eligible to claim compensation. 

Car Accident Law – When Do I Need To Stop?

While driving your car, some situations may arise when you are legally required to stop your vehicle. This is in accordance with car accident laws; to protect the safety of all road users. Some examples of when you are required to stop include:

• When you have been involved in a car accident that has caused damage or injury to anyone but yourself, under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, you are required to stop your vehicle at the scene of an accident you were involved in and exchange details.
• If your car has a mechanical problem, it may jeopardise the safety of yourself and/or other road users. Therefore, you are required to stop your vehicle to prevent car accidents.

Under these circumstances, you should turn on your hazard lights to warn other road users that your vehicle has stopped to prevent causing harm to others. 

Whiplash Injury Law

Whiplash is a common injury caused by car accidents. The law surrounding such claims has recently changed with the introduction of the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021.

When claiming for a whiplash injury, you must now meet the following eligibility criteria:

• You must have sustained your injury as a driver or passenger of a vehicle
• Your accident must have occurred in England or Wales
• You must have been eighteen or over
• Your injuries must be valued at £5,000 or less

If you meet this criteria and you are entitled to compensation, it will now be valued according to a fixed tariff set out in these regulations.

Further, if you have suffered from whiplash alongside other injuries, you should make your claim through the traditional claims process, as your injuries will likely be valued at more than £5,000. However, the whiplash tariffs will still apply.

If you were injured in a car accident, contact our advisers for a free consultation about starting a claim today.

What To Do After A Collision

If you are involved in a collision, the most important thing to do first is check if you are injured. If you are it is vital that you call emergency services to get emergency care. If it is safe to do so, check if others around you need any medical care. Next, if the accident scene is blocking the road it is advised to call the police to prevent any further accidents.

It is important to obtain the contact details, insurance details, and any registration numbers of those involved.

If you want to claim compensation for a car accident, there are also some things you can do to support your claim, such as:

• Obtain the contact details of the third party and any witnesses to the accident
• Obtain CCTV or dashcam footage of your accident
• Take photographs of your injuries and vehicle damage 
• Obtain a copy of your medical and police report

When Should I Call 999 For A Car Accident?

If you have been involved in a car accident, we recommend that you call 999 immediately. This is so you can receive help from the appropriate emergency services, such as:

• The police: they may block off the road to prevent further harm and fill out a police report, which you could potentially use as evidence to support your claim.
• Paramedics: they may examine your injuries and take you to the hospital if necessary. Here, you may also obtain a medical report that supports your claim.
• Fire bigrade: If you have been involved in a serious car accident, you may need to be safely removed from the vehicle, or if the vehicle involved in the collision is causing an imminent threat to the surroundings of the accident, it may need to be safely removed.

Calling emergency services after a car accident not only protects yourself but also protects all road users from harm.

If you have been injured in a car accident, start a compensation claim with our advisors today.

Can I Be Fined If I Don’t Follow The Right Car Accident Laws?

The Road Traffic Act and the Highway Code are set in place to protect all road users. Therefore, if you fail to adhere to them, you may potentially face penalty points, fines, driving bans or imprisonment.

Some examples of how disobeying car accident laws may result in fines include:

• Failing to wear a seat belt or to ensure the security of minors in motor vehicles. This may result in a fine of up to £500.
• Failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident you were involved in. This may result in a fine of up to £5,000 and or a custodial sentence.
• Failing to maintain the speed limit. This may result in a minimum fine of £100 or a minimum of three points and/or a custodial sentence.

For more information on car accident laws or fines, contact our advisors today.

What Are My Rights After A Car Accident?

If another road user’s negligent driving resulted in your injuries, you may have the right to make a road traffic accident claim to be compensated for your injuries and losses.

Under the Limitation Act 1980, you must file this within three years of your accident. However, there are some exceptions to this;

• If the injured person lacks mental capacity and cannot pursue a claim, the time limit is indefinitely paused. However, if they regain mental capacity, the time limit will commence. This is recognised under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• If the injured person is a minor, they cannot legally make a claim. Therefore, the time limit is paused until they turn eighteen years old and runs until they turn twenty-one.

When the time limit is paused a suitable adult can apply to the court to be a litigation friend and pursue a claim on the injured person behalf.

How A No Win No Fee Solicitor Could Help

If you have sustained injuries in a road traffic accident, our experienced solicitors may help you claim compensation. They are specialists in road traffic accident claims and can help you by:

• Walking you through the claims process
• Explaining any key documents or legal terminology
• Building your case
• Gathering evidence
• Settling disputes on your behalf to avoid court proceedings

Further, our solicitors operate on a No Win No Fee basis. Therefore, you may be eligible to claim with them through a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). There are many benefits to this, such as:

• You pay no upfront or ongoing payments for our solicitor’s work on your claim
• Our solicitors will take a legally capped small percentage of your compensation for their work, if you are awarded compensation and your claim is successful.
• If your claim is unsuccessful, you will not be required to pay for the work our solicitors complete on it.

To start your compensation claim today:

• Check out our contact page
• Give our team a call: 0800 073 8804
• Message our team on our live web chat

Learn More About Car Accident Law And Collision Claims

Click on the following links to learn more about car accident laws and claims:

• Find out how much car accident compensation you may be awarded
• Learn about whiplash compensation
• Learn more about compensation for a family car accident

References:

• Learn about seatbelt law with GOV.UK
• Learn about statutory sick pay with GOV.UK
• Learn about vehicle insurance with GOV.UK

We hope that this guide on car accident law was insightful and that you now understand how to start a claim with our experienced solicitors.

If you have injured your hand and this was someone else’s fault, you might be entitled to claim compensation. There are a variety of accidents that could lead to a claim for personal injury damages. These may include road traffic accidents, those in the workplace or those in public places. In this guide about hand injury claims, we examine how and when compensation could be recovered.

Things To Remember In Hand Injury Claims

• You could make a personal injury claim if someone else was at fault
• Hand injury claims could be made in a wide range of different circumstances.
• You could be compensated for your pain and suffering as well as financial losses.
• You need to provide supporting evidence.
• One of our expert No Win No Fee solicitors could help you.

Get in touch with our team today for more information on hand injury claims.

• Phone one of our advisors on 0800 073 8804
• Talk to us online via our live chat.
• Fill out our contact form to claim online.

Browse Our Guide

• How To Make Hand Injury Claims?
• Common Hand Injuries
• How Much Compensation Could You Get In Hand Injury Claims?
• What Can Affect The Value Of An Injury Claim?
• I Injured My Hand, What Evidence Do I Need To Claim?
• Why Should You Make A Personal Injury Claim With Legal Expert?
• More Information On Claiming For Limb Injuries

How To Make Hand Injury Claims?

You must meet the relevant eligibility criteria in order to make any type of hand injury claim. There are some general criteria which all personal injury claims must meet. These are:

1. That you were owed a duty of care.
2. That the duty of care was breached by a third party.
3. This caused you harm.

In the following sections, we look at different circumstances in which hand injury claims could be made and the eligibility criteria such claims must meet.

Accidents At Work

Under legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, your employer has a duty of care to you. Per this duty of care, employers must implement reasonable measures to ensure your health and safety in the workplace.

Examples of workplace accidents could include:

• There is a defective machine that is leaking oil. The machine is not repaired despite your manager knowing about the fault. You slip on the oil and land heavily on your hand.
• A broken hand at work could be caused when you are hit by a crane that is negligently operated.

Road Traffic Accidents

All drivers and road users owe each other a duty of care. They must use their vehicles in a manner that does not cause harm. To comply with this duty of care, they must use the roads safely and adhere to the Highway Code and Road Traffic Act 1988.

The failure to do so could lead to hand injuries, such as:

• If a driver fails to stop at a junction, they could collide with an oncoming vehicle. A collision could cause serious injury or nerve damage to the hand.
• A driver may change lanes without signalling or checking their mirrors. The force of impact could result in broken bones in the hand.

Accidents In A Public Place

The entity in control of a public space, such as a restaurant, shop or leisure centre, is known as the occupier. The occupier may be a local authority, business, individual or other organisation. Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, this occupier has a duty of care to members of the public using this space. They must take reasonable steps to make sure that the space is safe to use for the purpose it is intended for.

Examples of how you could suffer a hand injury in a public place could include:

• You trip over a defect in a public park that the occupier should have been aware of. You hurt your hand as a result.
• You could suffer a finger injury if it is crushed in a faulty shop door which closed on your hand.

These are just some examples of circumstances in which you could be eligible to make a hand injury compensation claim. Please contact us if you have any questions about your individual circumstances.

Common Hand Injuries

The hand is an intricate appendage. It is composed of different types of nerves, tendons and ligaments, as well as different bones and joints. This can make injuries to the hands more complex than those to other parts of the body.

Hand injuries may include (but are not strictly limited to) the following:

• Broken or fractured bones in the hands and fingers. These include those to the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform and trapezium, as well as those to the phalanx and metacarpal bones.
• Dislocations of bones in the hand or fingers.
• Tendon or ligament injuries.
• Other soft tissue injuries such as bruising, sprains, strains or tendonitis.

Please get in touch with our team for further information on different types of hand injury compensation claims.

How Much Compensation Could You Get In Hand Injury Claims?

If your hand injury claim is successful, this will result in compensation. The size of the compensation you could be awarded may depend on the type of hand injury you suffered, how serious it was and what impact this had on you financially.

You may be awarded general damages that take your injury into account and special damages which account for expenses or losses related to the injury.

Your solicitor may refer to guidelines published by the Judicial College (JCG) to help value your injury. In the table, we take figures for hand injuries from the JCG apart from the first row in which we illustrate an award where significant special damages are taken into account.

Type of Injury	Severity	Amount
Multiple hand injuries	Serious or severe	Up to £500,000+ with special damages.
Hand injury	A - Effective/ total loss of both hands	£171,680 to £245,900
	B - Serious damage to both hands	£68,070 to £103,200
	C - Effective/ total loss of one hand	£117,360 to £133,810
	E - Serious hand injuries	£35,390 to £75,550
	G - Less serious hand injuries	£17,640 to £35,390
	H - Moderate hand injuries	£6,910 to £16,200
Hand injury	K - Serious injury - ring or middle finger	£12,590 to £19,940
	R - Loss of the thumb	£43,350 to £66,920
	T - Serious thumb injury	£15,370 to £20,460

Next, we examine special damages in more detail.

Can Special Damages Cover The Long-Term Financial Effects Of My Injuries?

Special damages are designed to take account of the different long-term effects of injuries. They could compensate you for financial effects such as the cost of medical treatment, the cost of travelling to medical appointments and loss of earnings. For example, if your finger was caught and crushed in a door, you may be unable to carry out your normal work duties during your recovery.

In addition, they may also take account of the cost of adapting your home or your vehicle. Please contact our team to learn more about how special damages may be calculated.

What Can Affect The Value Of An Injury Claim?

There are several factors which could impact how a personal injury claim is valued. Factors could include how severe the injury was, what impact it has had on your daily life and your ability to work and what expenses you incurred as a result of the accident. Compensation may also take your recovery time into consideration.

More minor injury claims may be awarded lower settlements, with higher settlements potentially being awarded for more severe forms of injury. A member of our team could help to assess how much compensation you may be awarded.

I Injured My Hand, What Evidence Do I Need To Claim?

Collecting evidence in support of your claim is an important part of the hand injury claims process. Following your accident, your first steps should be to obtain medical treatment and ensure the incident is reported to the relevant party.

You should obtain medical treatment as soon as possible after suffering a hand injury. This may involve calling the emergency services, visiting an A&E department or going to your GP surgery. When you do so, you may request a copy of your medical records. These may be used as evidence of your injury, its severity and prognosis for recovery.

Accidents should be reported to the relevant party. Who they should be reported to will depend on the type of accident you were harmed in. For example, an accident at work should be reported to your employer. They should record this in the accident report book. It may also need to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Road traffic accidents should be reported to the police within 24 hours if they can not be reported immediately. Finally, if injured in a public place, your accident should be reported to the occupier, and they may have an accident book to record it in.

You should obtain a copy of any accident report, as this may be used as evidence in your hand injury compensation claim. Additional types of evidence you could collect may include:

• Witness statements. You should collect the contact details of anyone who witnessed the incident take place.
• Take a photo of the scene of the accident, its cause and your injury.
• Proof of any special damages you may wish to claim for. This could include invoices to prove medical expenses or wage slips proving lost income.

Contact our team to get further legal advice on how to prove your compensation claim.

Why Should You Make A Personal Injury Claim With Legal Expert?

You are not legally required to claim compensation with a personal injury solicitor and have the right to do so without using one. However, we believe that there are benefits to working with a specialist solicitor.

A personal injury solicitor from Legal Expert will have years of experience in handling cases similar to your own, bringing this experience to your claim. They could explain any complex legal or medical terminology used and could help to guide you through the hand injury claims process.

If you are concerned about the potential cost of working with a solicitor, they could offer to take your claim on through a No Win No Fee arrangement.

What Is A No Win No Fee Arrangement?

If you choose to make a No Win No Fee hand injury claim with one of our solicitors, they could offer you a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). This is a way for people to make a claim without the need to make upfront payments for the solicitor’s services. You will not need to make any payments for their services whilst the claim is underway, as it progresses or if it fails.

If your case is successful, your solicitor will charge a success fee, which is deducted from your compensation. The percentage which may be deducted is restricted by law.

Get in touch today to see if you are eligible to claim compensation.

• Call our advisors now on 0800 073 8804.
• Talk to us over our online chat.
• Begin your claim online here.

More Information On Claiming For Limb Injuries

We have added guides on related subjects from across our site, as well as external informational resources and references.

• Learn more about the road traffic accident claims process in this guide.
• Check how long after an injury at work you could claim in this guide.
• If you suffered an injury in a public place, your council or local authority may be responsible. Check how to claim here.

References

• Find information on tendon hand injuries in this NHS guide.
• View advice on dealing with hand pain in this NHS guide.
• View information on Statutory Sick Pay at this government resource.

We appreciate you reading our guide about hand injury claims. Please contact our advisors if you have any further questions about the claims process.

Have you had an operation that has gone wrong? Did you suffer harm because the anaesthetist made an error? In this guide, we are going to examine the process of making anaesthetic negligence claims.

Throughout this medical negligence claims guide, we will explain what types of anaesthetics there are, provide examples of situations where things could go wrong and the potential consequences that anaesthetic negligence can have. Very often, when making a compensation claim before you begin, you may want to know how much compensation could be awarded should your claim be successful. For that reason, we have included a compensation section that looks at how medical negligence payouts are calculated.

In the final sections of this guide we are going to provide you with examples of pieces of evidence that you could gather in support of your claim and look at how one of our medical negligence solicitors could represent you on a No Win No Fee basis.

To discuss the matter further, don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our team for a free, no-obligation consultation.

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• Who Could Make Anaesthetic Negligence Claims?
• Are There Different Kinds Of Anaesthetic?
• The Consequences Of Anaesthesia Negligence
• What Is Anaesthetic Awareness?
• Compensation In Anaesthetic Negligence Claims
• How Do I Prove Anaesthetic Negligence?
• How Could A No Win No Fee Solicitor Help You Claim Anaesthetic Negligence Compensation?
• More Information On Medical Negligence Compensation Claims

Who Could Make Anaesthetic Negligence Claims?

So, who is eligible to make an anaesthetic negligence claim? A medical negligence claim of this type can be made if a medical professional does not deliver the correct standard of care when treating you as a patient.

In the medical profession, each medical professional owes a duty of care to the patients that they treat. This means they must at all times deliver the correct standard of care that is expected from them. If they fail in this regard, they are said to have breached their duty of care. A patient who has suffered harm due to the consequences of this breach has the right to seek compensation.

In order to make anaesthetic negligence claims, the following criteria must be met.

• An anaesthetist owed you a duty of care
• The duty of care was breached. An example of this could be if the medical professional administered too much anaesthesia 
• As a result of the breach, you suffered harm, such as brain damage

Call our team today to see if you can make an anaesthetic negligence claim.

Are There Different Kinds Of Anaesthetic?

Different anaesthetics can be used in a variety of medical situations. 

Types of anaesthesia are:

• General anaesthetic – Used for major surgery as it causes the patient to be unconscious and unable to feel anything
• Local anaesthetic – this makes a patient numb in the exact area where the operation is taking place. This allows the patient to be awake when the procedure is happening.
• Epidural – this involves injecting the anaesthetic into the sac around the spinal cord, which in turn numbs the back and lower limbs, often used in childbirth.

To see if you could make an anaesthetic negligence claim, contact us for a free consultation.

The Consequences Of Anaesthesia Negligence

If you are unlucky enough to have suffered from anaesthesia negligence, then you will be aware that this can be life-changing. 

Examples of such consequences include:

• An anaesthetist administers the wrong dose of anaesthetic. If the dose is lower than required, then this could result in the patient suffering pain
• A higher dose of anaesthetic is administered, resulting in permanent damage to internal organs
• If an epidural has the wrong placement, this can result in the patient having permanent spinal cord damage and life-changing disability.
• Anaesthetic drops being used in an eye surgery have not worked, causing pain during the procedure and resulting in permanent blindness.
• The anaesthetist did not consult the patient’s medical records and, therefore, did not see that they had an allergy to a certain type of anaesthetic. This left the patient to suffer a severe allergic reaction. This could cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

This list is not exhaustive. There are many other types of anaesthetic negligence. To find out more about the claims process, call our team to discuss anaesthetic negligence claims. 

Fatal Anaesthetic Negligence Claims

The risk of losing your life from anaesthesia is very low. Statistics show that the likelihood of losing life whilst under anaesthetic is less than 1 in 100,000.

What Is Anaesthetic Awareness?

Anaesthetic awareness is a complication that can occur whilst a patient is under general anaesthetic. It is when the patient regains consciousness during their surgery. This can occur when a patient has not been provided with enough anaesthetic to put them in a safe and deep enough state of unconsciousness.

Examples of how anaesthetic awareness can happen:

• If the equipment (syringe, tube, needle) that has been used to administer the anaesthetic is faulty
• Failure to consult the patient’s medical records, missing the fact that the patient has increased resistance to general anaesthetic, resulting in the patient waking up during their operation 
• Not using enough anaesthetic for the patient to be fully unconcilous during their procedure. 

If this has happened to you, you may be able to make a medical negligence claim. Call our team for a free, no-obligation chat.

How Could Anaesthetic Awareness Affect You?

If this has happened to you, it can be a traumatic experience, not only leaving you with the possibility of having to have the procedure at another time, but it could possibly leave you traumatised. This could cause a post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Being traumatised by anaesthetic awareness, you could be put off having surgery ever again, which in turn means your health could be a lifelong issue.

If this has happened to you and you would like to talk to someone about a possible anaesthetic awareness case, call our team for a free, confidential consultation.

Compensation In Anaesthetic Negligence Claims

Compensation for any claim is divided into sections. There are general damages and special damages. General damages are for your injury, pain, suffering and loss of amenity. 

When valuing an anaesthetic negligence case, we use a tool called the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This provides us with guidelines that assist in valuing each individual injury and/or condition that you may have suffered. Please note that the top figure in the table has not been taken from the JCG.

Injury	Severity	Amount
Multiple conditions, including additional special damages	Most severe	Upto £1,000,000 plus
Brain damage	Tetraplegia (also known as Quadriplegia)	£396,140 to £493,000
Brain damage	Paraplegia	£267,340 to £346,890
Brain damage	Shorter Durations	£60,210
Bladder	Double Incontinence	Up to £224,790
Bladder	Complete Loss of Function	Up to £171,680
Bladder	Seriously Impaired Control	£78,080 to £97,540
Post-traumatic disorder	Severe	£73,050 to £122,850
Post-traumatic disorder	Moderately Severe	£28,250 to £73,050
Post-traumatic disorder	Moderate	£9,980 to £28,250

Whilst special damages are not always a factor, they can be a major part of a claim. Examples of special damages could be

• loss of earnings – the severity of your condition can prevent you from returning back to work, and this would be a significant financial loss. This is discussed in more detail in the next section
• medical treatment that is needed could be physiotherapy that is required following damage to the brain as a result of medical negligence
• care and assistance – if the injury is of the most severe, you may even require a house manager who would have to tend to your everyday tasks, including cleaning, washing, paying bills helping with anything that you are unable to do because of the medical negligence

If there is a financial loss of any kind, we could put forward a claim for special damages.

If you would like to discuss a condition that you have suffered, please call our specialist team to discuss how we could help.

Can I Claim For Lost Earnings As Part Of My Medical Negligence Compensation?

If you have suffered medical negligence and have needed to take time off work to recover, it could be possible to re-coup the lost earnings as part of your special damages.

In order for us to recover loss of earnings the defendant would request documentation to prove your loss. They usually request 3 months’ wage slips, pre and post-claim. This allows the defendant to calculate an average of your loss, and this would be the amount that they would offer. However, if you can prove that you would have lost out on overtime shifts and any bonuses, we can request them as well. As long as we have evidence to support your claim we would have a good chance of recovering the loss of earnings that you may have suffered.

To discuss the loss of earnings and how we could recover them as part of your claim, call our team now, as we are happy to help in any way we can.

How Do I Prove Anaesthetic Negligence?

In order for you to prove anaesthetic negligence claims, you will need evidence to support your case.

Examples of evidence could be:

• Medical records – before and after the procedure
• Keeping a personal diary from when the negligence occurred to express how your life has been affected
• Witness details, our solicitors can contact them at a later date and will draft the witness statement
• Documents to support any special damages, such as wage slips, bank statements, medical invoices for any rehabilitation, and travel tickets. Anything that can support your out-of-pocket expenses

Also, as part of the medical negligence claims process, you may be invited to an independent medical examination. This is something that our solicitors can arrange for you in your local area at a time that best suits you.

It can feel a bit daunting to think about collecting all of this information by yourself, and we can confirm that this is something that one of our solicitors would assist you with.

For your free consultation to discuss your eligibility for an anaesthetic negligence claim, call us today.

How Could A No Win No Fee Solicitor Help You Claim Anaesthetic Negligence Compensation?

Our solicitors are extremely experienced, with extensive expertise in medical negligence claims.

They can help with:

• Collecting evidence
• Making appointments with independent medical experts
• Negotiating with the defendant’s solicitors

 They can do all this for you and more without taking any upfront or ongoing fees for their work. This is due to the fact that they work with their clients through something called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), which is a kind of No Win No Fee arrangement.

If you make a successful claim, then a small success fee will be deducted. The success fee is legally capped, which ensures that you receive the majority of your compensation.

If you feel you have suffered from anaesthetic negligence and would like to discuss the matter further, please call one of our expert advisors, as they are eager to assist in your endeavours.

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More Information On Medical Negligence Compensation Claims

Further resources below

• Learn more about Hospital Negligence Claims – How Much Can I Claim?
• Find out further details about GP Negligence Claims | Medical Negligence Compensation
• See more about Medical Negligence Compensation Payouts

Learn more from the resources below relating to anaesthetic.

• Read more about the work of The Royal College Of Anaesthetists
• General anaesthesia – NHS
• Find out more on the Gov.UK website about statutory sick pay

We would like to thank you for taking the time to read our guide about making anaesthetic negligence claims. Please call today!

 

Many different job roles involve manual handling tasks. Any time you carry out such a task at work, there is the potential risk of injury. Your employer should take steps to ensure your health and safety in the workplace. If you were injured in the workplace due to your employer’s negligent actions, you may be able to make a manual handling injury claim

In our guide, we look at how a specialist solicitor could help you to claim compensation for a manual handling accident at work.

Key Takeaways

• You can make a personal injury claim if your injury was caused by your employer breaching their duty of care.
• You need to prove your claim with evidence, such as an accident report.
• Compensation could be awarded for your injuries and subsequent financial losses.
• One of our No Win No Fee solicitors could help you claim.

To discuss your case, ask any questions and receive free advice, you can contact our advisors.

• Call us now on 0800 073 8804
• Speak to us via our online chat.
• Finally, you can contact us via our claim online form.

Browse Our Guide

• What Is A Manual Handling Injury?
• Could I Make A Manual Handling Injury Claim?
• How Could A Manual Handling Accident Happen?
• What Can Manual Handling Compensation Cover?
• What To Do After Suffering A Manual Handling Injury
• How Long Do I Have To Start My Work Injury Claim?
• Make A Manual Handling Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor
• Further Resources On Accident At Work Claims

What Is A Manual Handling Injury?

Manual handling is the act of lifting, supporting, moving or otherwise transporting a load using your body. Manual handling may involve lifting objects, moving a roll cage or unloading a lorry. Your job may require you to move objects, animals or even people. You may use moving and handling equipment, such as lifting straps, wheeled trolleys or powered trucks.

Manual handling accidents could lead to a wide variety of different injuries such as back injuries, dislocations, strains and sprains.

How Common Are Manual Handling Injuries In The Workplace?

Manual handling operations are one of the most common causes of workplace injuries. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), who is Britain’s regulatory body for workplace safety, handling, lifting or carrying accounted for 17% of workplace accidents in 2023/24.

According to the HSE, the following industries suffered the most manual handling accidents in this period:

• Human health and social work – 2,221
• Manufacturing – 1,974
• Transportation and storage – 1,713
• Wholesale and retail – 1,347
• Construction – 742

If you have suffered an injury in the workplace our team could help you to make a manual handling injury claim. Contact our advisors today.

Could I Make A Manual Handling Injury Claim?

In order to make a manual handling injury claim, such as for an unloading injury, you must show that your employer was at fault.

Your employer has a duty of care to take reasonable steps to ensure your health and safety within the workplace, as stated within the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Furthermore, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 set out the specific rules and guidance employers must adhere to when assigning manual handling tasks.

To make a personal injury claim following a manual handling accident, you must prove:

1. Your employer had a duty of care.
2. They have breached this duty of care. For example, they may have failed to provide you with the necessary training.
3. This breach resulted in your accident and injuries. For example, having no training caused a lifting accident.

What Should My Employer Do To Protect Me From Manual Handling Injuries?

The HSE provides guidance to employers on steps they could take to avoid manual handling accidents and reduce the risk of injuries. These steps include:

• Avoid any hazardous manual handling tasks as far as reasonably possible.
• Assess any manual handling that cannot be avoided.
• Make loads lighter, smaller or easier to grasp.
• Break larger loads into smaller ones where possible.
• Ensure staff have received appropriate training on lifting and carrying.

To see whether you could be eligible to make a manual handling injury claim, you can contact our advisors.

How Could A Manual Handling Accident Happen?

There are various ways that a manual handling injury could be suffered in the workplace. Some examples could include:

• You suffer a back injury when trying to pick up a load incorrectly due to not receiving any manual handling training.
• Your employer informs you to carry a load by yourself that two people should carry due to its weight. This causes you to drop the load on your foot and suffer a crush injury to your toes.
• You are not given sufficient rest periods of breaks after carrying various loads for a number of hours. This causes you to suffer a soft tissue injury in your back and a sprained wrist injury.

These are some common causes of manual handling injuries. If you’re particular accident isn’t listed here, this doesn’t mean you can’t claim. Contact our advisors to discuss your case.

What Can Manual Handling Compensation Cover?

Manual handling compensation could cover both your injuries as well as expenses and losses caused by these injuries.

Compensation for your injuries is awarded under general damages. This takes account of the injury you suffered and how serious it was.

Whoever is valuing your claim may refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). The JCG includes guideline compensation amounts for different types of injury at different degrees of severity.

With the exception of the first row, our table below includes some of the compensation guidelines from the JCG.

Injury	Severity	Damages
Multiple serious injuries with special damages	Serious	Up to £1,000,000 in cases where loss of earnings and special damages are awarded.
Neck injury	Severe (ii)	£80,240 to £159,770
	Moderate (i)	£30,500 to £46,970
Back injury	Severe (ii)	£90,510 to £107,910
	Moderate (ii)	£15,260 to £33,880
Foot injury	Serious	£30,500 to £47,840
Elbow injury	Less severe	£19,100 to £39,070
Wrist injury	Less severe	£15,370 to £29,900
Shoulder injury	Serious	£15,580 to £23,430

Can Accident At Work Compensation Address Lost Earnings?

Your manual handling compensation claim can also address any loss of earnings caused by the accident as well as other related expenses. These would be awarded under special damages.

You may have had to take time off work to recover from your injury or no longer be able to work as you did before. You may also have lost employer contributions to your pension fund and other workplace benefits. As well as being able to claim for lost income, you could claim for:

• Medical treatment, care and medication.
• The cost of travelling to medical appointments.
• Expenses related to adapting your home to cope with your injuries.

You must provide evidence of these losses with documents such as receipts, payslips, and bank statements. Find out how to calculate an accident at work claim by contacting our team today.

What To Do After Suffering A Manual Handling Injury

Any type of accident at work claim, such as manual handling compensation claims, must provide sufficient evidence that proves how the employer was liable and what injuries were suffered.

Below we look at some of the steps you could take following a manual handling accident at work and look at how they could help you prove your claim.

• Seek medical care – your immediate step should be to seek any medical care and treatment you need. You can also request copies of your medical records. These can help to show what manual handling injuries you sustained.
• Complete the accident report book – workplaces with 10 or more employees legally should have an accident report book in which you can log your accident and injuries. You can also request a copy of this record to use as evidence.
• Request CCTV footage of yourself – you may request CCTV footage which captured the accident taking place.
• Photograph any visible injuries – taking photos can help to show the progress of any visible injuries over time.
• Get witness contact details – ask for the contact information of anyone who witnessed your accident.

Our solicitors are experienced in helping people to make successful manual handling injury claims. Contact our team to find out how they could help you gather evidence.

How Long Do I Have To Start My Work Injury Claim?

You must begin your manual handling injury claim within the relevant time limit. The Limitation Act 1980 sets out the accident at work claim time limit as three years. This runs from the date the accident took place.

There are circumstances in which you could claim compensation outside of this time limit. These include:

• Those injured under the age of 18 cannot start their own claim until the date of their 18th birthday. They will then have three years from this date.
• Those who are unable to make their own claim due to lacking the required mental capacity will have the time limit suspended indefinitely. The time limit will only begin if they regain this capacity and will run from the recovery date.

In either of these instances a litigation friend may claim on behalf of the injured person whilst the time limit is suspended.

Get in touch with our team today to find out if you could make a claim on behalf of someone else. One of our experts could also advise you on what time limit may apply to your manual handling accident claim.

Make A Manual Handling Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor

Whilst you do not have to make a manual handling claim with a solicitor, we believe that having a specialist solicitor working on your case could be beneficial. Some of the very services our experienced solicitors can offer their clients include:

• Help with collating evidence.
• Filing the claim within the time limit.
• Communicating with the defending party.
• Negotiating a compensation settlement.

Additionally, our solicitors can work on claims on a No Win No Fee basis under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA).

Under a CFA, you will not need to pay your solicitor upfront as the claim progresses or if the claim fails for their services. You will pay them a success fee if they succeed with your claim. This is a percentage (that is limited by the law) that is taken from your compensation.

Get In Touch With Our Team Today

If you need to make a manual handling injury claim our team could help you. Get in touch with our expert advisors today by:

• Calling 0800 073 8804
• Using our online chat.
• Completing our form to claim online.

 

Further Resources On Accident At Work Claims

Learn more about other accident at work claims we could help with:

• Learn about claiming for a serious injury after an accident at work.
• See if you could claim after falling through a ceiling at work.
• Learn who pays your damages after a work related injury.

External resources:

• In this government resource, you can find out how to request CCTV footage of yourself.
• Check how to tell the HSE about a health and safety issue in this resource.
• Learn more about back pain and its treatments from the NHS.

Thank you for reading our guide to making a manual handling injury claim.

Tendon injuries can be extremely painful, and if a third party has injured you, you might be curious about exploring a case for compensation. This guide about tendon injury claims will cover some of the key points for you to be aware of.

We discuss what tendon injuries are, how they could happen and also how compensation for such an injury is calculated. Also included will be how to progress a claim with one of our experienced No Win No Fee personal injury solicitors.

You can reach out to our team at any point through the following options:

• Call at 0800 073 8804.
• Message in our Live Chat.
• Fill in our Claim Online form.

Key Points In Tendon Injury Claims

• You may be able to claim compensation if another party was at fault and caused you a tendon injury.
• The size of potential compensation is affected by the severity of the injuries and any financial losses suffered.
• You could have been injured at work, on the roads or in a public place.
• Our experienced solicitors can represent you on a No Win No Fee basis.
• You can still claim even if you were partly at fault.

Select A Section or Browse Our Guide

1. Who Is Eligible To Make Tendon Injury Claims?
2. What’s The Difference Between A Tendon Injury And A Ligament Injury?
3. Common Causes Of Tendon Damage
4. Tendon Injury Compensation Amounts – How Much Could I Receive?
5. Can You Make Tendon Injury Claims On A No Win No Fee Basis?
6. More Information On Personal Injury Compensation Claims

Who Is Eligible To Claim Tendon Injury Compensation Amounts?

In order to be eligible, tendon injury claims need to fulfil the following criteria:

• You were owed a duty of care by a third party.
• They failed to fulfil that duty of care.
• You sustained a tendon injury due to this failure.

There are various instances when a failure of duty of care can be established. Some of them are:

Accidents at Work

All employers owe a duty of care towards their employees. This duty is highlighted in the Health and Safety at Work etc. 1974 (HASAW). This law states that employers need to take reasonable and practicable steps to ensure their employee’s safety and welfare. If an employer is in breach of this duty, the employee could bring a claim against them for the tendon injury suffered.

For example, your employer has failed in their duty of performing a risk assessment for the manual handling of goods. You carry a load which is too heavy and end up sustaining tendon damage in your hand. You could potentially make an accident at work claim against your employer for this injury.

Accidents in Public Places

Any person or organisation who controls a public place (known as an occupier) owes a duty of care towards all visitors. This duty has been specified in the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. The law states that the occupier has to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of all visitors. If you sustain a tendon injury due to this breach of duty, you could make a tendon injury claim against the person in control.

For example, you fall down the stairs at a shopping mall due to an unrepaired broken handrail, rupturing your Achilles tendon. You may be able to claim compensation against the occupier of the mall in a public liability claim.

Road Traffic Accidents

All road users owe a duty of care to ensure that they use their vehicles in such a way that they do not cause harm. To meet this duty, they must comply with the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code. You could make a road traffic accident claim against another road user if they breach this duty of care.

For example, a driver who’s driving under the influence crashes into your car from behind, and you injure a tendon in your neck. You could make a car accident claim against them.

If you have had a tendon injury that was not your fault, you can call our team for a free case assessment.

Could I Still Claim For Tendon Damage If I Was Partially At Fault?

You can still claim compensation even if you were partly at fault for the accident. This is called a split liability accident, as the fault (the liability) is split between two parties. The split can be any proportion that adds up to 100%, e.g. 50/50 or 75/25.

The compensation received will be split in the same proportion. So, if a case is split 50/50, then you would receive 50% of the compensation.

An example would be a road traffic collision where both cars attempt to change lanes at the same time and when it is unsafe to do so. This could result in a 50/50 split.

Sometimes, whilst you are not responsible for causing the accident, you have done something or failed to do something that has made your injuries worse. This is called contributory negligence. An example would be a failure to wear a seatbelt in a car crash. This did not cause the accident, but it could be that your tendon injury was made much worse by your failure to wear a seatbelt.

When a case involves contributory negligence, there will be a reduction in the compensation, e.g. by 15%, but the percentage reduction can vary.

Whilst in both these scenarios, you do not receive the full amount of compensation, it is much better to try and claim to get a reduced percentage rather than not claim and receive nothing.

To discuss how your accident happened, why not reach out to an advisor for a free case assessment?

What’s The Difference Between A Tendon Injury And A Ligament Injury?

While we’re discussing tendon injury claims, you might be thinking about ligament injuries as well. Since both ligaments and tendons are soft issues, they can sometimes be confused, but they are different. To understand this difference, it’s necessary to know the distinction between their functions. Tendons and ligaments both are connective tissues which help to support muscles and bones.

However, tendons attach bones and muscles to aid their movement, whilst ligaments help to support and stabilise joints. Without tendons, it wouldn’t be possible for muscles to transfer the energy which is required for movement. Ligaments are connected from bone to bone. They hold the joints together and stabilise them during movement and at rest.

It is possible to injure either a tendon, a ligament or even both in an accident that wasn’t your fault. Call us today to see how we can help you begin the process of claiming compensation for your accident.

Common Causes Of Tendon Damage

Damage to a tendon can be caused by sudden sharp movements. Tendons can also become inflamed or damaged by overuse, or they could rupture if too much force is placed through them.

You could injure a tendon, for example:

• By being asked to lift something that is too heavy over your head. You suffer injuries to the tendons in your shoulder joint in a rotator cuff injury.
• A colleague is operating a forklift truck without the necessary training. They lose control and drive into the back of your ankle, rupturing your Achilles tendon.
• You damage the tendons in your ankle when you slip on oil that is leaking from a defective piece of machinery. Management failed to fix the fault despite being aware of it.
• Someone stacks jagged sheet metal unsafely in a warehouse. It falls as you are walking past, and you put your hands out to protect yourself, but this results in the metal slicing your hand and damaging your tendons.

How Common Are Tendon Injuries?

Tendon injuries can be quite common. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) give statistical tables about the total number of reported non-fatal injuries to employees. In their latest data from 2023/2024, there were 16,395 workplace sprains and strains, which accounted for 27% of incidents reported by employers. Every injury reported was serious enough to cause an absence of more than seven days. A portion of these will likely have involved tendon damage.

Not all workplace injuries have to be reported to the HSE, so the true number of tendon injuries in the workplace could be much higher. It is also worth noting that tendon injuries can occur outside a work setting, with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimating that over 150,000 people in the UK experience Achilles tendinopathy and approximately 4,500 rupture their Achilles tendon each year.

To see if how you injured your tendon could lead to a personal injury claim, contact an advisor today.

Tendon Injury Compensation Amounts – How Much Could I Receive?

In tendon injury claims, the compensation comprises damages of two types:

• General Damages- These are the damages which you could claim for the physical/ psychological injuries you’ve sustained.
• Special Damages– You can claim these damages for the financial impacts caused by your symptoms.

To determine general damages, you may be invited for an independent medical examination.  A medical report from this consultation, in addition to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG), could be used to value the general damages in your case. These guidelines provide a list of injuries and the range of compensation which could be awarded.

We’ve replicated some of the figures from the JCG in the table below. However, you should note that these are just guidelines, and the first row isn’t from the JCG.

Injury	Severity	Compensation Guidelines
Multiple Severe Injuries and Special Damages	Very Serious	Up to £250,000+
Neck Injuries	Severe (iii)	£55,500 to £68,330
Achilles Tendon Injury	Most Serious	In the region of £46,900
	Serious	£30,500 to £36,720
	Moderate	£15,370 to £25,710
	Minor	£8,870 to £15,370
Shoulder Injury	Serious	£15,580 to £23,430
	Moderate	£9,630 to £15,580
Hand Injury	Serious Injury to Middle or Ring finger	£12,590 to £19,940
	Moderate Injuries to the Thumb	£11,800 to £15,370

Here are some examples of financial loss (special damages) that could be claimed if you have supporting evidence:

• Medical costs such as diagnostic tests, prescriptions and travelling to and from medical appointments.
• Loss of earnings– This could be due to having to take time off from work because of your injuries.
• The cost of any care required or modifications to your house.

One of our experienced solicitors could advise you about your specific claim for damages, why not call an advisor today to see if you can be connected?

What Can Affect Tendon Damage Compensation?

We covered above how a split in liability or contributory negligence could affect your compensation earlier. Other factors that could affect the size of the compensation include:

• The severity of the injuries you suffered.
• How much is claimed for special damages, e.g. significant loss of earnings or care needs?
• If the other side accepts fault or chooses to fight your claim and offer to settle at less than a full value.
• The evidence that is available to strengthen your case if it is disputed and how much evidence is available to support your claim for special damages.
• How negotiations progress and how keen you and the other side are to come to an agreement quickly.

Our solicitors have years of dedicated personal injury experience, and they will always do their best to achieve the correct compensation for your claim. Call an advisor today to see if you are eligible to claim.

Can I Claim For Tendon Injuries On A No Win No Fee Basis?

Many people wanting to secure the highest possible tendon or Achilles tendon injury compensation amounts look for representation from a trained solicitor. Among the many benefits of doing so are having someone on your side who understands the process, and being able to delegate much of the work to a professional to take a great deal of stress out of claiming.

Another way in which our solicitors make the claim experience as smooth as possible is their offer of No Win No Fee terms. By working with one of our specialist solicitors under an arrangement called a Conditional Fee Agreement, they agree to charge you nothing at all for their services either:

• Upfront.
• At any point during the claim.
• After a claim that doesn’t succeed.

The solicitor takes a small percentage of the compensation once it’s awarded for a successful tendon injury claim. You can be sure that the percentage is small because of a legal limit applied by legislation called The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013.

If you want to know more about types of claims, tendon or Achilles tendon payouts, or how a No Win No Fee claim works, talk to us any time. We offer free and useful advice with the promise never to pressure you to start a claim. By getting a free evaluation from an advisor, you can also learn whether you could be linked up with a personal injury solicitor for a compensation claim.

Simply choose one of these options – they all operate around the clock:

• Phone: 0800 073 8804.
• Live chat: Just click the pop-up button on your screen.
• Web: Use our Claim Online form.

More Information On Personal Injury Compensation Claims

Thank you for reading our guide on tendon injury claims. Here are some more links to other guides which may be helpful:

• Our guide on the eligibility for claiming for inadequate training.
• Information on nerve damage after an accident at work.
• Details on a slip or trip claim.

Here are some external guides for further reading:

• Guidance from the government on requesting CCTV footage.
• Information from the NHS on hand tendon repair
• Details from the NHS on urgent and emergency care services.

 

When participating in any sport we assume a certain amount of risk of injury. Injuries may happen due to our own actions or be no one’s fault. However, sports injuries may also happen due to someone else’s negligence. They may occur due to a lack of health and safety precautions, faulty sports equipment, poor instruction or damaged facilities. If you have been harmed in an accident which was another person’s fault, you may be able to make a personal injury claim. In this guide, we look at when and how to make sports injury claims.

Key Takeaways

• If someone else has been negligent and you have been injured, you could claim compensation.
• The size of the compensation is affected by the severity of the injuries and claimable financial losses.
• In certain circumstances, it is possible to claim compensation if you were injured playing sport or even as a spectator.
• Our specialist sports injury solicitors could handle your claim on a No Win No Fee basis.

If you are ready to make a sports injury claim, please get in contact with our team.

• You can get live advice from an expert using our chat feature.
• Call 0800 073 8804 to speak to an advisor.
• Check if you are eligible to claim online by sending the details of your case.

Browse Our Guide

• What Are Sports Injury Claims?
• Who Can I Make A Sports Injury Compensation Claim Against?
• How Can A Sporting Injury Happen?
• How Much Compensation Could You Get For A Sports Injury?
• Make A Claim With No Win No Fee Sports Injury Solicitors
• Further Resources On Personal Injury Compensation

What Are Sports Injury Claims?

Whether you are participating in or a spectator at a sporting activity, you may be owed a duty of care. Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, parties who are in control of a public space have a duty of care to keep visitors reasonably safe.

If you are participating in a sporting activity, such as horse riding, football or rugby, you accept that there is a potential risk of harm. However, those providing the activity and/or facilities have a duty to reduce unnecessary or avoidable risks. If any risks are preventable, they should be managed or removed.

For example, if a defect develops on an astroturf football pitch and the occupier becomes aware of it, then they should take steps to fix it. Otherwise, it presents a foreseeable risk of injury.

The general criteria personal injury claims must meet are that:

1. Another party had a duty of care to you.
2. This party breached their duty of care.
3. You were harmed as a direct result of this.

Please contact our team for more information on when you could make a sports injury compensation claim.

Who Can I Make A Sports Injury Compensation Claim Against?

Sports injury compensation claims will be made against the party who owed you a duty of care at the time of the accident. This is in line with the criteria set out above. The party responsible may be:

• An individual, such as an opponent (although these cases can be difficult to establish).
• A sports club or organisation.
• The venue where the activity took place. The occupier of a venue may be a private company or local authority.

If successful, your compensation will likely be paid by the insurance provider of the party responsible for your accident and sports injuries. When you contact our team, we can determine who may be responsible for your accident. One of our personal injury solicitors could then help you to build a successful case against them.

Can I Make A Claim If I Was Injured As A Spectator?

As a spectator, you should assume much lower risk than those participating in a sporting activity. However, spectators may also suffer injuries at sports venues. A spectator could be injured due to poorly maintained facilities and grounds, a lack of proper crowd control, or a general lack of safety measures at the sports venue.

Please get in touch with our experts about making a sports injury compensation claim today.

How Can A Sporting Injury Happen?

Sports accidents could happen in a myriad of different ways. They could affect those participating in sporting activities or spectators. You could have been injured participating in a mountain bike activity, in an activity centre or at a swimming pool.

Potential causes of a sports accident could include,

• • Faulty equipment – those providing sporting equipment (such as a leisure centre, gym, or sports club) must take reasonable ensure that any equipment provided is safe to use. This may extend to equipment which has been hired. If it was poorly maintained or faulty and caused an accident, you could make a claim.
  • Faulty facilities – this may include accidents caused by poor lighting, damaged stairways, defective and broken sporting surfaces which can cause slip, trip and fall. Again, reasonable steps must be taken to address such issues.
  • Poor signage or a lack of warning signs – accidents and incidents may be caused by poor signage, such as warning people of slippery surfaces.
  • Inadequate instruction – an instructor, organiser or other responsible party may fail to provide proper instruction on how to safely participate in an activity. Staff may not have been properly trained in how to do so. Instructors or organisers may also have proceeded with the activity in an unsafe location or unsafe conditions, such as poor or dangerous weather conditions during watersports.
  • Lack of proper safety measures – spectators could be injured if the event is overcrowded, does not have adequate crowd control or is not properly lit.

If you have been injured either as a spectator or participant in a sporting activity, you could have grounds to claim compensation. Contact us for more information on sports injury claims.

How Much Compensation Could You Get For A Sports Injury?

We can not say how much compensation for a sports injury you may be awarded. This is because when you claim compensation your case will be assessed on its individual merits.

If you choose to claim through one of our solicitors, they will assess your case. They will note down what injuries you have suffered and how serious these are. They will also take account of any other ways in which you have been impacted by the incident.

Compensation awarded for your injury can be awarded in line with the Judicial College guidelines (JCG). The JCG contains guidelines on amounts which could be awarded for different forms of harm, such as sports injuries.

Below, we present examples from the JCG. Row one has not been taken from the JCG and includes damages for lost earnings and other costs. These types of losses will be explored below.

Injury	Severity	Compensation
Multiple types of injury and financial loss	Serious or severe	Up to £1,000,000+
Head/ brain injury	A - very severe	£344,150 to £493,000
	C - moderate (ii)	£110,720 to £183,190
Neck injury	A - severe (ii)	£80,240 to £159,770
Knee injury	A - severe (i)	£85,100 to £117,410
Back injury	A - severe (ii)	£90,510 to £107,910
Ankle injury	B - Severe	£38,210 to £61,090
Foot injury	F - moderate	£16,770 to £30,500
Achilles tendon injury	C - moderate	£15,370 to £25,710
Shoulder injury	B - serious	£15,580 to £23,430

Can A Sports Injury Compensation Claim Cover Lost Earnings?

You could be awarded compensation for special damages, such as for loss of earnings in addition to the compensation outlined above. Financial losses can include a wide range of different types of costs and losses which may have been caused by your sporting accident.

You could claim compensation for expenses such as:

• Lost earnings and other lost income.
• Medical costs and expenses such as physiotherapy costs, medication, medical treatment or other care required.
• The cost of travelling to attend medical appointments.

You will need to submit evidence of these losses and how they were caused by your sports accident in order to claim for them. For example, you could present wage slips showing how you lost income due to taking time off work to recover from your sporting injury.

Please contact one of our experts to learn more about how much compensation for a personal injury you could claim.

Make A Claim With No Win No Fee Sports Injury Solicitors

If you have suffered a sports injury in an accident which was not your fault, the last thing you should be worrying about is the cost of claiming compensation. At Legal Expert, our solicitors help people to claim compensation without having to pay upfront for any solicitor’s fees. Nor would you have to pay ongoing solicitor’s fees either.

Instead, if one of our solicitors thinks you have a valid claim they could take your case on, on a No Win No Fee basis. To do so, they will offer you a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). By using a CFA, you will only need to pay for the solicitor’s services if your case is successful and at the end of the case. At this point, you would be charged a success fee. If the case is not successful, there is nothing to pay for the solicitor’s services.

The success fee is subject to a maximum size, set as a percentage of the compensation, meaning you will keep the majority of the damages.

Contact Us

If you have been injured in any of the circumstances described in this guide or otherwise harmed in a sports injury, contact our team.

• You can call one of our advisors today on 0800 073 8804 for more information on sports injury claims.
• Complete our contact form to start your claim online.
• Discuss your case with one of our team using our online chat.

Further Resources On Personal Injury Compensation

In this final part of our guide, you can find additional helpful resources and related information on personal injury compensation claims and dealing with sports injuries.

• If you were injured in a leisure centre accident, you can find out how to claim compensation here.
• If you were injured in a council or local authority maintained facility you can find out here how to make a claim against them.
• Find out how much you could claim for a head injury in this guide.

External resources

• If your child was injured in a sports accident and is eligible to claim compensation, you may act as a litigation friend in order to do so on their behalf.
• You can learn more about how to provide immediate first aid to an injured person in this NHS guide.
• You can find guidance on how to safely run an amateur sports club in this resource from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Thank you for reading our guide to sports injury claims. If you have been injured in any of the circumstances described in this guide please contact our team for more information.

Are you looking for guidance on diabetes compensation claims? Do you feel that your diabetic condition was missed or made worse by poor treatment? This guide explains your options after medical negligence and what you can do to seek compensation for your pain, suffering and financial losses.

The guide will start by defining diabetes as a condition and what a compensation claim like this needs to show. After this, we explain the essential evidence that can support a diabetes claim. Time limits apply when claiming for medical negligence and we discuss these before looking at compensation itself – what it can cover and how it is calculated.

The final section of our guide explores how one of our solicitors could help build your claim and represent you using a type of No Win No Fee agreement.

As you read, please feel free to connect with our friendly advisors at any point. They offer free information and guidance, and can also provide an assessment of your claim. If it’s strong, they could connect you to a solicitor to get started today:

• Discuss your medical negligence claim on 0800 073 8804
• Ask the live chat a question about negligent treatment.
• Or see how much compensation you might be owed and start a claim online.

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1. What Is Diabetes?
2. What Are Diabetes Compensation Claims?
3. What Is Diabetes Negligence?
4. How Do I Claim For Diabetes Negligence?
5. What Is The Time Limit For Diabetes Compensation Claims?
6. How Much Compensation For Diabetes Negligence?
7. Can I Make A Diabetes Compensation Claim On A No Win No Fee Basis?
8. Read More About Making Medical Negligence Claims

What Is Diabetes?

The NHS resources describe diabetes as a condition that causes blood sugar levels to become too high. There are two categories:

• Type 1 diabetes – This is a permanent condition where the immune system attacks and destroys the cells that create vital insulin.
• Type 2 diabetes – A condition where the body does not produce sufficient insulin, or the body’s cells don’t react properly to it. This type of diabetes is much more common, affecting 90% of adult diabetes sufferers.

Symptoms include:

• Acute thirst.
• Frequent urination, especially at night.
• Fatigue.
• Weight loss and reduction in muscle.
• Genital itching.
• Blurred vision.
• Cuts and wounds taking longer to heal.

Diabetes needs to be diagnosed as early as possible because it tends to worsen if left untreated. If undetected, diabetes can lead to serious circulatory problems and hypoglycemic episodes. In some cases, amputation of the lower limbs is required. This can create additional long-term health problems.

You could be owed compensation for healthcare negligence that led to harm like this, so why not speak with our advisors to learn more about diabetes compensation claims?

What Are Diabetes Compensation Claims?

All healthcare and medical professionals have a duty of care to their patients. This means that the patient should be provided with the expected level of care.

In order to make a medical negligence claim, you need to show these professional standards were not met. The eligibility requirements are as follows:

1. A medical/healthcare professional must have owed you a duty of care.
2. They breached this duty.
3. This breach caused you to suffer avoidable or unnecessary harm.

If you feel confident that your healthcare provider failed to meet the necessary care standards and you received incorrect treatment, speak to our advisory team about the eligibility for diabetes compensation claims.

What Is Diabetes Negligence?

Medical negligence involving diabetes can occur as follows:

• Misdiagnosis – The healthcare provider can either incorrectly diagnose the type of diabetes or fail to spot the condition at all despite presenting with symptoms of the condition. This can create delayed treatment and damaging mismanagement of the condition, leading to ulcers and infections.
• Medication errors – The healthcare provider can prescribe the wrong medication or incorrect dosage. This can occur during administration or because of dispensing errors. Errors like this can lead to dangerous hypoglycemic episodes.
• Delayed treatment – Patients often experience complications with diabetes such as diabetic ketacidosis (DKA) or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) which can prompt life-threatening situations requiring immediate medical attention. Amputation, particularly of the foot is sometimes necessary.

If you received delayed diagnosis or incorrect treatment for your diabetes that caused you harm, speak to our team about diabetes compensation claims.

How Do I Claim For Diabetes Negligence?

Claims for medical negligence need evidence that proves the healthcare profession failed to deliver the correct level of care. With this in mind, some examples of proof that could be useful for medical negligence claims include:

• Medical records that show any diagnosis you received.
• Records of treatments or notification of any known allergies.
• Copies of your prescription forms and the packaging it came in.
• Any correspondence with the medical institution or medical professionals that treated you.
• Duplicates of blood test results and specialist reports.

Another action is to see if a solicitor can help with your diabetes compensation claim. Call our team on the number above for structured information about gathering evidence for diabetes compensation claims.

What Is The Time Limit For Diabetes Compensation Claims?

Normally there is a 3-year time limit for starting a medical negligence claim as set out in the Limitation Act 1980. This time limit runs from:

• The date the medical negligence occurred.
• Or the date of knowledge. This is the date when the person first realised that the harm suffered was caused by a breach of the medical professional’s duty of care (or should have realised).

However, certain exceptions to this time limit apply:

• A pause applies to the time limit for patients under the age of 18. Instead, the three-year period starts from the date that they turn 18, allowing them until age 21 to start their own claim.
• A freeze applies to the time limit for claimants who lack the mental capacity to make their own claims. Instead, the three-year time limit is reinstated from any date that they regain mental capacity.

In both these cases, when the harmed party cannot claim for themselves due to being underage or lacking capacity, a responsible party, such as a concerned parent or sibling can be appointed by the courts to act as a litigation friend and start a claim on their behalf. Call for more information about the time limits for diabetes compensation claims. 

How Much Compensation For Diabetes Negligence?

Successful claims for medical negligence can result in compensation that covers two areas called general and special damages.

Under the head of loss called general damages, the pain and suffering are compensated. Those tasked with the calculations use medical evidence and often consult publications like the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG).

This document lists award guidelines for a variety of injuries and illnesses based on their severity. We’ve compiled a table of potential diabetes-related injuries to illustrate below. However, please bear in mind these are purely guideline amounts. Also, please note that the figure given in the first row was not taken from the JCG.

Compensation Guidelines

Type of Harm	Severity	Compensation Guideline
Multiple severe types of harm with special damages	Very Severe	Up to £1 million plus
Leg Amputations	Loss of Both Legs	£293,850 up to £344,150
	One Leg is Lost Below the Knee	£119,570 up to £162,290
Foot Injuries	Amputation of Both Feet	£206,730 up to £245,900
	Amputation of One Foot	£102,470 up to £133,810
Toe Injuries	Amputation of All the Toes	£44,570 up to £68,430
	Amputation of the Great Toe	In the region of £38,210
Eye Injuries	Complete Loss of Sight in One Eye	£60,130 to £66,920
General Psychiatric Damage	Moderately Severe	£23,270 to £66,920
Spleen	Loss of spleen with risk of internal infections.	£25,380 to £32,090

Can I Claim For Loss Of Earnings In A Medical Negligence Claim?

Under the head of loss called special damages, you could be reimbursed for the financial impact of the medical negligence. It is necessary to present documented proof of these out-of-pocket expenses, such as:

• Any payslips that show a loss of earnings or how your capacity to work was adversely affected.
• Paid invoices for medical equipment or alterations to your home that were needed.
• The proof of payment to family and friends, or professional carers who looked after you.
• Tickets and fares for travel to essential appointments.
• Medical costs for treatment you had to pay for.

Other expenses may be eligible for inclusion, so it’s a good idea to keep hold of everything. If you work with a solicitor they can comb through this paperwork with you and advise accordingly. Call to learn more about diabetes compensation claims and how a solicitor can help you today. Additionally, one of our advisors can value your medical negligence claim.

Can I Make A Diabetes Compensation Claim On A No Win No Fee Basis?

Our medical negligence solicitors can offer an array of excellent services to people looking to make diabetes compensation claims. In addition to calculating the amount of damages owed to you, they can deal with the court correspondence as and when it arises. Claims of this nature can become complex, so it’s a real help to know that yours is in safe, expert hands.

Our solicitors work under a type of No Win No Fee contract called a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). This affords numerous benefits to the claimant, such as:

• No requirement to pay upfront solicitor’s fees.
• No need to pay fees for work going forward.
• Nothing is owed to the solicitors for completed services if the medical negligence claim fails.
• A small and legally restricted success fee is applicable for medical negligence claims that win. The cap on the percentage deducted ensures that the person claiming always receives most of their award from a successful outcome.

Interested in seeing if our solicitors could help you? Simply:

• Discuss your medical negligence claim on 0800 073 8804
• Ask the live chat a question about negligent treatment.
• Or see how much compensation you might be owed and start a claim online.

Read More About Making Medical Negligence Claims

In addition to this guide about diabetes compensation claims, these other resources from our website may offer more help:

• Here is more information on compensation payouts for medical negligence claims.
• Also, read about how to make a complaint about medical negligence.
• You can also find details about blood test negligence claims.

External resources to help:

• Some information on learning from medication errors by the NHS.
• The patient guides and materials from the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Also, some duties of a doctor registered with the GMC.

We value your interest in our guide on diabetes compensation claims. If you received poor treatment and feel that you suffered medical negligence, speak to us about diabetes misdiagnosis or malpractice compensation claims working with our solicitors.