By Stephen Hudson. Last Updated 13th June 2024. In this guide, we explain what hip injury claims are, how this type of injury can happen, when you are eligible to make a claim and how to do so. If you have suffered from an injury to your hip due to the fault of a negligent third party, you may be entitled to compensation.
We aim to provide you with information and insight into the claims process. This includes an explanation of how a personal injury solicitor could support your case. We also discuss the average compensation awards for a hip injury and how we can help you claim it.
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Select A Section:
- Am I Eligible To Claim Compensation For A Hip Injury?
- What Evidence Do You Need To Prove A Hip Injury Claim?
- What Is The Average Compensation For A Hip Injury?
- No Win No Fee Agreements And Hip Injury Claims
- Why Choose Our Services When Making Hip Injury Claims?
Am I Eligible To Claim Compensation For A Hip Injury?
In various scenarios, you are owed a duty of care by another party. If this duty is breached, then this could potentially lead to an accident that causes you to suffer injuries such as a hip injury. Different scenarios where you are owed a duty of care and could suffer a hip injury if it’s breached include the following:
- Accidents at work – All employers are responsible for their staff and owe them a duty of care to protect them from harm while they’re working, as per the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. A failure to do so could lead to a workplace accident. For example, your employer might fail to provide you with adequate training before instructing you to operate a forklift truck. As a result, you crash the vehicle and sustain a broken hip.
- Road traffic accidents – All road users owe a duty of care to each other to prevent harm coming to themselves and others. Under this duty, they should also comply with the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code. Failure to do so could result in a road traffic accident that leads to a hip injury claim in response. For example, the driver of a car might crash into the side of you by failing to check it was safe to pull out at a junction.
- Accidents in a public place – Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, the party in control of a public space owes a duty of care to visitors to keep them safe. If there is a failure to uphold this duty, it could lead to you sustaining a hip injury in a public place accident. For example, you might slip, trip or fall on a wet floor in a shop because the spillage was not signposted with an appropriate warning sign.
You may be eligible to make a hip injury compensation claim if your case can establish the following:
- You were owed a duty of care.
- This duty was breached.
- You suffered a hip injury as a consequence of this breach.
Get in touch with our advisors if you have any questions about your eligibility to claim for a hip injury. You can also ask about other aspects of claiming, such as potential hip injury compensation amounts and what the average compensation is for a hip injury in the UK.
Hip Injury Claims – Time Limits
Hip injury claims, like other personal injury claims, will generally need to be started within 3 years from the date of the injury. This is stated in the Limitation Act 1980.
Sometimes, your hip injury may only be diagnosed at a later date than it being sustained. You could use the date of knowledge as the first day of your 3-year time limit.
When claiming hip injury compensation amounts for injured children, a litigation friend must be appointed to do so. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot represent themselves in a claim. They can only do so once they reach adulthood. Their time limit begins on their 18th birthday, if the claim has not already been started by a litigation friend.
Similarly, if a hip injury payout is to be claimed by someone with a reduced mental capacity, then a litigation friend must be appointed to do so on their behalf. However, if and when the injured person’s mental capacity reaches a suitable state, they can make their own claim. Until then, their 3-year time limit also remains suspended, beginning only from the date they are deemed to have recovered.
To find out more about time limits for hip injury claims, get in touch with our advisors today.
What Evidence Do You Need To Prove A Hip Injury Claim?
If you’re seeking compensation for a hip injury, you will need evidence to support your claim. This evidence needs to prove that your hip injury was the result of third-party negligence. Further into this article, we explore situations in which you could be owed a duty of care.
Examples of evidence that could be used for hip injury claims:
- Medical records.
- CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage.
- Witness contact details.
- Photographs of the scene.
- Pictures of your injuries.
Other evidence could also be useful for your claim. A solicitor could help you collect evidence to support that a breach of duty of care caused your injury. For example, if you were claiming for hip injuries from falling, you may not have taken a photograph of the scene, but a solicitor could collect official statements from witnesses.
Call our advisors to learn more about what evidence could support hip injury claims and the average compensation for a hip injury.
What Is The Average Compensation For A Hip Injury?
Unfortunately, telling you the average compensation for a hip injury in the UK is unlikely to help you calculate what compensation you could be awarded. This is because every claim is different, but each contains two seperate heads, known as special and general damages.
General damages compensates you for the pain and suffering caused by your injuries. You could also be compensated for any loss of amenity, such as an inability to take part in your usual activities.
Legal professionals can use the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to help value general damages. Therefore, we have used compensation brackets from the JCG to make the table below.
It’s worth noting that you should only use the figures as guidelines. A solicitor will also consider any special damages when valuing your personal injury compensation. Please note that the table should be viewed as a guide only and the first entry listed is not based on the JCG.
| Type of Injury | Severity | Compensation Bracket |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Serious Injuries And Special Damages | Serious | Up to £500,000+ |
| Hips/Pelvis | Severe (i) | £95,680 to £159,770 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Severe (ii) | £75,550 to £95,680 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Severe (iii) | £47,810 to £64,070 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Moderate (i) | £32,450 to £47,810 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Moderate (ii) | £15,370 to £32,450 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Lesser Injuries (i) | £4,820 to £15,370 |
| Hips/Pelvis | Lesser Injuries (ii) | Up to £4,820 |
What Else Can You Include In A Hip Injury Claim?
Some hip injury settlement amounts also include special damages. This is the head of claim that addresses the way your injuries have affected your financial well-being. For example, if you are unable to work because of your hip injury, this could result in a loss of earnings. In this case, you could potentially claim these lost earnings back under special damages.
Special damages can also help you cover the cost of:
- Childcare.
- Mobility aids.
- Home adjustments.
- Prescriptions.
- Over-the-counter medications.
It’s important to note that in order to claim these losses back, you must be able to provide evidence of them, e.g. with bank statements and receipts. One of the benefits of working with a solicitor is that they can help you gather the evidence you need to build a strong case.
Get in touch with our team today to find out if you could be entitled to work with one of our solicitors for your hip injury claim.
No Win No Fee Agreements And Hip Injury Claims
To have your hip injury claim assessed now for free, you can call our advisors here at Legal Expert. They will be able to tell you if they think your personal injury claim has a good chance of succeeding. If they think you have an eligible claim for compensation, they can introduce you to one of our No Win No Fee solicitors.
Very often, the solicitors will use a type of No Win No Fee agreement called a Condition Fee Agreement CFA. What this generally means when making a claim with a solicitor on a No Win No Fee basis is:
- Solicitor fees are not needed to be paid upfront.
- There are no solicitor fees to be paid while the case is running
- When the case succeeds, and you are awarded compensation, the solicitor working under a CFA can take a percentage of the compensation. However, this is capped by law.
When honest cases fail, you are not required to pay for the services the solicitor has provided.
Call our advisors now to ask any questions you have about working with a solicitor who offers their service on a No Win No Fee basis.
Why Choose Our Services When Making Hip Injury Claims?
Our company is ideally placed to assist you in making a compensation claim, alongside providing you with the support needed to minimise the experience’s stress as a claimant.
Our years of experience in dealing with personal injury claims place us in a unique position as one of the most capable companies dealing with hip injury claims. This experience has given us a deep understanding of claims and how to maximise your chances of being successful in your hip injury compensation claim.
Should you use our services, we assure you that any hip injury claims will be handled professionally and efficiently by legal experts. They can assist you in your claim at any stage of the process and give you exemplary advice on proceeding with your claim and receiving the compensation you deserve.
Our company also has a strong commitment to seeing justice done, especially for those who believe that they cannot receive it due to their financial status. This commitment is highlighted by offering local medical assessments and our ‘No Win No Fee’ policy.
Call for Free Advice and To Start a Claim
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You can begin your claim through the contact form provided or our phone number below. Once you do this, we can begin getting you the compensation you deserve.
Call 0800 073 8804 now and discover how our company can provide you with free advice on hip injury claims. If you’re still unsure or have questions about potential hip injury compensation amounts, for instance, you can contact us at a time that suits you.
Learn More About Making A Hip Injury Claim
Below, you can find more information about making a hip injury claim:
- Medical Negligence Compensation Claims – If you have had a hip injury due to medical negligence, find out today if you can claim hip injury compensation.
- Hip pain and injury – NHS Choices – Hip Injuries and hip pain in adults can be treated with surgery. Find out more about hip pain.
- Hip fracture NHS – Hip fractures are breaks or cracks at the top of the thigh bone (femur); find out more.
- Serious Back Injury Compensation Case Study – Read this guide to find out how much a serious back injury could be worth.
- Pedestrian Accident Claims
- Finger Injury Claims
- Hernia Injury Claims
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Contact our team today for free legal advice to find out how much compensation you could receive from hip injury claims.
