Have you been hurt or injured in an accident that was not your fault in the Birmingham area? If so, you could be searching for Birmingham personal injury solicitors to handle your claim for you. Our special team of personal injury solicitors cover Birmingham and the West Midlands area.
Our specialist personal injury claims team are on hand to take your call now. We have years of experience in helping people to make successful claims. If you choose to work with us, we will guide you through the claims process and handle the legal work for you whilst you concentrate on your recovery.
Whether you are based in the city or elsewhere across the UK, we have the experience and knowledge to handle your claim. To chat with us now, you can
- Call 0800 073 8804
- Write to us about your claim online
- Or speak with us now via our live chat box
Legal Expert’s Research Into Personal Injury Claims Against Birmingham City Council
Legal Expert has found that Birmingham City Council paid out £806,004 in personal injury compensation during the last year – more than 64% of the total compensation paid out by councils in the West Midlands Combined Authority.
A Freedom of Information request revealed that 283 claims were made against the local authority from April 2022 to April 2023, meaning 34% of personal injury claims submitted in the West Midlands region were against Birmingham City Council.
The main cause of these claims was slips and trips on pavements or the public highway.
Below you can find a breakdown of all personal injury claims submitted against the council during this period:
- Slips and trips on the public highway and pavements – 193
- Slips, trips on council house land – 12
- Injuries in council housing – 17
- Other slips and trips – 18
- Injuries in parks – 8
- Accidents at school – 3
- Claims by employees – 7
- Other causes – 25
A duty of care is placed on Birmingham City Council to maintain any premises, spaces or highways they oversee and ensure that they are reasonably safe for visitors and employees.
Our experienced personal injury solicitors could help you secure a compensation payout if you have been injured as a result of council negligence. Get in touch for more information.
Ways Our Specialist Team Can Assist People In Birmingham
Various types of compensation claims can potentially be brought if you have been injured in Birmingham. Personal injury solicitors can help you whether your accident occurred on the road, in the workplace or whilst on public premises. Specialist medical negligence solicitors can also help you if you wish to make a claim after substandard medical care or treatment.
The three criteria to make a claim for damages for harm or injury are:
- A third party owed you a duty of care.
- There was a breach of this duty by the third party.
- This breach of duty caused an injury or harm.
Many duties can apply to you as you go about your day to day life. For example, all road users owe each other a duty of care as they use the roads. This duty is to use the roads in such a way that they avoid harm. This includes complying with the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Highway Code.
Your employer owes another duty of care whilst you work. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 states that your employer should take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure your health, safety and welfare at work.
Many other potential types of claims can be made, and our lawyers have years of dedicated experience in all areas of personal injury and medical negligence. They can help you with your case by:
- Offering expert legal advice
- Collecting the evidence needed to support your claim
- Arranging for an independent medical examination
- Aiming for the maximum compensation possible for you
- Negotiating with the defendant or their insurer
- Completing legal paperwork for you
If you are looking for No Win No Fee solicitors for Birmingham, why not give our team a call?
Why Having The Best Personal Injury Solicitor Is Important To Your Claim
At Legal Expert, we can help you to make a compensation claim. We have years of experience in helping people to make a range of different compensation claims at all levels of complexity. Having the best personal injury solicitors working on your claim can be just as important over the long term as getting the right treatment for your injury.
Your recovery is not just dependent on recovering your physical health, but also on recovering any financial losses incurred. You should also be properly compensated for the initial injuries. You can only make a personal injury claim once and have a three year time limit within which to do so. This makes it even more important to have the right person, and team behind them, working on your claim.
When you are deciding between available and competent solicitors who could handle your claim you should also think about the person you are working with. Compensation claims can take between several months and several years (in rare and complex cases). During the course of a claim, you will build a relationship with them and need to pass on detailed personal information, such as your medical records, or how else your injuries have impacted your personal life. Trust is thus an important part of the claims process.
Do I Need Local Solicitors Based In Birmingham?
You do not need to use Birmingham personal injury solicitors to make your claim. Where your solicitor is based is not a critical part of your claim. This is because personal injury claims can often be managed by correspondence. The only part of a claim which commonly needs to be conducted in your area is any medical assessment necessary.
As we work with medical experts in the Birmingham area, we can organise for you to be medically assessed locally.
Compensation Claims Our Birmingham Team Can Conduct
Legal Expert are adept at helping people to claim for a wide range of different types of injury. We can help you to make an accident claim in Birmingham, securing the highest possible amount of compensation. The amount of compensation you will be awarded (if successful) will depend on what your injury is and how serious it was.
Medical Negligence Claims
When we visit any medical practice, whether it is a dentist, GP, or a hospital, we expect to receive the utmost level of care. If that care results in your becoming injured in some way, it can be very distressing. In such cases, you could be able to make a claim using our medical negligence solicitors. We can help you to make a compensation claim against either a private or NHS facility. You can learn more about how our medical negligence solicitors can help people in this area in our guide to Birmingham medical negligence claims.
There are many different kinds of medical negligence claims which we can assist with, including these examples:
- Misdiagnosis claims
- Birth injury claims
- Hospital infection claims
- MRSA claims
- Care home negligence claims
Claims For Accidents At Work In Birmingham
At Legal Expert, we have helped claimants from across the country to claim compensation for an accident at work. In this area, we can help anyone from those employed in restaurants and retailers, to office workers, those employed by the city council, or even those working at armed forces bases around the wider region.
There are many other work accident claims which we could potentially help out with, such as the following:
- Manual handling injury claims
- Warehouse accident claims
- Work illness claims
- Factory accident claims
- Farming/agricultural accident claims
Serious Injury Claims
Serious injuries may be defined as those injuries which could have been severe enough to have been life-threatening. Generally, they will have involved severe pain and you could have been left unconscious, either through the injury or due to a medically induced coma. They could also involve the loss of an internal organ or greatly reduced function in it.
Your cognitive ability may also have been affected as a result. Severe injuries will often carry serious and long lasting consequences for the claimant and those around them. To successfully get the most compensation possible, you need to use the best personal injury solicitors.
Claiming Compensation For Car Crashes In Birmingham
Road traffic accident claims are some of the most common types of claims our personal injury solicitors conduct. Accidents on the road in Birmingham might include those involving cars, public transport, taxis, or any other type of commercial, public, or private vehicle.
Birmingham No Win No Fee Solicitors
If you have been injured in an accident that was not your fault, you may be eligible to claim compensation. If this is something you want to do but need support, our personal injury solicitors for Birmingham are here to support you.
We understand that paying for legal representation may concern you. However, our solicitors for Birmingham operate on a No Win No Fee basis. Therefore, you may be able to sign a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) with them to avoid paying upfront solicitor fees.
What charges will I have to pay?
If your claim is successful, you must pay our solicitors a success fee. However, if you have signed a CFA, this will not be taken as an upfront payment. Rather, our solicitors will take a legally capped small percentage of your compensation to cover this cost. If your claim is unsuccessful, you do not need to pay our solicitors for their work on your claim.
To start a compensation claim with No Win No Fee solicitors for Birmingham, get in touch with our helpful advisors.
What To Do Next
Your next steps are simple. You can either reach out to our personal injury solicitors to begin your claim, or you can browse more of our guides. Please note that our team are on hand seven days a week, 24 hours a day to take your calls and messages. If you request a call back, we will aim to contact you as soon as possible.
Where can I find out more
We understand that deciding to take legal action is always a big decision and that you need to be fully informed to be confident in your choice. In this guide, you can find out more about the personal injury claims process in general. For further information, please contact our team of advisors using the details below.
Local Solicitors: Contact Legal Expert’s Birmingham Team Today
Our local solicitors covering the Birmingham and West Midland areas have years of experience in personal injury claims. When you have decided to make a compensation claim and to do so with Legal Expert, you can begin by calling our team on 0800 073 8804. You can also get in touch via several other methods. You can send us an email to office@legalexpert.co.uk, use our form on this page to request a call back, or talk to us through the online support feature highlighted on this page.
Whichever method you use, our team are ready and waiting to hear from you.
Local Information For Claimants In Birmingham
After being involved in an accident, you may need to report it to the police or visit a hospital for treatment. In rare instances, you may also need to go to court with your claim. We have included details for these services in the Birmingham area below.
West Midlands Police
Steelhouse Lane,
Birmingham,
B4 6NW
Tel: 0845 113 5000
Web: www.west-midlands.police.uk
Birmingham Crown Court
1 Newton St,
Birmingham,
B4 7NA
Tel: 0121 681 3300
Web: courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/birmingham-crown-court
Birmingham City Hospital
Dudley Road,
Birmingham,
B18 7QH
Tel: 0121 553 1831
Web: www.uhb.nhs.uk/home.htm
Opening hours: 24 hours a day
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- More Information About Council Accident Solicitors
Thank you for reading our guide about starting a claim with the help of Birmingham personal injury solicitors. We hope you found this guide informative.
