NATIONWIDE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION
UK SOLICITORS

We are an independent network of accident compensation solicitors offering free advice on personal injury claims. Our solicitors are all members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts and deal with claims with using the no win no fee scheme. Compensation is paid in full with no deductions and you will not have to pay for any expenses or insurance as the claim proceeds.

In order to succeed in your claim, you must establish liability and prove that someone else was negligent and that the negligence caused your injuries and other losses. Negligence is a failure to take reasonable care to avoid acts and omissions which would be likely to cause injury and that care for the safety of others was not taken which caused the injury.

Accident compensation is usually separated into general damages, special damages and future loss.

• Special damages
  are items of loss which can be calculated reasonably accurately and these include loss of salary both past and future, travelling expenses, cost of medical treatment and medicines, personal effects damaged in the accident, and the excess on an insurance policy. It is usually necessary to prove these losses by production of receipts, however in the absence of receipts estimates of loss can often be made and verified by other documentary evidence.
• General damages
  These cover items which cannot be calculated precisely. The main item of general damages is usually payment for the injury itself including pain and suffering. Damages for pain and suffering are normally established following review of medical reports obtained specially for the purpose. Other items under this part of the claim include damages for any disadvantage on the job market caused by the injury, loss of congenial employment if a less than satisfactory new job has to be taken and any loss or change of lifestyle compared to that which was previously enjoyed.
• Future losses
  The calculation of these losses is quite complex and if you have losses that are likely to continue for the foreseeable future then a special calculation is applied to the estimated annual loss to arrive at a fair figure for compensation.
• Interest
  You may be entitled to interest on some of your accident compensation. The rate payable and the period for which it is payable varies depending on the type of damages. Interest on special damages runs from the date of the accident whereas interest on general damages runs only from the date of service of legal proceedings.

We are not a claims management company and you will not have to deal with any unqualified middlemen, managers or clerks. We believe that it is important to have a solicitor involved from the start of your claim to ensure that you establish liability and obtain the compensation you deserve. If you would like free advice on claiming damages from UK accredited experts then just complete the contact form and a member of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts will telephone you.