Serious and life-changing injury

Catastrophic Injury Claims

Where an injury changes the rest of someone's life, the claim stops being about compensation and becomes about funding the care they will need for decades.

A catastrophic injury claim is a different exercise from an ordinary one. The value is not in the injury award. It is in the lifetime cost of care, accommodation, therapies, equipment and lost earnings, calculated over the injured person’s remaining life.

Getting that right takes time and a team: care experts, occupational therapists, accommodation and assistive-technology experts, and an accountant. It also takes interim payments, so the family is not waiting years for money they need immediately for adaptations and care.

These cases should never be rushed to settlement. A serious injury claim settled before the long-term prognosis is understood cannot be reopened, whatever happens afterwards.

What you can claim for

A professional care regime, now and for life
Adapted or alternative accommodation
Prosthetics, wheelchairs and assistive technology
Lifelong therapy: physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology
Loss of earnings and lost pension
Case management and support for the whole family

Cases we handle

Spinal cord injury and paralysis
Amputation and limb loss
Severe polytrauma from road and workplace accidents
Serious burns
Injuries requiring lifelong care and supervision
Fatal accident claims brought by a dependent family

Time limits The ordinary three-year limit applies, but there are important exceptions. Where an injured person lacks the mental capacity to conduct their own affairs, time does not begin to run while that continues. Where an injury has proved fatal, the three years generally run from the date of death. Take advice. Do not assume a claim is out of time.

Free initial consultation

Speak to a solicitor today

Tell us what happened and we will tell you honestly whether you have a claim. The first conversation is free, there is no obligation, and if we take your case on it is on a No Win No Fee basis.

Start your claim 0161 637 8010