The Compensation Culture

This is yet another phrase, like “no-win no-fee”, that seems now to be familiar to everyone and yet is also appears to be a phrase that is used disapprovingly and seems to suggest that there is maybe something wrong with bringing a claim for personal injury compensation.

Why Bringing Your Claim for Personal Injury Compensation has Nothing to do with the “Compensation Culture”

It is the law that if an individual suffers personal injury through no fault of their own but instead through the fault of another individual or organisation then they are entitled to seek personal injury compensation with the aim of placing that individual in the same position as if the accident had not happened. The phrase “The Compensation Culture” somehow seems to try to suggest that there is something cynical or greedy in this. There is not. Any individual who brings a claim for personal injury compensation following an accident is not following “The Compensation Culture”; they are instead seeking only what they are entitled to under the law.

Remember: The purpose of personal injury compensation is to place an individual only in the same position as if the accident had not happened – there is no betterment, there is no greed – the individual is only seeking what they are legally entitled to.

Personal injury covers a wide range of injury types – from whiplash injuries sustained in road traffic accidents, to broken bones from slipping on a damaged pavement, even health problems caused through medical negligence.

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Mr I
Sustained a whiplash injury when a taxi he was a passenger in was involved in a RTA.
Awarded £3,250
Mr S
After an RTA our client suffered an unusual hand injury.
Awarded £15,000 at Court
Mr B
After a fall off a ladder at work, our client suffered injuries to the head and abdomen.
Awarded £20,000
Mr M. R
Our client sustained injuries in an accident with a foreign lorry.
Awarded £7,250
Mr S. A
During an RTA our client suffered a knee injury
Awarded £5,000
Mr K
Our client was involved in a RTA suffering very serious injuries.
Awarded £137,000 following 3 day trial
Mrs J. E
Suffered injury to her shoulder after and RTA that required ongoing treatment.
Awarded £12,500
Mr B
Injured as a passenger in a vehicle when a tyre blew out causing driver to lose control.
Awarded £2,650
Mr D. D
During and RTA, our client suffered injuries to their neck, back, shoulder and foot.
Awarded £10,000
Mr R. U
Our client was knocked down by a lorry door and Suffered injury to face and shoulder.
Awarded £6,207
Mr S
Client injured after being hit on the side of head by bus wing mirror while waiting to cross the road.
Awarded £11,500
Mr V. G
Our client was knocked over by a motorbike, and suffered injuries to her head and hand.
Awarded £19,000
Mr A
Client suffered a serious knee injury after a vehicle collided into his bicycle.
Awarded £12,500
Mrs G
Hit in shoulder by wing mirror of a Royal Mail van while out walking.
Awarded £15,000
Mrs R
Wheels of work trolley got stuck as floor was not level and injured wrist whilst lifting the trolley.
Awarded £9,660
Mrs S
Client worked in a high street store when they slipped on wet floor and dislocated right shoulder.
Awarded £16,000
Mr W
After an RTA our client client suffered a back injury which caused great difficulty.
Awarded £3,200
Mr G
Involved in an RTA with a Metropolitan Police vehicle, and they denied liability.
Awarded £4,000

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