Making a Personal Injury Claim
If you have suffered a personal injury as a result of the negligence of another person or company, you may be entitled to make a personal injury claim. Most personal injury claims can be made on a no win no fee basis. This means that if a solicitor agrees to take on your personal injury compensation claim and fails to win the case, no costs would be passed on to you. In other words, the solicitor takes the case on at their own risk.
In order to make a successful personal injury claim there are three elements that must be present; some form of negligence, a personal injury, and evidence of both the accident and the injury.
Negligence
The first part of any personal injury claim is negligence. In other words, somebody else has to be at fault or to blame for your accident. If you have tripped over your own shoelaces, or have fallen over because you have had too much to drink, it is very unlikely that you would be able to make a personal injury claim, regardless of how bad your injuries are.
Personal Injury
To make a personal injury claim, naturally, you must have suffered a personal injury. Depending on the type of accident you have had, this could include whiplash, bruising, broken bones, ligament damage, post traumatic stress syndrome, lacerations, damaged teeth or even death. If you have had an accident which has not resulted in any personal injury, you will not be able to make a personal injury claim. You can not claim for a ‘near miss’ or for what ‘could of happened’.
Evidence
To make a successful personal injury compensation claim it is essential that you can prove not only that you have suffered a personal injury, but also that your injuries were caused by the negligence of a third party. This is why evidence is very important for a successful personal injury claim.
The type of evidence you may have will depend on the type of accident you have had, but may include medical reports, witness statements, photographs, accident books, etc.
For further information on making a no win no fee personal injury claim, please click on the links below:
Guide to Personal Injury Claims | Personal Injury Claims. July 7, 2008 | 
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