Our goal is to obtain for our clients the highest possible financial awards to compensate them for their injuries and to meet their needs.

This money is paid by the insurers of those responsible for causing the injuries. The insurers also pay legal costs in addition to the compensation and so our clients do not normally have to pay any legal costs out of their award. In the vast majority of cases, no deductions are made from the compensation awarded to our clients.

The amount of the compensation award depends on the nature and extent of our client’s injuries and the resulting losses and needs. Compensation is awarded for the injuries themselves and for future loss of earnings, care and assistance, case management, therapies, equipment and transport, accommodation and so on. The awards which we obtain for our clients frequently run to millions of pounds. For details of some of our recent settlements, take a look at our cases section.

In order to assess our client’s lifetime needs, we obtain detailed expert evidence in all of the relevant disciplines. Sometimes it is also necessary to wait until our medical experts are able to give us a prognosis for our client’s disabilities. In these circumstances, we obtain substantial interim payments to ensure that all of our client’s needs and losses are covered in the meantime.

Every client is different, but in all cases our team of expert catastrophic injury solicitors work to ensure that each client receives the best possible award to provide them with the compensation, care and support which they need long term.

Since damages awards are intended to last a lifetime, it is essential that some of the money received is put aside and invested for the future. We work closely with independent financial advisers who specialise in assisting with the investment of compensation awards and who we involve as and when appropriate.

It is no longer necessary for a client to take all of their award as a large lump sum. We have been at the forefront of the development of secure periodical payments, which are annual payments received by the client for the remainder of their life, even if they live much longer than expected. These payments are index linked and we were involved in some of the first cases allowing the payments to be linked to carers’ earnings, rather than just inflation. We will always consider whether your case may be suitable for periodical payments and advise you appropriately.

In some cases, our clients may wish to continue to receive means tested benefits or to receive help from statutory services if their claim was not 100% successful. Our trust team can advise on the creation of a “personal injury trust” into which damages can be paid whilst still retaining the right to means tested benefits and other services.

Clients with a brain injury may not be able to manage their own financial affairs following the accident. In these circumstances, our specialist Court of Protection unit will assist with an application for the appointment of a “deputy” to undertake this role on the client’s behalf. This can be a family member, but usually we recommend the appointment of a professional deputy who can handle all of the client’s financial affairs in accordance with their wishes and those of the family without this burden falling on another family member. Our Court of Protection unit is headed by David Wedgwood who is on the Court of Protection Deputyship Panel, specialising in complex cases. All Court of Protection costs and professional deputy’s fees are added to the claim, so that they are payable by the insurers of those responsible for the fact that the Court of Protection is required.