Our expert amputation lawyers will handle your claim at no cost to you* and in the vast majority of cases you will receive 100% of your compensation**.
Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell
An injury that results in amputation or the loss of an arm or leg can have a serious impact on your quality of life. Our specialist solicitors have years of experience of helping people who have lost a limb to claim compensation, but we can also help you adjust to your new circumstances following limb-loss or amputation.
At Irwin Mitchell we fight fearlessly to achieve the best outcome for your amputation injury claim. We’re renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family due to an amputation, and we know what positive action to take to make a difference.
Our lawyers offer the highest level of professionalism and expertise, combined with dedication and sensitivity.
Above all, we put you first.
Handling Amputation Injury Claims With Expertise And Sensitivity
It’s hard to know where to turn when you or someone close to you has suffered a serious injury that has resulted in amputation. It’s a traumatic experience, and there can be a great deal of readjustment required while you rebuild your life in your new found situation.
Depending on the nature of the amputation you have suffered you may be unable to work or have had to change your job. Your may also require:
- Extensive rehabilitation or retraining
- Sophisticated and expensive prosthesis
- An adapted property
- Specialist aids and equipment
- Care support and other household assistance
- Private medical treatment and therapies
With long experience of handling compensation claims for clients who have suffered amputations, Irwin Mitchell has an outstanding track record in securing the best specialist advice in all of these areas. We will also work to secure interim payments of compensation to fund your needs while we progress your claim.
We balance the delicate handling of a traumatic event with a proactive approach to the many practicalities people face after an accident resulting in amputation. Throughout your amputation claim, we'll support and help you as you adjust.
Our specialist team of lawyers will provide you with effective legal advice as well as the support and guidance necessary to begin your rehabilitation.
We will concentrate all of our efforts on securing the very best outcome for you following your injury, and for your claim itself.
Proven Expertise In Amputation Claims
As members of the Limbloss Legal Panel, our solicitors have considerable experience, working on behalf of people who have suffered from amputations and the loss of an arm or leg.
Irwin Mitchell is also one of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the country.
Our team includes many of the country’s finest personal injury lawyers. They operate in highly specialised teams, offering the highest level of legal expertise in amputation claims.
Our pioneering service for clients with severe injuries was recognised with Rehabilitation First Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Making A Difference
Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to achieving the best outcome for your amputation injury claim.
We also have a long history of campaigning with leading organisations in numerous personal injury fields. Together with those organisations we seek improvements in health and safety, prevent accident and injury where possible, and improve the quality of life and levels of compensation for those who have suffered injury.
We have also pursued many leading legal cases in order to improve the prospects of success of claims for various forms of personal injury, and to obtain fairer compensation.
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The above information relates to the law and procedures in England and Wales.
* Subject to entering a ‘No Win, No Fee’ agreement with us and complying with its terms.
** Does not apply to group actions, criminal injuries or accidents and illnesses outside England and Wales and is subject to compliance with the terms of your funding arrangements.
All Scottish cases will be handled by the Scottish law firm with which we are associated, Irwin Mitchell Scotland LLP. The law relating to funding is different in Scotland and you will receive separate advice about what that means as well as a separate funding agreement.