Expertise And Understanding From Irwin Mitchell
Head and brain injuries can have a dramatic and life-changing impact for the person injured and for those who are close to them. We passionately believe that our clients deserve the best possible medical care, rehabilitation and specialised support after suffering a head injury at work.
At Irwin Mitchell we fight fearlessly to achieve the best outcome for you. We’re renowned for our understanding of the issues affecting you and your family due to a head or brain injury in the workplace, 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 Head And Brain Injuries With Expertise And Sensitivity
Employers have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees. When this protection is missing or flawed, serious head or brain injury is just one possible consequence.
In a workplace setting these injuries can happen in many different ways. A head injury could be the result of a fall (particularly a fall from height such as a fall through a roof or ceiling, from a scaffold or down stairs). Alternatively you may have sustained your injury after being struck by a falling object or when equipment has failed, for example where there has been a scaffolding or a shelving collapse. Sometimes the injury might have been avoided if you had the right personal protective equipment (such as a harness or hard hat) but even if you had protective equipment available to you when you were injured, you may still have a claim.
People with injuries to the head or skull will sometimes also have some degree of brain injury but this is not always the case. In some cases a head injury, such as a fractured skull or fractures to facial bones, may not affect the brain. In other cases there will also have been damage to the structure of the brain. There may also be cases where the brain has been injured not as a result of a direct blow, but from violent movement of the head so there may be brain injury without any external injury.
If there has been an injury to the brain itself it will not always be easy to notice. If you have experienced a less severe injury (subtle brain injury) you may not have linked subtle symptoms such as memory loss and concentration difficulties to your accident.
If you have suffered from a head or brain injury at work, Irwin Mitchell could help you make a claim for the compensation you need and deserve.
We consider every aspect of your head injury compensation claim, assisting you as necessary with your rehabilitation, return to everyday life, and where appropriate, education and work opportunities, to help overcome the effect of any ongoing injuries. We have a leading national team of specialist solicitors who can guide you through the head injury claims process and support your claim for compensation. We also have day-to-day experience of helping people with less obvious, subtle, brain injuries so you can be sure that we will arrange any medical assessments that are appropriate for you.
The service that we provide is about much more than securing head injury compensation after your workplace accident. As well as financial security, we know that making arrangements for your care and support is key to your future wellbeing, and this is central to what we will do.
Irwin Mitchell offer you legal advice and support from a dedicated team of specialists with considerable skills and experience in supporting head injury clients.
Proven Expertise In Head And Brain Injury Claims
Irwin Mitchell is one of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the country. Our service for brain injury and head injury clients is second to none. Every year we recover millions of pounds in damages for head and brain injury clients in total across the country. We are the only specialist legal provider in this field with a truly national reach.
Our team includes many of the country’s finest personal injury lawyers. We operate in highly specialised teams, offering the highest level of legal expertise. You’ll be assigned an experienced solicitor who will handle your head injury claim with care and consideration for your individual needs.
We are strong in every aspect of legal representation for head injury clients - from gathering evidence to identify the existence of a subtle but life-changing brain injury through to creative and forward thinking ways to put together support and opportunities to improve your quality of life.
Our head injury solicitors are recognised in the directory of head injury solicitors approved by Headway - the Brain Injury Association. We work closely with head injury experts across the UK and further afield, to secure the best possible results for our clients.
Our service includes:-
- Early investigation of liability
- Interim payments wherever possible to help fund private healthcare, rehabilitation and help with your financial security.
- An approach that takes into account any worries that you may have such as dealing with financial needs, state benefits and asserting your employment and other rights.
- Expert support for you to take up rehabilitation and employment opportunities
- Specialist in-house services such as Personal Injury Trusts advice, financial planning, wills, Powers of Attorneys and advice on periodical payments
- If you or a loved one has suffered a very severe brain injury and have to have special assistance in managing financial and official affairs, we have a nationally pre-eminent team for looking after funds with the Court of Protection.
Irwin Mitchell’s Commitment To Making A Difference
Irwin Mitchell’s first commitment is to you, and to achieving the best outcome for your claim. We’ll ensure that you are well cared for throughout your head injury claim, and are committed to securing significant compensation for those entitled to claim for head and brain injury.
We also have a wider commitment - to seek improvements to the legal protection and levels of compensation for those who have suffered head and brain injuries.
Our ground-breaking support for clients after serious injury has been recognised many times, most recently in securing the claimant’s solicitors Rehabilitation First Award in 2008. We also work closely with brain injury case managers (who can organise therapy and support), rehab providers and therapists across the UK.
We have long been leaders in developing new and innovative services for our head and brain injury clients, as well as opening up new opportunities for our clients after a head injury.
We strive to help those who for whatever reason cannot claim as well as those that can. We are sponsors and fundraisers for several leading brain injury charities and support groups. Nationally, several of our staff work voluntarily to assist local support groups that work with those with head injury and their families, to give something to the community.
It is important to always recognise the huge commitment and sacrifice of family members and carers who help individuals with brain injury. We have always done that, and seek to promote education opportunities for carers as well as arranging for specialist funded support (wherever possible) to share the task of caring a little more.
To find out more about what charity and support groups can do, follow these links to their websites.