Neck Injury Compensation Claims

Neck injuries can range from soft tissue damage to life-changing injuries. If you’ve sustained a neck injury of any kind due to someone else’s negligence, you could be entitled to compensation.

Our solicitors have helped many people in the same situation as you to claim compensation for their neck injury. Contact us to arrange a free initial consultation, where we can discuss your neck injury claim with you and answer any questions you may have.

Neck injuries can vary from mild and temporary, to life-changing. You may have experienced a loss of earnings if you’re unable to manage your job, or you may need to retrain completely, for example if you were in a manual occupation and can no longer lift heavy loads or your mobility is restricted. We’ll make sure your compensation accounts for any loss of earnings, both now and in the future as well as any other changes to your pre-injury lifestyle.

Why choose Irwin Mitchell to handle your neck injury compensation claim?

Our specialist team of personal injury solicitors understand that neck injuries can have a severe impact on your life. That’s why we’ll handle your claim with the sensitivity and professionalism it deserves. We’ll be with you every step of the way, offering tailored legal advice that we believe will give your neck injury claim the best chance of succeeding.

Neck injuries can stop you from working and enjoying doing things you love. In very serious circumstances, spinal injuries may cause paralysis, which will completely transform your life. Our serious injuries team specialises in these cases and can help you access rehabilitation as well as compensation.

Our support and rehabilitation team includes trained clinical specialists, who’ll assess the help you need and then make sure you get it. We’ve excellent relationships with support groups and charities all over the UK, so we can find help that’s local to you.

Your neck injury may mean you’re entitled to certain means-tested benefits. Our benefit claims team will be able to help you understand what you’re eligible to claim and help you to secure these benefits.

To prevent your compensation from being considered when calculating any benefit entitlement which is means tested, we can set up a personal injury trust for you. This separates your compensation from the rest of your finances, making sure you get all you’re entitled to in means-tested benefits.

With offices around the UK, we make it easy for you to visit us if you wish to speak to us in a private and comfortable setting. If your neck injuries make it difficult for you to travel, we can meet you at your home or in hospital or set up phone or video calls. We work to make the claims process as simple for you as possible, so we are flexible to your needs.

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More information on neck injury compensation claims

Your first step towards claiming compensation for a neck injury is contacting us. We’ll set up a free initial consultation with our neck injury claims solicitors, during which you can tell us what happened to you. We’ll advise you on if you could claim, the potential value depending on where you are in your treatment journey and whether you have a final medical prognosis, and how your case could be funded.

If you choose to pursue your neck injury claim with us, we’ll start by collecting evidence. Depending on the cause of your neck injury, we can use various pieces of evidence, such as:

Medical records
Video evidence, such as dashcam or CCTV footage
Photographic evidence
Witness statements
Workplace accident reports
Police reports
Receipts.

To prove the amount of compensation we claim for, and to get an impartial medical opinion on your condition, we can also arrange for you to be examined by an independent medical expert, depending on your injuries we may need experts in various specialisms. Their opinion can be a valuable piece of evidence in establishing the cause of your injury and the extent and effect of your injuries on your lifestyle.

Once the evidence is gathered, we’ll put the claim to your opponent, who can either accept or dispute responsibility and the value proposed. If they accept that they were responsible for your injuries, we’ll work to secure you interim payments, which are early compensation payments to fund treatment and lost earnings.

However, if your opponent disputes they were responsible for your neck injury, we’ll have to prove it. This may include taking your case to court, which we’ll try to avoid unless it’s in your best interests. Court proceedings may also be necessary if your opponent disputes how much compensation we feel you need.

Many claims can be settled out of court even if trial dates have already been set. If you need to go to court, we’ll make sure you’re fully prepared and as comfortable as possible. We’ll be by your side every step of the way and will advise you on what we believe is the best course of action. This’ll help you to make informed decisions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of neck injury could I claim compensation for?

Neck injuries may be the result of a road traffic accident, a slip, trip or fall, a sports injury or from lifting heavy loads.

We can help you to claim for various injuries, including:

Fractured vertebrae
Broken neck
Prolapsed disc
Paralysis (serious spinal injuries).

This list isn’t exhaustive – if your neck injury isn’t listed here, contact us to see if you could make a claim.

We’re unable to take whiplash claims as these are handled through the Government’s small claims process.

Can I make a neck injury claim on behalf of someone else?

Yes, in some situations you can claim on behalf of a loved one. If you sadly lost a loved one due to a fatal neck injury, you could make a claim on their behalf. In these cases, you have three years from the date of their death.

If you were unaware of a potential claim until, for example, the results of an inquest, then it may be possible to claim after three years based on your date of knowledge rather than the date of death. However, these situations would be fact specific and we'd have to advise you on whether we think you'd likely to be successful.

You could claim on behalf of a child until their 18th birthday if they sustained a neck injury.

You can also make a neck injury claim on behalf of someone who lacks the mental capacity to make a claim by themselves.

Can I make a no win no fee claim for a neck injury?

We can take neck injury claims on a no win no fee basis. While we offer various funding methods to clients, no win no fee is a common agreement that protects you from paying anything if your claim is unsuccessful. You also won’t need to pay any upfront fees.

You’ll need a suitable insurance policy to make a no win no fee claim. We can take out After The Event (ATE) insurance on your behalf if you don’t already have a policy in place.

It may be more suitable for you to use a different funding method. We’ll talk you through each option before we start work on your claim and advise you on which we feels is most beneficial.

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