Our specialist brain injury solicitors have over 30 years’ experience in achieving strong results in complex claims involving adults and children with brain injuries. We’re recognised as a leading firm in the field of head and brain injury by the independent Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 guides.
Our head injury claims solicitors understand the importance of getting the right treatment and rehabilitation in place – and as quickly as possible – to ensure the best quality of life after suffering a head or brain injury. We can recommend our carefully-chosen, trusted partners in rehabilitative care and support who can help start the recovery process, including treatment and assessment, even before your claim has been settled.
Whatever your needs and whatever your head or brain injury , contact us now to find out how we can help.
A brain injury occurs when a blow or trauma to the head causes significant brain damage. The consequences of a brain injury can be devastating for the injured person and their family, and lead to all sorts of memory, concentration, language and communication problems. The impact of a brain injury can vary depending on the type and severity of the injury. Find out more on what qualifies as brain injury here.
This brief guide explains the different types of injuries that can occur, along with an explanation of the effects on different functional areas within the brain. It also displays the Glasgow Coma Scale – one technique used by medical professionals in order to classify the extent of injury caused based on an individual’s motor responses, verbal responses and ability to open their eyes in response to stimuli. Please click the image to see it in full size.
Our specialist brain injury solicitors have over 30 years’ experience in winning complex claims involving adult brain injuries and child brain injuries.
If we are confident you have a good claim, we will offer to act for you on a “no win no fee” basis. That means if your brain injury compensation claim is not successful, you won’t have to pay anything.
We work with partner organisations to provide easy access to some of the best rehabilitation and support services, so recovery doesn’t have to wait until your claim is settled.
We represent clients anywhere in the world who have been injured in England and Wales. We are able to pay you a visit at your home or hospital, anywhere in the country.
The Legal 500 guide has described Bolt Burdon Kemp as:
“renowned for its commitment to the early rehabilitation of clients”
Our client, a young successful professional, was crossing at a pedestrian crossing when she was involved in a collision with a motorcycle being driven at excessive speed. She sustained a severe traumatic brain injury as well as multiple fractures to her legs, arms, ribs and pelvis.
Having gained some insight into who we are and what we do, find out about the compensation claims process, and what happens when you first contact us.
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Every brain injury claim is unique, and we’ll carefully review your case details to ensure we achieve the best results for you. The five main steps for making a claim are:
For a free, no-obligation chat about your or your child’s claim, contact us on 020 3740 6647
or use our online brain injury enquiry form.
If we think you or your child have a claim, we’ll help determine the best funding arrangements for you, which could include a “no win, no fee” agreement.
We contact the party likely to be responsible for your claim, to notify them and ask them to consider funding your rehabilitation. We will also explore other rehabilitation options to help you at this stage.
We’ll request copies of your or your child’s medical records, GP notes, and accident reports to help us identify the severity of the injury, and its impact on your or your child’s life. This will help us assess whether anyone’s wrongdoing may have caused or worsened the injury.
If the records support your claim, we’ll ask medical and/or accident reconstruction experts to prepare reports about the case.
Once we have supporting evidence from all experts, we’ll write a formal “letter of claim” to the individual or organisation responsible for causing or worsening the brain injury.
Find out more about the brain injury claims process.
If we think you have a strong claim, we will find a way to fund it for you. The four main funding options available are:
1. ‘No win, no fee’ agreement, otherwise known as a Conditional Fee Agreement
2. Legal Expenses insurance
3. Legal Aid
4. Paying privately
Find out more about the funding options available and partner organisations who can help.
Your financial circumstances change when you receive compensation after becoming seriously injured. This means your means-tested benefits may be at risk. However, you can protect your entitlement to benefits by setting up a personal injury trust. Our specialist brain injury solicitors will be happy to advise you if this is relevant to your circumstances.
Investing your compensation requires careful thought and often specialist advice. We can recommend an appropriate adviser to help you, if you’d like to pursue this avenue.
In many claims for head and brain injury compensation, your current medical situation and future prospects may be improved by receiving appropriate medical treatment including surgery, physiotherapy, counselling or care at the earliest opportunity, rather than waiting for the claim to be concluded. We have arrangements with providers of rehabilitation services to ensure your recovery starts as soon as possible.
Brain injuries have serious consequences for both the injured person and their loved ones. No amount of money can ever truly provide adequate compensation for the devastating effects of a severe head injury. However, compensation can help you to manage the consequences by funding much needed care, treatment and therapy, alleviating financial hardship and improving quality of life.
The amount of compensation you’ll receive depends on the severity of your injury, and the impact it’s had on your personal life and career, and will take into account any financial losses you have suffered.
There are strict time limits for bringing a claim for brain injury. Typically, you have three years from the date on which the injury occurred to issue a claim in court. If you do not issue your claim in time, you will lose the right to bring your claim altogether.
In some circumstances, you will be able to bring a claim within three years of the date on which you ought reasonably to have become aware that you had a claim. This ‘date of knowledge’ test is subjective and needs to be assessed on a case by case basis. It is therefore important that you get advice from a specialist solicitor as soon as possible to avoid falling foul of these time limits.
When bringing a claim on behalf of a child, you have to issue the claim in court before the child’s 21st birthday.
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