WHAT IS THE VALUE OF MY CLAIM?
There are many different types of accidents and equally many different types of injuries that people suffer.
The amount of personal injury compensation awarded depends on the extent of the injury and the financial losses involved.
Compensation is awarded for pain, suffering and your inability to do things after your accident that you could do before. The award is made based upon medical evidence, normally specialist reports, of the injuries suffered. The amount of compensation takes account of how your injuries or disease affect you now and how they might affect you in the future.
Accident compensation is also paid to cover financial losses suffered as a result of the accident. The aim of this type of compensation is to put you back in a position, financially, as if the accident had never occurred. You should keep receipts and invoices for any expenses associated with your accident, e.g. for prescriptions and the cost of travelling to hospital.
Accident compensation will cover any loss of earnings since the accident and any future loss of earnings. In more serious cases personal injury compensation will extend to alterations to property or vehicles and on-going care costs, including those provided by the family.
Additional damages will be awarded where the case involves a fatality. These will be for funeral expenses and compensation to any living relatives, who were dependent on the deceased for their income and time.
By clicking on the headings below, you will find a general guide to the levels of compensation for various injuries. These are only guideline figures. Each and every injury is different and cases are assessed on the evidence obtained.
There are other injuries and medical conditions which you may not find in the guidelines illustrated. For more information please call Bal for Legal.
Quadriplegia |
£188,250 to £235,000 |
Paraplegia |
£127,250 to £165,500 |
Very Severe Brain Damage |
£165,500 to £235,000 |
Moderately Severe Brain Injury |
£127,250 to £165,500 |
Moderate Brain Damage |
£25,000 to 127,500 |
Minor Brain Damage |
£9,000 to £25,000 |
£1,300 to £7,425 |
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Established Grand Mal |
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Established Petit Mal |
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Other Epileptic Conditions |
£6,100 to £15,250 |
Severe |
£32,000 to £67,200 |
Moderately Severe |
£11,200 to £32,000 |
Moderate |
£3,450 to £11,200 |
Minor |
£840 to £3,450 |
Severe |
£36,650 to £58,500 |
Moderately Severe |
£13,500 to £33,800 |
Moderate |
£4,825 to £13,500 |
Minor |
£2,300 to £4,825 |
Chronic Pain Syndrome |
£24,450 to £37,150 |
Fibromyalgia |
£19,850 to £37,150 |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
In the region of £28,750 |
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy |
£29,750 to £58,500 |
Somatoform Disorder |
In the region of £26,500 |
Injuries Affecting Sight |
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Total Blindness and Deafness |
In the region of £235,000 |
Total Blindness |
In the region of £155,250 |
Loss of Sight in One Eye with Reduced Vision in the Remaining Eye |
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Total Loss of One Eye |
£32,000 to £38,175 |
Complete Loss of Sight in One Eye |
£28,750 to £32,000 |
Cases of serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye without significant risk of loss or reduction of vision in the remaining eye, or where there is constant double vision |
£13,750 to £22,650 |
Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye, including cases where there is some double vision, which may not be constant |
£7,375 to £12,200 |
Minor Eye Injuries |
£2,300 to £5,100 |
Transient Eye Injuries |
£1,300 to £2,300 |
Deafness |
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Total Deafness and Loss of Speech |
£63,625 to £81,500 |
Total Deafness |
£52,950 to £63,625 |
Total Loss of Hearing in One Ear |
£18,325 to £26,500 |
Partial Hearing Loss/Tinnitus |
£4,300 to £26,500 |
Impairment of Taste and Smell
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Total Loss of Taste and Smell |
In the region of £22,650 |
Total Loss of Smell and Significant Loss of Taste |
£19,100 to £22,650 |
Loss of Smell |
£14,500 to £19,100 |
Loss of Taste |
£11,200 to £14,500 |
Severe |
£14,500 to £86,500 |
Moderate |
£4,575 to £14,500 |
Minor |
£750 to £4,575 |
Severe |
£22,650 to £98,500 |
Moderate |
£7,125 to £22,650 |
Minor |
£4,575 to £7,125 |
Severe |
£11,200 to £28,000 |
Serious |
£7,375 to £11,200 |
Moderate |
£4,575 to £7,375 |
Minor |
£2,550 to £4,575 |
Fracture of Clavicle |
£3,000 to £7,125 |
Severe |
£22,650 to £76,350 |
Moderate |
£15,500 to £22,650 |
Injuries of Limited Severity |
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Lesser Injuries |
£2,175 to £7,375 |
Minor Injuries |
Up to £2,175 |
Loss of Both Arms |
£140,500 to £174,500 |
Loss of One Arm Arm Amputated at the Shoulder |
Not less than £79,000 |
Other Arm Injuries |
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Severe Injuries |
£56,000 to £76,350 |
Injuries resulting in Permanent and Substantial Disablement |
£22,650 to £34,850 |
Less Severe Injury |
£11,200 to £22,650 |
Simple Fractures of the Forearm |
£3,800 to £11,200 |
A Severely Disabling Injury |
£22,650 to £32,000 |
Less Severe Injuries |
£9,150 to £18,325 |
Moderate or Minor Injury |
Up to £7,375 |
complete loss of function |
£27,750 to £34,850 |
significant permanent disability |
£14,250 to £22,650 |
some permanent disability |
£7,375 to £14,250 |
An uncomplicated Colles' fracture |
In the region of £4,300 |
Very minor undisplaced or minimally displaced fractures |
£2,000 to £2,800 |
Total or Effective Loss of Both Hands |
£81,500 to £117,000 |
Serious Damage to Both Hands |
£32,000 to £49,350 |
Total or Effective Loss of One Hand |
£56,000 to £63,625 |
Amputation of Index and Middle and/or Ring Fingers |
£36,125 to £52,950 |
Serious Hand Injuries |
£16,800 to £36,125 |
Less Serious Hand Injury |
£8,400 to £16,800 |
Moderate Hand Injury |
£3,800 to £7,625 |
Minor Hand Injuries |
£500 to £2,550 |
Severe Fractures to Fingers |
Up to £21,350 |
Total Loss of Index Finger |
In the region of £10,700 |
Partial Loss of Index Finger |
£7,125 to £10,700 |
Fracture of Index Finger |
£5,350 to £7,125 |
Total Loss of Middle Finger |
In the region of £8,900 |
Serious Injury to Ring or Middle Fingers |
£8,650 to £9,400 |
Loss of the Terminal Phalanx of the Ring or Middle Fingers |
£2,300 to £4,575 |
Amputation of Little Finger |
£5,100 to £7,125 |
Loss of Part of the Little Finger |
£2,300 to £3,450 |
Amputation of Ring and Little Fingers |
In the region of £12,725 |
Amputation of the Terminal Phalanges of the Index and Middle Fingers |
In the region of £14,500 |
Fracture of One Finger |
£1,775 to £2,800 |
Loss of Thumb |
£20,350 to £32,000 |
Very Serious Injury to Thumb |
£11,450 to £20,350 |
Serious Injury to the Thumb |
£7,375 to £9,700 |
Moderate Injuries to the Thumb |
£5,600 to £7,375 |
Severe Dislocation of the Thumb |
£2,300 to £4,000 |
Minor Injuries to the Thumb |
In the region of £2,300 |
Trivial Thumb Injuries |
In the region of £1,250 |
Amputations Total Loss of Both Legs |
£140,500 to £165,500 |
Severe Leg Injuries The Most Serious Injuries Short of Amputation |
£56,000 to £79,000 Up to £5,350
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Severe |
£15,500 to £56,000 |
Moderate |
£8,150 to £15,500 |
Very Severe |
£29,000 to £40,750 |
Severe |
£18,325 to £29,000 |
Moderate |
£7,625 to £15,500 |
Modest Injuries |
Up to £8,150 |
Most Serious |
In the region of £22,900 |
Serious |
£14,500 to £17,550 |
Moderate |
£8,650 to £10,500 |
Minor |
£4,300 to £5,850 |
Amputation of Both Feet |
£98,500 to £117,000 |
Amputation of One Foot |
£48,850 to £63,625 |
Very Severe |
£48,850 to £63,625 |
Severe |
£26,500 to £39,200 |
Serious |
£14,500 to £22,650 |
Moderate |
£8,150 to £14,500 |
Modest |
Up to £8,150 |
Amputation of All Toes |
£21,350 to £32,800 |
Amputation of the Great Toe In the region of |
£18,325 |
Severe Toe Injuries |
£8,150 to £11,200 |
Serious Toe Injuries |
£5,600 to £8,150 |
Moderate Toe Injuries |
Up to £5,600 |
Le Fort Fractures of Frontal Facial Bones |
£14,000 to £21,350 |
Fractures of Nose or Nasal Complex |
£6,100 to £13,500 |
Fractures of Cheekbones |
£5,850 to £9,150 |
Fractures of Jaws |
£17,800 to £26,500 |
Damage to Teeth |
£5,100 to £6,600 £2,550 to £4,300 £1,300 to £2,300 |
Females |
£28,000 to £56,500 |
Males |
£17,550 to £38,175 |
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Scarring to Other Parts of the Body |
£1,300 to £8,200 |
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£2,300 to £6,350 |
Fractures of ribs, causing serious pain and disability over a period of weeks only. Up to |
£2,300 |
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