Spinal Cord & Spine Injury Claims Solicitors

How do I make a claim about spinal cord injury

If you wish to make a spinal injury claim, you usually must do so within three years of the injury. There are some exceptions to this, but victims or their families considering spinal injury claims should not delay getting in contact with a specialist solicitor.

You should not be put off making a spinal injury claim due to concerns over cost. Spinal injury claims can be conducted on a ‘No-Win-No-Fee’ basis which removes any financial risk. In the unlikely event that a claim we handle is unsuccessful, you won’t have to pay a penny in fees

Contacting a solicitor with the necessary experience and expertise in cases like these is essential. The claim will inevitably involve a great deal of medical and medico-legal evidence and argument which your legal team must commission and understand. The must also appreciate how all the implications of your medical condition affect you and your family.

There is a great deal more work involved in spinal injury claims compared to ‘routine’ personal injury cases. Lawyers must give far more consideration to your needs for the long-term future as well as any immediate recompense for the pain, suffering and out of pocket expenses you have incurred.

Anyone who has suffered a spinal injury will need to secure an award that covers all of the ongoing and sometimes less obvious costs they might incur through life, which could also include provision for current or future dependents.

If I have a case about a spinal cord injury

Establishing whether you have a case will depend on showing that someone else’s negligence was responsible for you injury. That’s usually not an issue in cases like these, although negligence must still be proved and liability can be disputed for many months. However, we can usually get any treatment and access to specialist equipment and support agreed and funded straight away before the legal process involved in your claim has even begun.

Different types of spinal cord injury may have different causes and will require different legal approaches and levels of care, rehabilitation and support. If an accident was responsible for your spinal cord injury, even if you think you may have been partly to blame, you may have a case that’s likely to succeed.

Spinal cord injury claims are highly complex and technical so it’s important to make sure your chosen spinal injury solicitors have the expertise and practical experience to handle your claim. Every client is different and your individual family circumstances may be varied and complex.

Your legal team’s priorities must be to ensure that you and your family do not suffer financially as well as addressing your ongoing practical and emotional needs. They should take the lead in assessing the support you will require, often for life, as well as negotiating the best possible financial award on your behalf.

More about spinal cord injury claims

Damage to the spinal cord, resulting in paraplegia, quadriplegia or tetraplegia, can have a huge, long-term impact on a person’s life and family relationships. The paralysis that results from a spinal cord injury can vary, depending on the height and extent of the lesion

Many people with a high level spinal cord injury will require a full care and support package in place on their discharge. By working with experienced Spinal Cord Case Managers we ensure that everything is in place to maximise an individual's quality of life and independence. A victim of a spinal cord injury must also potentially meet lifetime care expenses which is why it is important to ensure that the legal team you choose to represent you are experienced in this type of case.

Our expert spinal injury solicitors are highly experienced in assessing the merits of potential spinal injury claims. If we are able to take on your case our lawyers are happy to visit you at home or in hospital.

Successful spinal injury claims need to pay for appropriate, expert rehabilitation services. Setting up a personal injury trust is often essential to ring fence that award, while preserving entitlement to equally important means-tested state or local authority support where it exists.

We can usually obtain interim payments to purchase accommodation, equipment and the setting up of care regimes. We have an excellent network of support partners including medical experts, healthcare providers and rehabilitation services that we call on to help you get back to an independent life.