Personal Injury
At St.Davids Solicitors, we offer you free legal advice on accident compensation claims from specialist personal injury experts. If it wasn't your fault and you have suffered a personal injury within the last 3 years then you can claim compensation. Our team operate a risk free no win no fee policy and deal in compensation claims for the victims of accidents.You won't pay a penny whether you win or lose. We have many years experience of personal injury law and have many successful claims settlements to our name. We can assure you that you do not have to finance your personal injury claim in any respect. You won't have to take out any loan or any other finance to pay for any expenses or insurance policy. For your convenience, we have put together a brief overview of our personal injury services including,
- Road Accident Claims
- Employer Liability
- Occupiers Liability
- Fatal Accidents
- Industrial Disease
Please browse through the information we have collected. It may help you to identify your own situation. If you feel the areas mentioned below do not relate to your situation, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the details with you and deal with your personal injury, as we do with all cases, in a personal and individual manner.
Road Accident Claims
Our legal experts have a broad experience of all manner of road accident claims. Drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians have all been represented by our personal injury specialists and we can give you free advice on the details of your personal injury claim at absolutely no cost to you.
Even if you were only partly responsible for the accident you may be able to makea road accident claim. To ensure that you get the best possible chance for accident compensation, you must do a few things immediately after the accident,
- Take the full name, address, vehicle registration and insurance details of the other parties involved in the accident.
- note the badge numbers of the police officers who attend the scene and obtain the crime report reference number for the road accident.
- Take the names, addresses and telephone numbers of any witnesses.
- Sketch of the sequence of events including vehicle positions before and after the accident.
- Photograph the accident location, any vehicle or property damage, and any visible injury.
- Contact your own insurers to report the accident even if you believe it was the someone elses fault.
- Try not to comment on the accident circumstances to the other driver and never admit liability even if you think it may have been your fault.
- Keep a daily diary after the accident and record the progress of your injuries and any help that is given to you
- Keep receipts for any expenses incurred as a result of the accident
Make a note of these points and make sure you follow them through. While our experts can approach the third party insurers on your behalf and deal with the legal side of the claim, as they were not at the scene of the road accident they need you to help yourself by doing the above task and thus enable them to put the most complete case forward for accident compensation.
Some of the most common cases we deal with are listed below.
- All Passengers
- Hit in Rear
- Hit from Either Side
- Head on Collisions
- Pedestrian Accident Claims
- Motorcycle Accident Claims
- Multiple Vehicle Collisions
- Bus Passenger Claims
- Employer Liability
As the legal duty of an employer is to take reasonable care for the health and safety of their employees, any breach of this responsibility is a breach of their duty of care. If a personal injury occurs as a result of an accident at work such as a fall. We can undertake the investigation of your claim and advise you of the laws that determine the success of such claims.
Building Site Accidents
Every week people die as a result of building site accidents in the United Kingdom. Thousands more suffer serious and disabling personal injuries that would be avoidable if employers complied with the safety regulations. We can advise you of your eligibility to make a building site accident claims in the event of a roof related fall, a crane accident, a scaffolding accident, an electric shock, a compressed gas accident and many more situations.
Works Accident Claims
This section is regarding injuries at works i.e factories,plants, etc so needs to be re written on that basis
Defective Equipment
The Employer Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969 holds the employer liable if the employee is injured by defective equipment used in the course of their job. It is neccessary to provide evidence to prove such liability. We have a team of experienced Personal Injury specialists on hand to any accident claim that has arisen from a personal injury due to defective equipment.
Occupiers Liability
A large number of personal injury cases occur when a person is visiting someone else's property. The accident may be the result of a defect in the property itself, or because of an activity being carried out on the property. Stairscan be a common cause of accidents with personal injury occuring because the nosings are improperly fitted or there being inadequate provision of handrails. Occupiers liability depends on who occupies the property and what it is used for. If an accident happens in someone's home, accident compensation can be claimed from the household contents insurance while if the personal injury happens in a shop, public liability insurance can be claimed against. If the property is tenanted, a claim may be made against the landlord.
Slips, Trips and Falls
All slips, trips and falls claims require specialist legal knowledge and experience. St.Davids can offer that expertise to give you peace of mind. Whether the personal injury you suffered was minor or more severe, we will make you aware of your eligibility to make an accident claim and endeavour to pursue the personal injury claim to achieve the compensation you deserve. Common slips, trip and falls cases can involve the local council if the accident occurred on a road or pavement, shop proprietors if you fell while in or on their premises or other occupiers whose lack of reasonable care to ensure the safety of their visitors can make them liable if a slip, trip or fall happens on their grounds.
Industrial Disease
We get many cases that fall under the topic of industrial disease. This area of personal injury law can include situations as diverse as working in conditions where you have been exposed to a noxious substance to conditions that induce RSI and other body stresses. Our team of legal professionals are able to deal with all manner of cases and treat each one individually. We have taken some of the more common industrial disease personal injuries and briefly outlined them below.
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Personal injury that occurs as a result of repeated physical movements doing damage to the soft body tissues such as the tendons and muscles is known as repetitive strain injury or RSI. As many jobs have a repetitive manual process involved in them, the use of the same muscle for prolonged periods may not allow sufficient time for tissue recovery and can cause fatigue. The damage caused can cause great pain and permanent disability.
Industrial Deafness
Thousands of people every year are affected by industrial deafness. The consequences can have devastating effects on both work and personal life. Our team of legal specialists are all personal injury experts and have detailed experience in dealing with industrial deafness claims. If you suffer from a loss of hearing that you think has happened as a result of your employer failing to take adequate care and responsibility to protect you from this injury then we can help you to get the compensation you deserve.
Asbestosis
Asbestos made of extremely small fibres which can be easily inhaled. The result is that sufferers may experience breathlessness, coughing and chest pain due to the fibres lodged inside their lung cavities. Asbestosis is the medical name for the the lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos. It can also be known as a diffuse pulmonary fibrosis. Most victims of the disease are entitled to seek personal injury compensation for suffering asbestosis. Our legal experts will assist you in making your asbestosis claim and help you trace the employer who can be held liable for the exposure that caused the asbestosis.
Beat Knee
This condition occurs in the legs but can also occur in the hands (beat hand) and elbow (beat elbow). Beat Knee refers to a repetitive strain injury, usually occupational in origin, that has been caused a result of overloading a joint in an awkward position. The medical name for the condition is bursitis and is defined as the inflammation of a "bursa", a small sac containing fluid that is found at points in the body where tendons or muscles lie over bones and surrounding large joints. It is most commonly found in the hands, elbows and knees as it is mainly associated with manual labour such as is done by miners and road workers using shovels and other hand tools.
Fatal Accidents
A fatal accident or catastrophic event alters the lives of the victim's families forever. Most families suffer financially as well as emotionally as a result of the loss of a loved one and their circumstances may change considerably resulting in unexpected hardship. At St.Davids solicitors, our experts will help you claim the accident compensation that is rightfully yours. Your fatal accident claim can be made using the no win no fee policy whereby if you win or lose you will not pay a penny, we will not expect you to make any payments towards the legals costs of yourself or the liable party. Contact us and we will discuss your situation in a discreet and sensitive manner.
