Bury Personal Injury Solicitors, Manchester UK

Personal Injury Compensation Amounts

Personal injury compensation awards tend to vary tremendously because no two accidents or injuries are the same. The amount of compensation awarded for pain and suffering following any type of injury usually depends on the severity of the injury, the recovery period and also the long term effects of the injury.

There is also consideration to costs such as medical treatment costs, loss of earnings and possible loss of livelihood that may have incurred as a result of the accident.

In many cases several claims may be made for more than one type of injury sustained in the same accident. For example someone injured seeking compensation for a road traffic accident may be claiming compensation for injuries including whiplash, cuts and bruises, post traumatic stress, loss of earnings through to loss of limbs and severe head injuries. A person receiving compensation for a slip, trip or fall may be claiming compensation for anything from a sprained ankle, a leg or arm injury to potential loss of earnings.

Whatever the injury Clough and Willis Solicitors will ensure that your compensation claim effectively covers all the injuries that may have occurred from an accident that was clearly not your fault.

Amount of compensation for head injury

N.B. these figures are an approximate amount and may not represent the actual amount awarded in your personal compensation claim. The amounts shown are for the injury alone and does not include such things as medical expenses, care , loss of earnings etc.

Head injury related compensation awards

Minor head injuries
Minor brain damage:	up to	£8,250
Moderate brain damage:	up to	£27,500
Severe brain damage:	up to	£260,000

Back injury accident compensation

Ligament and muscle damage:	up to	£8,000
Moderately severe back injury:	up to	£25,000
Severe back injury:	up to	£110,000
Spinal accident/injury:
Involving Poralosis Paraplegia:	up to	£180,000
Spinal injury involving Quadraplegia:	up to	£260,000

Compensation for loss of eyesight or partial loss of vision

Minor injuries with some pain:	up to	£5,600
Impaired vision:	up to	£14,000
Loss of sight in one single eye:	up to	£35,000
Total blindness:	up to	£172,500

Hearing accident / deafness compensation

Occasional tinnitus:	up to	£8,000
Severe tinnitus:	up to	£29,000
Loss of hearing in one single ear:	up to	£29,000
Total loss of hearing / deafness	up to	£70,000

Loss of teeth compensation

Serious damage to back teeth Per/tooth:	up to	£1,100
Damage to front teeth:	up to	£7,250

Hand and wrist injury compensation

Compensation amounts vary depending on dominant hand and work requirements

Minor injury to thumb:	up to	£3,000
Severe dislocation:	up to	£4,300
Loss of thumb:	up to	£35,000
Fracture of one finger:	up to	£3,000
Partial loss of little finger:	up to	£4,000
Amputation of little finger:	up to	£7,750
Loss of middle finger:	up to	£10,000
Loss of index finger	up to	£12,000
Effective or total loss of one hand:	up to	£70,000
Effective or total loss of both hands:	up to	£129,000
Wrist injury:
Complete loss of function in wrist:	up to	£38,000

Compensation for post traumatic stress disorder

Full recovery within 1 - 2 years:	up to	£5,250
Continuing minor symptoms:	up to	£15,000
Future disability:	up to	£37,000
Severe symptoms:	up to	£64,000

Compensation for loss of taste or smell

Taste loss:	up to	£16,000
Loss of smell:	up to	£21,000
Total loss of taste and smell:	up to	£25,000

Compensation for a dog bite or animal bite

Minor scars for life:	up to	£5,000
Facial scarring:	up to	£19,200
Facial scarring, very severe:	up to	£62,000

Compensation for knee injury

Cuts and bruises:	up to	£4,000
More serious involving discomfort:	up to	£8,750
Continued pain:	up to	£9,500
Moderately severe:	up to	£17,000
Minor disability involving lengthy treatment:	up to	£61,500

Ankle injury compensation

Strains, sprains, good recovery:	up to	£3,500
Moderate disability:	up to	£17,000
Severe injuries, permanent:	up to	£44,500

Leg injury accident compensation

Lower leg fracture (simple):	up to	£5,750
Upper leg fracture (simple):	up to	£9,000
Serious fracture :	up to	£35,000
Very serious involving multiple fractures:	up to	£80,500
Amputation - 1 Leg	up to	£83,500
Amputation - both Legs	up to	£180,000

Clough & Willis is proud to be one of the few personal injury solicitors within Greater Manchester to have corporate accreditation from APIL, recognising the firm's commitment to APIL's stringent requirements regarding training, the number of cases taken to trial and the amount of compensation recovered for clients.

Operating on a "No win - No Fee"* basis the team's extensive expertise enables them to recover the compensation to which clients are entitled.

To arrange your free initial interview please contact Chris Macwilliam, chris.macwilliam@clough-willis.co.uk.

* Dependant on individual circumstances.