Personal Injury

Personal Injury

What are personal Injury claims?

Our specialist solicitors understand how an injury can have lasting, life changing impacts on your life, even if the injury is relatively minor. Not only can it affect you physically, but can also result in lost income and considerable expenses, and a change to your lifestyle.

At Watson Woodhouse, we want to reassure you that you’re not just a name on a file, we offer expert, tailored advice and work with you to receive the best compensation possible, as helping our clients is at the heart of the work we do. Your claim will be dealt with from beginning to end by a qualified solicitor who is an expert in their field, and has the knowledge and experience to ensure you get the maximum compensation, together with the best possible rehabilitation that allows you to recover and move on from even the most devastating and traumatic of accidents.

That is why our team of personal injury experts work hard to recover maximum levels of compensation, and ensure you are also provided with access to support and rehabilitation, on a no win no fee basis, meaning you won’t be out of pocket at any point throughout your claim.

 Watson Woodhouse can represent you in a variety of personal injury claims, including:

• Road Traffic Accidents
• Serious Injuries
• Accidents at Work
• Back and Spinal Injury
• Brain and Head Injury
• Medical Negligence
• Industrial disease
• Asbestos Disease
• Cycle Accidents
• Child Accidents

 Our team also works empathetically with claims for criminal assault and abuse.

We are passionate about Personal Injury claims and we do everything possible to achieve the very best outcome for clients, considering not just your injury now, but the impact it will have to you in the future. Throughout the process we build strong relationships through the provision of solid advice, guidance and empathy. We have vast experience in dealing with claims of all sizes and complexities.

How much will my claim be worth ?

There are many factors which contribute to how much your compensation may be worth.

The injury sustained, loss of earnings or any expenses that may arise as a result of your injury are considered and are often not always easy to determine, and do regularly result in disputes between the claimant and the person at fault, ending up in court.

At Watson Woodhouse our personal injury team will work with you to ensure that you have the best possible chance of receiving maximum compensation, and will explain the process to you in detail so you are aware of everything that happens throughout your case.

There is a time limit of 3 years from the date of the accident or from when the injury developed fo your claim, although there are exceptions to these. Our team will talk through your personal injury at length and advise.

Funding & Cost?

All of our personal injury claims are pursued as No Win No Fee simply this gives you the peace of mind of making sure that your legal costs are covered, we call this a conditional fee agreement, meaning we will not take any payment until the end of the case and new will agree in advance a payment capped at 25%. Should you not be successful, we will not take a fee at all, therefore there is no cost to you.

Recent Road Traffic Accident Reforms

If your road traffic accident occurred on or after 31 May 2021 new rules may apply and it may be necessary to pursue your claim under the RTA Small Claims Protocol as there have been several changes made by the Government to the Road Traffic Accident process, changing the way the public can claim compensation for Road Traffic Accidents. For more information, visit our Road Traffic Accidents page.