Personal Injury
Road Traffic Accidents
It’s also important to know your rights when it comes to who you can instruct to represent you. You might find that your insurance company want to handle your legal case. However, you are free to instruct a solicitor or law firm of your choice to handle your compensation claim. If you decide to choose Aegis Legal to represent you, we can liaise with your insurer directly about this.
Who Can Make a Claim?
Why Aegis Legal?
From the moment your claim is accepted, Aegis Legal will take care of everything.
At Aegis Legal we understand that clients can find the claims process daunting. Our accredited personal injury lawyers are on hand to guide you and will keep you regularly updated about your case. We can advise you on all types of injuries that you may have suffered including:
Orthopedic Injuries
Whiplash Injuries which may affect your neck, back or shoulders.
Head and Brain Injuries
Loss of limb psychological injuries, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety or stress
Recovering from an injury is a difficult time and we can help you to not only recover compensation for your personal injury, but we can also assist you with your rehabilitation needs to aid your recovery, or support you with an Inquest if someone died in the accident.
We can also claim financial losses that you may have incurred because of your accident, for example, you may not have been able to work as a result of your injury and so you may have incurred a loss of earnings. You can also claim for other financial losses such as:
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Vehicle hire costs
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Insurance policy excess
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Medical treatment
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Vehicle repair costs
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Personal belongings
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Future loss of earnings, pension or care costs (particularly if your case includes a permanent or life changing disability)
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Travel expenses
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Care costs (either provided by family member or professional carers).
Will I have to Pay?
If your claim is successful, a success fee will be payable from the compensation recovered for you which is capped to a maximum of 25% of your compensation. In some cases, there can be unrecovered charges, however, we guarantee that you will keep at least 65% of your compensation that we recover for you.
Limitation
There are some exceptions to the three year time limit:
In cases where someone lacks mental capacity to bring a claim themselves.
Cases involving children until they turn 18 and then they will have 3 years to bring their claim up until they turn 21.
RTAs abroad – time limits in countries other than the UK may differ and may in fact be shorter than the UK’s 3-year period.
If the injured person dies before the expiration of the limitation period, then their estate may proceed with the claim on their behalf but this must be either within three years from the date of the injured person’s death or three years from the date of the personal representative’s knowledge.
If injuries are caused by a deliberate (Criminal) act then a claim may be made under the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority and these types of claim only have a 2 year time limit.
Examples of Road Traffic Accident claims
Accidents involving children
Accidents that occur on roundabouts at traffic lights, junctions or motorways
Road traffic accidents that involve pedestrians
Road traffic accidents that involve motorcyclists/cyclists
Deaths arising from road traffic accidents, including representation at Inquests
More services
Accident and Illness Abroad
If you have been involved in an accident abroad whilst on holiday and it was caused by someone else’s negligence, you are entitled to claim compensation in the same way that you can in the UK.
Brain and Head Injury
Brain or head injury cases are, by their very nature, complex and often take many years to conclude.
Fatal Accidents and Inquests
When a loved-ones dies unexpectedly, it can be extremely difficult for families to cope with the legal procedures and court hearings that follow.
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Aegis Legal Limited is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No 519073)
