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Head Injury Claims

The effects of such injuries can range from short-term minor problems to those that are catastrophic or life-ending.

Damages for such injuries can run into millions of pounds.

As this is a complex area of law you need the best advice to ensure that you have the best opportunity of obtaining compensation; Defendant Insurance Companies retain lawyers experienced in such claims and so should you.

The effects of brain injury are not always obvious or recognised; see the details relating to the award of £130,000 below.

The effect of such injuries can reduce or end the ability to work, to look after oneself and require an ongoing or lifetime regime of care.

We deal with claims of all sizes, both large and small and have an established record in recovering substantial damages.

Awards include those listed below.

We undertake claims funded by or through Legal Expense Insurance or under Conditional Fee Agreements (commonly known as a CFA or “no win, no fee ” Agreement).

We have contacts throughout the country with eminent experts and barristers to ensure that both the chances of your claim succeeding, and the award itself are maximised.

At The Roland Partnership we have a team of Solicitors who specialise in such claims.

It is important that you choose the right Solicitor for your case; contact us now.

Sample Awards

£3,200,000 for a former Optician who suffered disabling head injuries in a road traffic accident in which her husband was killed.

The award was obtained following the transfer of the file from other Solicitors. At one time it was thought that the injuries were so severe that the Claimant would be unable to look after herself. She has now however recovered to such an extent that she is able to do part-time charitable work assisting the elderly and other people who have suffered head injury.

£750,000 for losses resulting from substandard Accident & Emergency treatment.
A pedestrian was struck by a car and rendered unconscious and taken to Hospital.
He had no recollection of the road traffic accident, was sleepy, gave an incorrect date of birth and was very confused.
A nurse told his wife that he was drunk. Later the Claimant had a fit caused by a bleed in the brain.
It was the Claimant's case that the injury caused by the car had caused no lasting problems and that his injuries were the result of the Defendant Hospital's failure to diagnose and treat him properly.
The Claimant's injuries included visual problems, weakness on the left side, loss of balance, poor concentration, memory and personality change and his injuries led to the breakdown of his marriage.
£450,000 for substandard gynecological treatment resulting in losses including a personality change due to brain damage.
It was alleged that during a laparoscopic sterilisation Hospital staff had failed to ensure that a needle tip was not sticking into any organ before passing carbon dioxide through it and that as a result a bubble of carbon dioxide had entered the Claimant's circulation causing brain damage.
As a result she was forgetful and had problems looking after her home and her family. Her personality changed so that she became less responsible and involved in criminal activities.
£130,000 awarded against a firm of solicitors and a barrister for providing inadequate advice at Court resulting in the Claimant settling his claim for too low a figure.
The Claimant had suffered a brain injury in a car accident in 1995 but liability to pay him any compensation was disputed and the case was listed for trial in November 1997.
At the trial the then Defendant offered the Claimant £70,000 which he reluctantly accepted. However in advising the Claimant his then lawyers failed to take into account the real possibility that he would be incapable of future employment.
In December 2005 the High Court decided that the potential value of the claim had been substantially higher, that that should have communicated to the Claimant and that if it had been he would not have accepted the £70,000 offer.
The Court awarded the Claimant £130,000 damages.
This case is reported at:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2005/2714.html.