Head & brain injury compensation claim solicitors

What is a serious head or brain injury?

A serious head or brain injury refers to an injury that has had a significant impact on your daily life, as well as impacting your future. It also includes injuries that have impacted your family and their lives, particularly if they need to provide additional care to help you live your life as you did before. 

There are a few criteria that serious brain or head injuries are assessed under. If you or your loved one have suffered any of the following due to an injury, you could claim brain injury compensation:

• You have received lengthy, ongoing, or repeated hospital treatment.
• You required a significant amount of time off work or were unable to return to work in the same capacity.
• You received care or support from loved ones, even if that care was provided without cost.
• You can no longer carry on with activities and hobbies you did before your accident.

Don't worry if you don't meet the criteria set out above, you may still have a head injury compensation claim. Get in touch with our team of dedicated head injury lawyers to discuss your specific circumstances.

How are brain injuries caused?

Brain injuries can be caused in any number of ways, such as playing sports, accidents at work, road traffic collisions and even by illness. 

In some instances, you or a family member may have suffered a serious brain injury as a result of someone else's negligence, no matter how small. If so, you could be entitled brain injury compensation in the UK.

If you are in any doubt about whether or not you could claim, talk to our brain injury specialist solicitors on now.

What types of head and brain injury should I be aware of?

There are numerous head and brain injury types, each with their own diagnosis and treatment plan. The below are a few common brain injury types:

• Concussion
• Subdural haemorrhage
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Open-head injury
• Diffuse axonal injury

Due to the complex nature of the brain, it is important that you get an accurate diagnosis from a doctor who specialises in brain injury. If you intend on making a claim for brain injury compensation, the correct diagnosis will help you make the right claim and get the compensation you deserve.

Is there a time limit for making a head or brain injury claim?

Yes, as with all compensation claims, there is a time limit to making a brain injury compensation claim. Therefore, it is important to talk to a brain injury lawyer as soon as possible after your accident. In most cases you will have three years from the date of your accident to claim. 

There are exceptions to the three-year time limit. Parents or guardians can claim on behalf of a child that suffers a head or brain injury at any point until their 18th birthday. They then have until their 21st birthday to make a claim of their own. Also, if your brain injury was severe enough to leave you mentally incapacitated which meant you could not make a claim, you may be granted additional time to make a head injury compensation claim.

We will advise you about these time limits during your free and impartial initial consultation. If you have any questions or concerns about the three-year time limit, or you are nearing the end of the three-year cut-off, contact our brain injury specialist solicitors as soon as you can.

How can I make a head or brain injury claim?

If you think you might have a head injury claim to make, get in contact with our team of experts as soon as possible. We will discuss the unique circumstances of your head injury compensation claim with you and let you know if your claim is likely to be successful or not. 

It is important to remember that you will need to prove your head or brain injury is a result of someone else's negligence, either at work, home or in a public space. During your free and impartial consultation, we will advise you on what you need to do this. 

Our head injury solicitors will never pressure you to make a claim, leaving you to assess your options and choose what is best for you and your family.

How much compensation do you receive for a head injury?

Unfortunately, there is no cut-and-dry answer to how much a head injury claim is worth. Just as there are no typical head or brain injuries, there are no typical brain injury compensation awards for brain injury claims. We use the 15th and latest edition of the Judicial College guidelines as a general guide. 

However, each case will be assessed on its own criteria taking into account the financial burdens, pain and suffering, adaptations to your home or way of life, and medical expenses caused by your head or brain injury. 

Therefore, your brain or head injury claim payout will be awarded in line with the severity and impact of your injury. For a rough idea of how much you could claim, the table below shows the estimate compensation amounts for specific head and/or brain injuries with lasting effects.

What can my brain injury compensation amount cover?

Due to the serious impact head and brain injuries can have on your life, head injury compensation amounts are often some of the biggest we handle. When you initiate a claim through our team of head injury lawyers in the UK, we will negotiate to get you the maximum amount of compensation you deserve.  

We will also let you know as soon as possible how much compensation you will get for your brain injury. As part of our negotiations, we will consider the impact your head or brain injury has had on the following areas of your life:

Ability to work and loss of earnings

It is possible that your head or brain injury caused you to take extended time off work to fully recover. Or you might have been left unable to return to work at all. 

Your brain injury compensation lawyer will consider your loss of earnings when negotiating your compensation payout. Your capacity for future employment will also be taken into consideration.

Adaptations to your life

If your head injury results in your physical abilities being limited, you might have had to make adaptations to your home or car to facilitate this. 

This can be very distressing for you and your family, as well as expensive. Your brain injury solicitors will do everything they can to ensure you are not left out of pocket by these unforeseen costs. 

Medical expenses

Depending on the specific nature of your injury, you may have had to fork out for additional medical care to aid your recovery. This could include prescriptions for medication and physical therapy.

When negotiating how much compensation to award for your head injury, our team will push to have all your medical expenses related to your injury covered as well.  

If you would like to find out more about what is considered when your brain injury solicitor negotiates your compensation you can contact us on or request a call back for a free and impartial consultation.

Can I make a no-win-no-fee brain injury compensation claim?

Many of the head injury compensation claims we make are made using a no win no fee agreement. Simply, this means that if your brain injury compensation claim is unsuccessful you will not have to pay your head injury lawyer nor be responsible for any legal fees. If your claim is successful, you will pay your lawyer a pre-arranged percentage of your head injury compensation claim payout.

This is a good option if you have suffered financial hardship as a result of your brain injury as there are no financial risks involved, provided you have the correct insurance. Do not worry though - we can help organise the right insurance for your specific case. 

In some rare instances, no win no fee might not be available to make your brain injury compensation claim. Our head injury claim solicitors will let you know this as soon as possible, giving you the choice to press ahead with your claim or not.

Can I make a brain injury claim on behalf of a loved one?

In some circumstances you might be allowed to make a traumatic brain injury compensation claim on behalf of your spouse or dependent relatives. Specifically, if your loved one suffered a brain injury as a result of someone else's negligence or through a fatal accident that left them permanently mentally incapacitated, a court may allow you to make a claim. 

Our team of traumatic brain injury lawyers are adept at handling challenging cases made on behalf of injured people. Talk to us if you think a loved one suffered a traumatic brain injury that wasn't their fault.