Back Injury Claim in Colchester

Back injury can be notoriously difficult to attribute a cause to, and over 60% of workers will visit their GP with back pain during their working life. It is certainly often the case, though, that an accident can be the principal factor behind back pain.

Back injury has a wide range of causes, but the more common include lifting objects incorrectly, road traffic accidents and falls. Surprisingly, there needn't be any single traumatic event to cause long-term back injury.

What are the effects of back injury?

There may not be a sudden onset of pain - it might develop over a day or so. Effects can range from slight stiffness to severe disability. Back trauma can also lead to chronic conditions such as arthritis or degeneration of discs. The most severe back injury cases can involve disfunction of other organs such as incontinence or impotence.

How much compensation can I get for a back injury?

At one extreme, a minor back injury such as a mild strain with full recovery can see compensation of up to £4,000. At the other extreme, severe back injury affecting other bodily functions claims can win £50,000 - £80,000.

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Personal Injury Claim Solicitors in Colchester

If you have suffered an injury which wasn’t your fault, you should consult a specialist personal injury solicitor. The effects of an injury can be wide ranging and more than your legal rights are involved in determining your eligibility for, and amount of, compensation. For this reason, a solicitor requires a combination of legal and medical expertise, and most personal injury solicitors will have built up a list of useful contacts and barristers’ chambers to call on when specialist advice is required.

How can I recognise a specialist personal injury solicitor?

In the first instance, check that your solicitor’s firm includes lawyers who are accredited members of the two principle legal bodies in this field; the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIC) and the Law Society’s personal injury panel. You should also ask if they have solicitors who belong to associations for the specific injury your claim is about – for example the Spinal Injuries Association or the Headway Panel.

You should also ask your solicitor about their record in personal injury claims. Can they give you any case histories of successful claims similar to yours?

How can I pay the solicitor’s bills for my personal injury claim?

With the exception of medical negligence, legal aid is generally no longer available for personal injury claims. This means you will have to agree payment with the solicitor yourself. Fortunately, solicitors are able to act on a Conditional Fee (“No Win, No Fee”) basis. This means your solicitor bears the cost of the claim until you have been awarded compensation. Depending on the type of agreement you have, your solicitor will then either claim his fees from your opponent, or take a percentage of your compensation as a “success fee”.

Will my solicitor charge me for costs if I lose my personal injury claim?

Before agreeing to work on a conditional fee basis, a competent personal injury solicitor will assess the merits of the claim. If you and your solicitor decide to proceed you may have to take out an insurance policy to cover both your and your opponent’s solicitors’ fees in the event that you lose your claim.

Our solicitors cover the following towns in Essex:

Ardleigh, Ashingdon, Aythorpe Roding, Bardfield Saling, Barling, Beauchamp Roding, Beaumont, Beazley End, Belchamp St Paul, Belchamp Walter, Billericay, Birch, Birdbrook, Blackmore, Bobbingworth, Bournebridge, Bradfield Heath, Bradwell-on-Sea, Broad Street Green, Broadgroves, Broadley Common, Brook Street, Buckhurst Hill, Canvey Island, Chappel, Childerditch, Chipping Hill, Chipping Ongar, Chrishall, Church End, Clatterford End, Clavering, Coggeshall, Cornish Hall End, Crix, Dedham, Dry Street, Duck End, East Hanningfield, Eight Ash Green, Elmdon, Epping Green, Faulkbourne, Great Braxted, Great Canfield, Great Horkesley, Great Oakley, Great Totham, Great Wigborough, Hadleigh, Hardy's Green, Hawkwell, Hazel End, Hempstead, Herongate, Hockley, Hullbridge, Jaywick, Kelvedon Hatch, Lamb Corner, Langley, Layer Marney, Leaden Roding, Linford, Little Braxted, Little Bromley, Little Burstead, Little Dunmow, Little Hallingbury, Little Oakley, Little Wakering, Littley Green, Lower Nazeing, Marks Tey, Maylandsea, Moulsham, Navestock, New Mistley, Newport, North Benfleet, North Weald Bassett, Oxen End, Pond Street, Potter Street, Purfleet, Radwinter, Ramsey Island, Rank's Green, Rickling, Rivenhall, Rose Green, Roydon, Rudley Green, Shalford, Shelley, Shellow Bowells, Shortgrove, Sible Hedingham, South Benfleet, South Fambridge, South Green, St Lawrence, Stanford-le-Hope, Starling's Green, Stebbing Green, Steeple, Sturmer, Thames Haven, Thorpe Bay, Threshers Bush, Throws, Thundersley, Tolleshunt Knights, Toot Hill, Twinstead, Tye Common, Upper Dovercourt, Weeley, Weeley Heath, West Mersea, West Thurrock, Willows Green, Wix, Woodham Ferrers, Woodham Mortimer, Young's End

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