Grouped by what each firm publishes about its own work. Most firms on this list handle all common personal injury law matters.
The Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyers in Manchester
Ten personal injury law firms in Manchester, with their experience and what each one suits.
Irwin Mitchell
One St Peter's Square, Manchester city centreNational full service firm with a large claimant injury practice
Best for People with serious or life changing injuries
Jonathan Betts, Personal Injury Lead Partner in Manchester, holds Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation and APIL brain injury accreditation, as listed on his profile in October 2026.
His profile lists Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2025 and Chambers Top Ranked 2025.
Sharon Williams, a Manchester medical negligence partner, is an APIL Senior Litigator and holds APIL clinical negligence accreditation, as listed on her profile in October 2026.
Free, no obligation initial consultation and no win, no fee funding, according to the firm's injury pages. Call the office or use the online enquiry form.
Office
One St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 3AF
Full profile: lawyers, services and sources
About the firm
Irwin Mitchell is a national firm, and claimant injury is a large part of its work. Its Manchester office at One St Peter's Square runs personal injury, serious injury and medical negligence cases. Jonathan Betts, the Personal Injury Lead Partner in Manchester, holds Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation and APIL brain injury accreditation, as listed on his profile in October 2026. Medical negligence partner Sharon Williams is an APIL Senior Litigator, as listed on her profile in October 2026. The office has in house support and rehabilitation coordinators, the firm says. It suits serious and life changing injuries.
Also worth knowing
The Manchester office page shows a Legal 500 Top Tier Firm UK 2026 badge.
Lawyers
Jonathan Betts holds the Law Society's Personal Injury Accreditation and APIL brain injury accreditation, according to the firm's website.
Jonathan Betts, Partner, Personal Injury Lead Partner (Manchester)
Deansgate, Manchester city centreFull service firm
Best for Families dealing with a brain or spinal injury
Andrew Lilley and Gordon Cartwright, the department's joint heads, are both Manchester partners, and both profiles list Chambers and Legal 500 rankings for 2026 and 2027.
Gordon Cartwright is a Special Ambassador for the Child Brain Injury Trust, according to his profile.
The firm says its team includes lawyers with APIL accreditation in brain injury and spinal cord injury.
No win, no fee on all personal injury claims, according to the firm. Call or use the online enquiry form.
Office
125 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BY
Full profile: lawyers, services and sources
About the firm
JMW is a Manchester based full service firm with a large claimant personal injury department run from its Deansgate office. Partners Andrew Lilley, a former head of industrial disease, and Gordon Cartwright, who has more than 20 years of catastrophic injury work, according to their profiles, lead the department jointly. The firm says it has APIL accredited lawyers in brain and spinal cord injury and is listed in Headway's solicitors directory. It suits serious injury, brain injury and child injury claims. The firm says all its personal injury claims run on no win, no fee terms.
Also worth knowing
The personal injury page shows Legal 500 Top Tier Firm 2026 and Chambers Top Ranked Firm 2026 logos, plus Headway, Day One Trauma Support and SIA Trusted Partner logos.
Lawyers
The firm lists more than 40 people in its personal injury department across Manchester, London and Liverpool.
Andrew Lilley, Partner, Head of Personal Injury
Gordon Cartwright, Partner, joint Head of Personal Injury
Charlotte Turnbull, Associate, Personal Injury
Karl Young, Associate, Personal Injury
Liz Fletcher, Associate, Personal Injury
Areas of personal injury law handled
Road traffic accident claims
Accident at work claims
Industrial disease claims
Public place accident claims
Brain injury claims
Spinal injury claims
Child accident claims
Accidents abroad
Criminal injury (CICA) claims
Product liability claims
Group claims
Office
125 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BY
Other details
Other offices
London (King Street) and Liverpool (Old Hall Street)
Free initial consultation, according to the firm. Many cases are taken on a no win, no fee basis, and some are covered by home or other legal expenses insurance.
Office
Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP
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About the firm
Leigh Day is a claimant firm whose Manchester office opened in 2014 to handle cycling injury cases near British Cycling's base, the firm says. It had more than 280 staff across five departments in 2024, the firm said. Andrew Bradley leads the office and the cycling team, according to his profile, which the firm says does much of the legal work for British Cycling and British Triathlon members. Ged Horton handles high value spinal, brain and amputation claims, and Stephen Jones leads medical negligence. It suits injured cyclists, people hurt abroad and asbestos disease claims. First consultations are free, the firm says.
Manchester office opened in 2014
Also worth knowing
Manchester runs its own asbestos and industrial disease team, headed by partner Steven Dickens.
Lawyers
Andrew Bradley, Partner, head of the Manchester office and cycling team
Ged Horton, Partner, high value and complex injury claims
Clare Campbell, Partner, head of the travel team
Colin Murphy, Partner, international travel litigation
Ross Whalley, Partner, trade union member and accident at work claims
William Broadbent, Senior Associate, cycling claims
Steven Dickens, Partner, head of the Manchester asbestos team
Louisa Saville, Partner, asbestos disease
Stephen Jones, Partner, leads Manchester medical negligence
Brendan Hope, Partner, medical negligence
Lauren Tully, Partner, medical negligence
Areas of personal injury law handled
Cycling accident claims
Road traffic accident claims
Accident at work claims
Holiday injury and illness claims
Spinal and brain injury claims
Amputation claims
Asbestos disease claims
Industrial disease claims
Medical negligence claims
Group claims
Office
Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP
Free, no obligation consultation, according to the firm. Claims run on no win, no fee terms, with insurance arranged to cover some costs. Claims can be started by phone or online.
Office
South Court, 1 Sharston Road, Manchester, M22 4SN
Other numbers
New claims 0161 904 4661
Full profile: lawyers, services and sources
About the firm
Express Solicitors was founded in 2000 by chief executive James Maxey, according to the firm. Its head office is on Sharston Road in Wythenshawe, with a second Manchester office on Palatine Road. The firm says the group now employs more than 1,000 people after a series of acquisitions. It handles road, work and public place accidents, criminal injury and medical negligence claims, plus accidents abroad. Its accreditations page said in October 2026 that it is a Law Society accredited personal injury practice and that five of its lawyers sit on what it calls the Law Society's personal injury panel. The firm says first consultations are free.
Founded in 2000
Also worth knowing
The firm says it is ranked band 2 for personal injury in the Chambers and Partners 2027 directory, with Richard Lowery individually ranked.
Lawyers
Richard Lowery, Daniel Slade, Sharon Denby, Jonathan Flattery and Adele Greenough are on the Law Society's personal injury accreditation panel, according to the firm's website.
James Maxey, Founder and Chief Executive
Daniel Slade, Director, head of the public liability team
Robin Patey, Partner
Richard Lowery, Personal injury lawyer
Sharon Denby, Personal injury lawyer
Jonathan Flattery, Personal injury lawyer
Adele Greenough, Personal injury lawyer
Tanzeela Aslam, Head of Department, clinical negligence
Damian Bradley, Lawyer
Nina Ramsden, Lawyer
Areas of personal injury law handled
Road traffic accident claims
Accident at work claims
Public liability claims
Slip and trip claims
Serious injury claims
Criminal injury (CICA) claims
Accidents abroad and holiday illness
Medical negligence claims
Birth injury claims
Office
South Court, 1 Sharston Road, Manchester, M22 4SN
Other details
Other offices
Resolution House, 317-319 Palatine Road, Manchester; Liverpool; London (by appointment)
No win, no fee with no upfront costs, according to the firm. Lines open weekdays 9am to 6pm.
Office
St James' Tower, 7 Charlotte Street, Manchester, M1 4DZ
Full profile: lawyers, services and sources
About the firm
Fletchers is a claimant firm focused on serious injury and medical negligence, and St James' Tower on Charlotte Street is both its Manchester office and the registered office of Fletchers Solicitors Limited. The office has served Manchester since 2015, the firm says. Named lawyers here include Caroline Morris, Managing Director of Serious Injury, and partner Trevor Ward, who heads the firm's birth injury unit, the firm says. The firm lists Headway, Spinal Injuries Association and AvMA links. It suits brain, spinal and birth injury claims. Claims run on no win, no fee terms with no upfront costs, the firm says.
Manchester office open since 2015
Also worth knowing
Trevor Ward, a partner named on the Manchester page, heads the firm's Birth Injury Unit, the firm says.
Lawyers
Caroline Morris, Managing Director of Serious Injury
Trevor Ward, Partner, Head of Birth Injury Unit
Margaret Ryan, Partner, Clinical Negligence
Areas of personal injury law handled
Brain injury claims
Spinal injury claims
Amputation claims
Road traffic accident claims
Cycling accident claims
Accident at work claims
Medical negligence claims
Birth injury claims
Cancer negligence claims
Surgical error claims
Office
St James' Tower, 7 Charlotte Street, Manchester, M1 4DZ
Other details
Other offices
Southport, Birmingham, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Cambridge, Northampton and the Thames Valley
Most road accident claims run on a no win, no fee conditional fee agreement, with no upfront legal fees and no costs if the claim fails, according to the firm.
Office
First Floor, Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JW
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About the firm
Slater and Gordon is a national consumer law firm with a large injury practice, and its Manchester office is at Lee House on Great Bridgewater Street. The firm's Greater Manchester road accident page names a local team led by principal lawyer Richard Crabtree, with senior associate Helen Gierc, who works mainly on brain injury in the serious injury team. The office also handles medical negligence and industrial disease. It suits road accident and catastrophic injury claims. Most road accident claims run on no win, no fee terms with nothing to pay upfront, the firm says.
Also worth knowing
The Manchester office page said in October 2026 that the firm is Lexcel accredited and covers personal injury, medical negligence and industrial disease.
Lawyers
Richard Crabtree, Principal Lawyer
Helen Gierc, Senior Associate Solicitor, Serious Injury
Darren Hughes, Senior Associate Solicitor
Sarah Dempsey, Solicitor
Areas of personal injury law handled
Road traffic accident claims
Accident at work claims
Public place accident claims
Brain injury claims
Spinal injury claims
Amputation claims
Fatal accident claims
Industrial disease claims
Medical negligence claims
Office
First Floor, Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JW
Free, no obligation initial advice, according to the firm. Claims can be made on a no win, no fee basis.
Office
8th Floor, 10 Chapel Walks, Manchester, M2 1HL
Other numbers
Free advice line 0800 0 224 224
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About the firm
Thompsons says it has acted for injured people and workers since 1921, and it has long worked with trade unions. Its Manchester office on Chapel Walks is led by regional managing partner Catherine Horner and handles road accidents, accidents at work, serious injury, asbestos and industrial disease, and medical negligence. The team includes James Riley, national lead of the firm's cross border injury team, and serious injury solicitor Chris Payne. It suits union members and people hurt at work. Initial advice is free and claims can run on no win, no fee terms, the firm says.
Founded in 1921
Also worth knowing
The Manchester office has asbestos and industrial disease staff as well as injury lawyers.
Lawyers
Catherine Horner, Regional Managing Partner, Manchester
James Riley, National Lead, Cross Border Personal Injury Team
Free, no obligation consultation, according to the firm. Claims run on a no win, no fee conditional fee agreement. No legal aid, but other funding options can be discussed.
Office
The Apiary, 86 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2ER
Other numbers
Main line 0330 111 3131
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About the firm
Slater Heelis is a full service firm with offices on Deansgate in Manchester and in Sale, and its personal injury team is led by partner Simon Adamson. Partner Alex Barley, also in the team, was shortlisted for Partner of the Year at the Manchester Legal Awards 2026, the firm says. The team covers road, work and public place accidents, serious injury, accidents abroad and medical negligence. It suits people in south Manchester and Trafford who want a local firm. The firm says consultations are free and no win, no fee is offered.
Also worth knowing
The firm says it has more than 1,800 reviews on ReviewSolicitors, averaging 4.9 out of 5, as at October 2026.
No win, no fee where appropriate, with nothing normally paid upfront for the firm to start investigating, according to the firm. Contact by phone, online form, call back request or WhatsApp. Existing claims can be transferred to the firm.
Brian Barr Solicitors is a claimant injury firm based at Grosvenor House on Agecroft Road, in the M27 postcode in the City of Salford. It is run by directors Steven Akerman, Alex Cohen and Philip Cohen. The firm says it focuses on serious injury, CRPS, fibromyalgia and chronic pain claims, and that it is a Legal 500 Leading Firm for 2026. It also handles accidents at work and road accidents. The firm says it sits on the legal panels of the CRPS charity Burning Nights and the Road Victims Trust. It suits chronic pain claims. No win, no fee is offered where appropriate, the firm says.
Also worth knowing
The firm says it is a corporate member of Road Safety GB.
Lawyers
Steven Akerman, Director, Personal Injury Solicitor
Ask about no win, no fee for personal injury claims, according to the firm. Call the office or use the online form; do not post documents to Manchester.
Office
The Lincoln, Lincoln Square, Brazennose Street, Manchester, M2 5AD
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About the firm
Simpson Millar is a national firm that says it concentrates on claimant work: personal injury, medical negligence, industrial disease, abuse claims and education and public law. Its Manchester office is in The Lincoln on Brazennose Street, though post goes to its Leeds office. Lawyers named at Manchester include Deborah Krelle, partner and Head of Industrial Disease, and Matthew Trusch, Head of Fast Track Personal Injury. It suits asbestos and hearing loss claims as well as everyday accident claims. Ask about no win, no fee when you call.
Also worth knowing
The firm's Manchester page also covers road accidents and serious and fatal accident claims.
Lawyers
Deborah Krelle, Partner, Head of Industrial Disease
Matthew Trusch, Head of Fast Track, Personal Injury
Areas of personal injury law handled
Road traffic accident claims
Serious injury claims
Fatal accident claims
Asbestos disease claims
Noise induced hearing loss claims
Medical negligence claims
Birth injury claims
Abuse claims
Office
The Lincoln, Lincoln Square, Brazennose Street, Manchester, M2 5AD
Other details
Other offices
Leeds (correspondence address) and other offices in England
Firm details come from each firm's own website. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
How we compiled this list
We include firms with an office in Manchester, or elsewhere in Greater Manchester, that do personal injury as a main part of their work. For each one we read the firm's own website in October 2026, checked it says it is regulated by the SRA, and wrote the description ourselves. Accreditations and first consultation terms are as the firm describes them, so confirm them when you call. Google ratings are shown with the date we checked them, where we have them.
No firm pays for its place on this list, and the order is our own.
This page is general information, not legal advice. The law described is for England and Wales as published on legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK, the Civil Procedure Rules and the SRA in October 2026.
Deadlines for an injury claim
Under the Limitation Act 1980, you normally have 3 years to start court proceedings for a personal injury. The clock starts on the date of the injury or, if later, your date of knowledge. That is the date you first knew the injury was significant, that it was caused by someone's act or omission, and who that someone was. Not realising that what happened counts as negligence in law doesn't buy you more time. You're also treated as knowing what you could reasonably have found out, either yourself or with expert advice it would be reasonable to seek.
Who is claiming
Usual deadline
An adult hurt in an accident, at work or by medical treatment
3 years from the injury, or from the date of knowledge if later
Someone injured as a child
3 years from turning 18, so normally before their 21st birthday
Someone who lacked the mental capacity to bring a claim when it arose
3 years from regaining capacity, or from their death if sooner
The estate of someone who died within the 3 years
3 years from the death, or from the personal representative's date of knowledge if later
A victim of violent crime claiming from CICA
Usually 2 years from the crime, under a separate government scheme
A court can let a late claim go ahead if it would be fair, weighing up the harm to each side. The judge considers the length of the delay and the reasons for it, what it has done to the evidence, how the defendant has acted, any disability you had, how quickly you moved once you knew you might have a claim, and any advice you took. You can't count on that, so if you're close to 3 years, speak to a firm now.
Road accidents and the whiplash tariff
Official Injury Claim is a free online service, run on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, for minor injuries from road accidents. You can use it on your own or with a legal adviser. To qualify you must be 18 or over, have been inside a vehicle, have been in an accident in England or Wales on or after 31 May 2021, and have a minor injury worth less than £5,000. Motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders can't use it, and nor can children or protected parties, among others.
The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 set fixed amounts for pain, suffering and loss of amenity where whiplash caused by a negligent driver lasts, or is likely to last, 2 years or less. There's a separate, slightly higher column where you also suffered a minor psychological injury on the same occasion. The amounts were raised for accidents on or after 31 May 2025.
How long the injury lasts
Whiplash only
With minor psychological injury
3 months or less
£275
£300
Over 3 and up to 6 months
£565
£595
Over 6 and up to 9 months
£965
£1,025
Over 9 and up to 12 months
£1,510
£1,595
Over 12 and up to 15 months
£2,335
£2,435
Over 15 and up to 18 months
£3,445
£3,550
Over 18 and up to 24 months
£4,830
£4,975
These amounts apply to accidents on or after 31 May 2025. For accidents between 31 May 2021 and 30 May 2025 the older tariff applies, from £240 to £4,345. In exceptional circumstances a court can raise the tariff amount by up to 20%. Lost wages and other out of pocket costs are claimed separately, on top of the tariff.
Small claims limits. An adult who was inside a vehicle, in an accident on or after 31 May 2021 with a UK registered vehicle, is normally on the small claims track if the injury part of the claim is worth up to £5,000 and the whole claim up to £10,000. The injury limit drops to £1,000 in several cases:
Earlier accidents: the accident happened before 31 May 2021
Vulnerable road users: at the time of the accident you were a motorcyclist, a pillion or sidecar passenger, a cyclist, a horse rider, a wheelchair or mobility scooter user, or a pedestrian
Children and protected parties: you're a child or protected party when proceedings start. But if the claim is for an accident on or after 31 May 2021, includes whiplash and is brought by a child or protected party (or by someone who was a child when the claim was first made), it normally goes to the fast track and can't be allocated to small claims
Other cases: you're an undischarged bankrupt, or either side is acting as personal representative of someone who has died
Foreign vehicles: the defendant's vehicle was registered outside the UK on the date of the accident
Injury claims that don't come from a road accident, such as a fall on a damaged pavement or an injury at work, are on the small claims track if the injury is worth up to £1,500 and the whole claim up to £10,000.
How a claim runs, and the court in Manchester
Court is a last resort. Each type of claim has a pre-action protocol that sets out the letters, evidence and responses both sides should exchange first, so most claims settle or at least narrow down before anyone issues. There are separate protocols for general injury claims, clinical disputes, and disease and illness claims.
The claims portal: road accident claims from 31 May 2021 onwards, worth more than the small claims limit and up to £25,000, start on the portal at claimsportal.org.uk. Accidents at work and in public places worth up to £25,000 have their own portal protocol
Tracks: above the small claims limits, claims are normally on the fast track up to £25,000, the intermediate track for less complex claims up to £100,000, and the multi-track above that or where a case is complicated
Fixed recoverable costs: on the fast and intermediate tracks, the costs a losing side has to pay are set amounts. For injury claims this applies where the cause of action arose on or after 1 October 2023. For disease claims it depends on the letter of claim instead: fixed costs apply only if the letter of claim was not sent to the defendant before 1 October 2023. Mesothelioma and asbestos lung disease claims go to the multi-track and sit outside fixed costs
Part 36 offers: either side can make a formal written offer to settle that stays open for at least 21 days. If you reject one and then do no better at trial, you can face costs and interest penalties
Future losses: lump sums for things like future care and lost earnings are adjusted using the personal injury discount rate, which has been 0.5% since 11 January 2025. Before that it was minus 0.25%
County court claims from Manchester are generally heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, which handles money claims, housing and High Court work as well as family cases. Always go by the hearing centre named on your court papers, as a claim can be moved.
Court
Address
Opening and contact
Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Civil and Family Courts)
1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ
Building open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Counter by appointment only, Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm: book on 0300 123 5577. Switchboard 0161 240 5000 (9am to 5pm)
No win, no fee and protection from costs
Most firms on this page say they offer no win, no fee terms, which usually means a conditional fee agreement. If you win, the firm can charge a success fee on top of its basic charges. In most personal injury cases at first instance, the law limits the success fee to 25% of two parts of your compensation: damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity, and damages for past financial losses, after any benefits repaid through the DWP's Compensation Recovery Unit. Compensation for future losses is left out of the calculation. In most injury claims the success fee comes out of your damages, because a court can't order the losing side to pay it. Diffuse mesothelioma claims are the exception: there the success fee can still be claimed from the other side, and the 25% cap doesn't apply.
Damages based agreements: the firm takes an agreed share of what you recover instead of charging fees. In first instance injury cases, that share, including VAT, is capped at 25% of the same two parts of your damages
Insurance against losing: after the event insurance can cover some costs if the claim fails. The premium generally can't be claimed back from the other side, except in diffuse mesothelioma claims, so ask who pays it
QOCS: qualified one way costs shifting covers claims for personal injury or death. If you lose, any costs order against you can normally be enforced only up to the total of damages, interest and costs awarded or agreed in your favour
Losing that protection: this can happen in some cases, including where the claim is struck out because it disclosed no reasonable grounds, was an abuse of the court's process, or because of conduct likely to obstruct the just disposal of the proceedings, and, with the court's permission, where the claim is found to be fundamentally dishonest
Before you sign, ask the firm to put in writing what you'd pay if the claim succeeds, if it fails and if you stop part way. It's also worth checking your car and home insurance policies for legal expenses cover.
Injured at work, or by medical treatment
Work injuries. Most employers carrying on business in Great Britain must hold employers' liability insurance covering injury and disease their employees suffer at work, with at least £5 million of cover from an authorised insurer. If you're claiming against a former employer and can't find its insurer, the Employers' Liability Tracing Office may be able to trace the policy. Separately, RIDDOR requires employers and others in control of work premises to report work related deaths, certain injuries, specified diseases and dangerous occurrences. Disease and illness claims, such as asbestos related illness or hearing loss caused by noise at work, have their own pre-action protocol.
Medical negligence. The same 3 year limit applies, with the same rules for children, people without capacity and the court's power to allow a late claim. These claims have their own protocol, the Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes. NHS Resolution, a special health authority sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, says its purpose is to provide expertise to the NHS to resolve concerns fairly. A clinical negligence claim is normally allocated to the multi-track, so fixed recoverable costs don't usually apply. The exception is a claim that would normally be on the intermediate track where the defendant admits liability in full in its letter of response under the clinical disputes protocol and doesn't raise a Limitation Act defence.
Several firms here run injury and medical negligence teams in the same Manchester office. If an accident was followed by treatment that went wrong, ask whether one team can look at both.
Compensation after a violent crime
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) pays compensation to victims of violent crime, and to people whose loved ones died as a result of one, under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. That scheme applies to applications received on or after 27 November 2012. It can cover physical or mental injury, sexual assault, bereavement, funeral costs, and in some cases lost earnings and special expenses. People hurt while taking a justified and exceptional risk to stop a crime can also apply. Injury payments are between £1,000 and £250,000.
Report it first: the crime must be reported to the police before you apply
Time limit: usually 2 years from the crime. CICA will accept a late application only if exceptional circumstances stopped you applying earlier and the evidence you send means it can decide the claim without extensive further enquiries
Under 18 at the time: if the crime was reported to the police before your 18th birthday, CICA must receive the application by your 20th birthday. If it was first reported on or after your 18th birthday, you have 2 years from that first report
Free to apply: there's no fee and you don't need a legal or other representative. If you choose to use one, CICA won't pay their costs
Manchester personal injury law: common questions
How long do I have to make a personal injury claim?
Usually 3 years from the date of the injury, or from when you first knew it was significant and who caused it, if that's later. If you were under 18 when it happened, the 3 years starts on your 18th birthday. Claims to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority have a separate limit, usually 2 years from the crime.
Do I need a solicitor for a minor car accident injury?
Not always. If you're 18 or over, were inside a vehicle, the accident was in England or Wales on or after 31 May 2021 and the injury is worth under £5,000, you can claim through Official Injury Claim yourself, free. Cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, children and protected parties are among those who can't use that service.
What share of my compensation can a no win, no fee firm take?
In most first instance personal injury cases, the success fee is capped by law at 25% of your damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity and for past financial losses. Damages for future losses aren't included. There may be other costs, such as an insurance premium, so get the full terms in writing before you sign.
Will I have to pay the other side's costs if I lose?
Usually not beyond what you've been awarded. Under qualified one way costs shifting, a costs order against a losing injury claimant can normally be enforced only up to the damages, interest and costs awarded or agreed in their favour. That protection can be lost in some cases, including a strike out for disclosing no reasonable grounds, abuse of process or obstructive conduct, and a finding of fundamental dishonesty.
Can I go straight to a law firm, or do I need a claims company?
You can go straight to a firm. Since 1 April 2013, solicitors, barristers, insurers and claims management companies in England and Wales have been banned from paying or receiving referral fees for personal injury and death claims, so a law firm can't pay anyone to pass your claim on. Claims companies that handle injury claims must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Where are injury claims heard in Manchester?
County court claims are generally heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ. Check the hearing centre named on your court papers, as a claim can be sent elsewhere.
Can I claim compensation after being assaulted?
Yes. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority can pay compensation if the crime was reported to the police. It's free to apply, you don't need a representative, and you usually have 2 years from the crime. Injury payments run from £1,000 to £250,000.
