Accidents injure people in the U.K. every day. In many cases, the victims will file an accidents claim or complaint in the hopes that another party will be made to compensate them for the accidental injuries that they received.
There are four basic ways in the United Kingdom for an injured person to pursue the goal of being compensated for accident injuries.
Reading the newspapers and watching television reports people often worry about how safe a world this is for our children to grow up in.
Teenagers are stabbing each other, paedophiles are roaming the streets and dangerous dogs are on the loose ready to eat little children.
One all too familiar email we receive is that of an individual inquiring as to whether their elderly mother or father has a chance to claim compensation for an accident. We used to think this was because the interweb and that emailing thing were not the style of those over 50. The assumption was that most would simply open the Yellow Pages.
But, on following up and interviewing some, the actual mother or father who would be making the claim often had the same sort of line. "I wasn't going to contact a solicitor myself, it was my son's/daughter's idea, I don't want to make a fuss, it's not that bad!" At the time pressing down on the broken limb, somehow trying to hold it in place.
"Accident Claims" are no longer in a majority when it comes to the usage of the word "Accident". Many are either blaming someone for something entirely not their fault, or, making up the entire incident altogether. Not only are insurance companies spending more and more fighting fraud, but the NHS is having to cope with the excess number of people looking for medical proof to back up their fake claims. Not only does this waste tax-payer's money, it uses up valuable NHS time that should be used on the truly sick and injured.
Here are some resources about accident claims and the current state of affairs:
Accidents don't always happen during business hours