Making a Claim For Personal Injury
For injuries, illness or disease suffered as a result of another person’s negligence, you can make a personal injury claim for compensation through Citadel Chambers' barristers or come to us via a solicitor.
Your injury, illness or disease would have to have been caused by the negligence of another party.
Some PI claims are sorted out in months, others can take much longer. Most are settled out of court.
Citadel Chambers' barristers can help with your personal injury compensation claims.
Road Traffic Accidents
Road accidents are the most common source of claims, ranging from road accidents which cause injuries where drivers and passengers suffer injury but also including pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists being hit by vehicles and injured.
Accidents In The Workplace
Employers are duty-bound to look after the welfare of staff by providing a safe place to work, a safe system of working and safe equipment.
The many different kinds of accident that can befall an employee reflect the infinite variation in workplaces and occupations. Employees may injure themselves lifting heavy objects, operating machinery, falling, tripping and slipping or contracting an industry-related disease or disability.
If you have been in a work-related accident you can contact us and have our direct access barristers deal with your claim or come to us via a solicitor.
Industry-Related Disease and Disability
These include deafness caused by damage from noise insufficiently guarded-against, Vibration White Finger from exposure to vibrating equipment, dermatitis from reactions against known irritants and asbestos-related pleural plaques, asbestosis and mesothelioma.
Compensation claims arise when employers fail, negligently, to make adequate provision to protect the health of their employees with safe systems, equipment and adequate resources.
Product Liability
Dangerous products and faulty products do cause injuries and distressing side-effects. Some of the problems arise with hair dyes and cosmetics causing skin problems. More obviously products which are not fit for their purpose and are inherently unsafe are also potential sources of a claim for injury e.g. faulty furniture or tools may suddenly give way causing injury.
Military Personnel Who Are Injured
Claims by members of the armed forces can be dealt with in the same way as for members of the public but certain rules and regulations specify that some claims against the Ministry of Defence have to be dealt with differently.
Our barristers will be able to advise on your claim.
Environmental Hazards
Hazardous substances such as carbon monoxide can poison, injuries can be caused by pesticides, chemicals which have leaked or otherwise contaminated an inhabited area. Food poisoning from various sources can have catastrophic effects.
Tripping and Slipping
Where a person has injured themselves tripping on a badly maintained path or road or slipping on an untreated spillage at a shopping mall or supermarket, there may be the prospect of compensation through a public liability claim.
Citadel Chambers' Personal Injury Team
Citadel Chambers' Personal Injury Team can help you with your claim and do all they can to maximise compensation, and as quickly as possible. We will be able to tell swiftly whether or not you have a good claim.
Contact us now on xxxxxxxxx
