Churchgate Legal - Personal Injury Compensation

Personal Injury Compensation

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How much compensation am I likely to receive?

The amount of compensation you may be awarded if you are successful in your Personal Injury claim is dependent upon the nature, severity and duration of your injury and its effect on your ability to carry out your day to day activities and whether your injury has caused you to suffer any consequential financial loss eg., loss of earnings which can also be recovered as part of your compensation.

Compensation for your injury itself is calculated by reference to a set of national guidelines and also by the amounts of compensation awarded by the Courts to others suffering injuries comparable to yours.

We set out below the national guidelines for injury compensation excluding any consequential financial loss which you could be awarded and which is calculated separately.

Paralysis	From	Up to
Quadriplegia	£175,000	£220,000
Paraplegia	£120,000	£155,000

Head Injuries
Brain Damage
Very Severe	£155,000	£220,000
Moderately Severe	£120,000	£155,000
Moderate	£23,500	£120,000
Minor	£8,500	£23,500
Minor Head Injury	£1,250	£7,000

Epilepsy
Established Grand Mal	£55,000	£82,000
Established Petit Mal	£30,000	£71,500
Other Epileptic Conditions	£5,750	£14,250

Psychiatric Damage
Severe	£30,000	£63,000
Moderately Severe	£10,500	£30,000
Moderate	£3,250	£10,500
Minor	£800	£3,250

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Severe	£34,000	£55,000
Moderately Severe	£12,500	£31,750
Moderate	£4,500	£12,500
Minor	£2,150	£4,500

Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Syndrome
Severe	£23,000	£35,000
Moderate	£6,000	£18,000

Fibromyalgia	£19,000	£35,000

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (in the region of)	£27,500

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Severe	£28,000	£55,000
Moderate	£14,000	£21,000

Somatoform Disorder (in the region of)	£25,000

Injuries Affecting the Senses Injuries Affecting Sight
Total blindness and deafness (in the region of)	£220,000
Total blindness (in the region of)	£147,500

Loss of sight in one eye with reduced vision in the remaining eye	£35,000	£98,000
Total loss of one eye	£30,000	£36,000
Complete loss of sight in one eye	£30,000	£27,000
Serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye	£13,000	£21,000
Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye	£6,750	£11,500
Minor Eye Injuries	£2,150	£4,750
Transient Eye Injuries	£1,250	£2,150

Deafness
Total Deafness and Loss of Speech	£60,000	£77,000
Total Deafness	£50,000	£60,000
Total Loss of Hearing in one Ear	£17,500	£25,000

Partial Hearing Loss/Tinnitus
Severe	£16,000	£25,000
Moderate	£8,000	£16,000
Mild with some hearing loss	£6,750	£8,000
Slight of occasional tinnitus with slight hearing loss	£4,000	£6,750

Impairment of Taste and Smell
Total loss of taste and smell (in the region of)	£21,500
Total loss of smell and significant loss of taste	£18,000	£21,500
Loss of smell	£13,500	£18,000
Loss of taste	£10,500	£13,500

Injuries to Internal Organs
Chest Injuries	£1,250	£82,000
Lung Disease	£1,250	£72,500
Asbestos-Related Disease	£5,000	£70,000
Asthma	£2,750	£36,000

Reproductive System: Male
Impotence	£3,500	£80,000

Reproductive System: Female
Infertility	£3,500	£93,000

Digestive System
Damage Resulting from Traumatic Injury	£3,500	£34,000
Illness/Damage Resulting from Non-traumatic Injury e.g. Food Poisoning	£500	£32,000

Kidney	£17,000	£115,000
Bowels	£6,750	£82,000
Bladder	£13,000	£77,000
Spleen	£2,250	£14,500
Hernia	£1,850	£13,250

Neck Injuries
Severe	£12,500	£82,000
Moderate	£4,250	£13,750
Minor	£750	£4,250

Back Injuries
Severe	£21,500	£93,000
Moderate	£6,750	£21,500
Minor (Up to)	£7,500

Shoulder Injuries
Severe	£10,500	£26,500
Serious	£6,750	£10,500
Moderate	£4,250	£7,000
Minor (Up to)	£4,500
Fracture of Clavicle	£2,750	£6,500

Injuries to the Pelvis and Hips
Severe	£21,500	£71,500
Moderate	£14,750	£21,500
Injuries of Limited Severity	£6,750	£14,750
Lesser Injuries (Up to)	£7,000

Amputation of Arms
Both Arms	£132,500	£165,000
One Arm	£52,500	£75,000
Other Arm Injuries	£3,500	£71,500

Injuries to the Elbow (Up to)	£30,000

Wrist Injuries (Up to)	£33,000

Hand Injuries
From loss of both hands to amputation of finger/fingers	£34,000	£110,000
Serious Hand Injuries	£8,000	£34,000
Moderate	£3,500	£7,250
Minor	£500	£2,250
Injuries to finger/s (Up to)	£13,500
Injuries to Thumb (Up to)	£30,000

Vibration White Finger and/or Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome
Serious	£9,250	£21,000
Moderate	£4,750	£9,250
Minor	£1,500	£4,750

Work Related Upper Limb Disorders	£1,250	£12,500

Leg Injuries
Amputations	£50,000	£155,000
Severe Leg Injuries	£15,250	£74,000
Less Serious Leg Injuries (Up to)	£15,250

Knee Injuries
Severe	£14,750	£52,500
Moderate (Up to)	£14,750

Ankle Injuries
Severe	£17,500	£38,000
Moderate (Up to)	£14,750

Foot Injuries
Amputation of both feet	£93,000	£110,000
Amputation of one foot	£46,000	£60,000
Severe Injury	£13,750	£60,000
Moderate	£7,500	£13,750
Modest (Up to)	£7,500

Toe Injuries
Amputation of all Toes	£20,000	£31,000
Amputation of the Great Toe (In the region of)	£17,500
Severe Toe Injuries	£5,250	£10,500
Moderate (Up to)	£5,250

Facial Injuries

Skeletal Injuries
Le Fort Fractures of Frontal Facial Bones	£13,500	£20,000
Multiple Fractures of Facial Bones	£8,000	£13,250
Fractures of Nose or Nasal Complex	£1,000	£12,750
Fractures of Cheekbones	£1,350	£8,750
Fracture of Jaws	£3,500	£25,000
Damage to Teeth	£600	£6,250

Facial Disfigurement
Females – Scarring	£1,000	£53,000
Males – Scarring	£1,000	£36,000

Scarring of Other Parts of the Body	£1,300	£7,500

Damage to Hair	£2,150	£6,000

Dermatitis	£1,000	£10,500