Personal Injury Clinic

To be eligible for free initial legal advice, your injury must have occured in the last three years, through no fault of your own.

You will be offered an appointment where a student advisor, accompanied by a qualified lawyer, will listen to your personal injury case and take time to understand your situation.

Important:

• No legal advice is given at the
  appointment, but students will prepare a Letter of Advice which will be sent to you within 14 days
  following your appointment.
• All legal advice is researched and
  written by our law students but is supervised by a qualified and
  practising Personal Injury Lawyer from Hodge Jones and Allen.
• UEA Law Clinic is not itself responsible for the advice you receive.

A personal injury claim is a claim for compensation for a physical injury,
or a psychological injury/condition that has been caused through the fault
or negligence of someone else. In cases where an accident results in
death, there may also be a fatal accident claim.

If you have suffered a personal injury, it can be detrimental to the quality
of your life, either temporarily throughout the healing process,
or permanently in cases of severe, life-changing or catastrophic injuries.
In either instance, there is often a basis for a claim for compensation as
recompense for the damages caused by the incident. Early rehabilitation
and medical treatment required will also be arranged.

You can claim for your actual injuries, the pain and suffering experienced
and for the impact on different aspects of your work and social life.
Additionally, consideration will be given to how your injuries might affect
your future life. Specialist medical reports will often be obtained.

This includes:

• Road Traffic Accident Claims
  
• Fatal Accidents & Injury
• Accident at Work Claims
• Accidents in Public Places
• Orthopaedic Injuries
• Product Liability Claims
• Slips & Trips Claims
• Serious Injury Claims

You can also claim for past and future financial losses and
expenses such as loss of earnings and the cost of any treatments
you may need to aid your recovery.

It’s important to provide your student advisors with as much information
as possible when seeking advice. You will need as many details as you
can provide about the incident itself including the date, time and any
documents and witness details that could help with your injury claim.

You’ll also need to provide your student advisors with a detailed
description of what happened, who you think is responsible and why.
You will need to be able to prove that your injuries were caused because
of the negligence of someone else.