Head Injuries

Catastrophic injuries which severely curtail the victim's lifestyle or quality of life are commonly associated with head injuries.

The incidence of head injury in the United Kingdom is very common.

Approximately 100,000 people a year attend hospital with head injuries of which about 20 people an hour are admitted. Most of these will have suffered a minor head injury but any damage to the head can cause physical injury to the head.

It is even possible to suffer serious injury to the head without any visible injury to the head for example, rapid and sudden forwards and backwards movement of the head can cause the head to be shaken about inside the skull and suffer injury as might happen in a severe collision.

Sadly, head injury is most common in the young with road traffic accidents being the main cause. This is significant because any head injury resulting in severe damage to the brain is likely to have a more long term and devastating impact on the young who would otherwise have had a lifetime of work and independent living ahead of them.

Any damage to the brain suffered at any age can have severe life changing consequences for the individual and their family.

Brain injuries are a major cause of lost working days in the United Kingdom and a common cause of severe disability.

Head injuries have a devastating effect on victims and their families.

The conduct of litigation in these cases is highly specialised and complex requiring a detailed knowledge of the legal process and the treatment and management of head and spinal injuries.

Our catastrophic injury team possesses these skills and thus is able to use the litigation process to ensure that the maximum amount of compensation is paid.

By understanding the needs of our clients and being able to effectively communicate with all those involved in the claim, we can ensure that the compensation will assist our clients to access rehabilitation services and enable a support package to be developed that will cover suitable housing, care needs, transport, aids and equipment and therapies all with the aim of improving the quality of life of our clients and allowing them to live as independently as possible.

The key to our approach is proper communication with the client, the family, the doctors and other professionals involved in the case.

Teamwork means we can ensure that all aspects of the claim from the initial investigation through instructing appropriate experts to developing the support package that will cover all foreseeable eventualities happen efficiently whilst enabling us to offer practical help and support to our clients and their families at the same time when it is most needed.