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amputation compensation claims

We're here to support you and your family to claim the compensation you deserve if you've had to undergo an amputation as a result of your injuries.
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Overview

Helping you to claim compensation after an amputation

Our specialist serious injury team are here to help you to claim the compensation you deserve if you've had to undergo an amputation due to injuries caused by a traumatic event.

But not only that, we're here to get you the specialist support you need, including intensive rehabilitation to help with your independence and access state-of-the-art prostheses to help you adapt to life after amputation.

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Handpicked legal partners of Steel Bones, the amputation charity

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Dedicated rehabilitation & support coordinators to help you access the specialist help you need

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Our client stories

Empowering people to rebuild their lives

We helped Sam to claim £2 million in compensation and successfully won a High Court Trial after Sam lost his arm in an accident at work. While his case was ongoing, we introduced Sam and his family to the charity Steel Bones, which supported his young children in adapting to the changes in their dad.

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Our partners

Legal partners of Steel Bones

Steel Bones supports amputee families to live life to the full, overcoming the trauma of amputation. We’re one of their chosen specialist legal partners due to our extensive experience supporting people after amputation.

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Our support

How we can help you

We've seen how daunting and stressful it can be when you, or a loved one, experience an amputation. We understand that clients want to get back to work and regain their life as quickly as possible. Our focus from day one is helping you to lead a fulfilled life by providing support and guidance throughout. 

Why choose us?
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Caroline Trinder

Rehabilitation and Support Lead

Our rehabilitation and support coordinators

We have a dedicated team of rehabilitation and support coordinators, who all have a background in health and social care, who will help tailor a support, treatment and rehabilitation programme to help you get a better quality of recovery.

  • Specialist support at the earliest stage, alongside your legal team
  • Plugging any gaps in the care you're receiving
  • Emergency fund to pay for initial care, aids and equipment
  • Collaborative working with your treating team to get you home safely
  • Psychological support and arranging counselling
  • Exploring grants and funding options available to you

Our Process

Guiding people through the legal process

Making an amputation compensation claim can be complex, with lots of different elements to look at. But our expert team are on hand to take you through every stage.

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Free meeting without the need to go ahead with a claim
We’ll come to see you face to face wherever you feel comfortable to find out more about you and your family, what you’re worried about and how we can start helping you. We’ll also talk to you about how your case can be funded, so you’ll have peace of mind and reassurance that making a claim won’t cost you money, even if your claim isn’t successful. We don’t believe in taking money off injured people like some other firms, so there are no hidden charges
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Introduce our Rehabilitation and Support Team
Once we understand what’s worrying you, our Rehabilitation and Support Team will be in touch to understand more about your needs and to help you access the urgent support you need. The team include health and social care professionals who can help to plug any gaps in your care. They’re on hand to help with discharge planning and making sure you have everything you need to go home safely. We’ve also got an emergency fund to help pay for any initial care, aids and equipment you might need.
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Contact the other side to get the ball rolling
We’ll send a letter of claim to the defendant insurers—this is basically a letter telling them what’s happened and why we think they’re responsible. It’s important we make contact with the defendant insurers as soon as possible to make sure your claim can move forward without any delays. They’re allowed time to look into what’s happened and tell us if they admit they’re to blame, they think they’re partly to blame, or they deny blame all together. Sometimes, there’s no response at all. However, while they’re doing this, we’ll be working with them to try and get funding for private rehabilitation to help your recovery from the very beginning of the claim.
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Asking for interim payments
You might be worried about the impact your injuries have had on you and money worries if you can’t work. While steps one to three are ongoing, we’ll also be asking the defendant insurers for interim payments. These are payments that you get as soon as possible before your case has settled that can help pay for any suggested treatment, help with any financial worries you might have about paying your rent or mortgages, or paying bills, and to put in place a full treating and care team, helping to make sure you achieve your best possible outcome.
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Gathering evidence
Next, we’ll start gathering the evidence. This could be to help prove that the other person involved was to blame (known as liability) and medical evidence to show what injuries you have, that these injuries were caused by the incident and how they’ve affected your life (known as causation and quantum). Liability evidence could be CCTV or police reports, and medical evidence includes your hospital or GP records, as well as reports from medical experts who specialise in your injuries.
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Getting you the rehabilitation you need
As we carry on gathering all the information to build your case, we’ll be working alongside professionals who are specialists in your injuries to look at how we can support you and get you the best recovery possible. We do this by organising the highest quality rehabilitation and treatment for your specific needs. We’ll keep working with the defendant insurers to get all this funded for you while your claim is still ongoing so that you don’t have to wait.
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Working out how much your claim is worth
After gathering all the evidence, we’ll also calculate how much your claim should be worth. We’ll look at what losses you’ve had since your injuries including from not being able to work, as well as any losses you’ll experience in the future. We’ll also think about all the things you’ll need now and in time to come, including things like care packages, treatment, aids, equipment, changing your home so it works better for you, and any number of others things that might be important to you (for example getting back to a hobby you love or sourcing an adapted holiday home for you to enjoy time with your family).
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Fighting for your best possible outcome
Throughout your whole case we’ll be negotiating with the defendants—whether it’s to get them to accept they’re to blame, agree to release some interim payments to help with your recovery or discussing how much compensation you should get. We’ll always fight for your best possible outcomes.
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Lifelong support
Even after your case has settled, we’re still here for you. Our specialist Court of Protection team can help you if your family member can’t manage their own affairs anymore, or we can set up a Personal Injury Trust to make sure you can still claim the benefits you need. We’re also here to help with financial advice to make sure your compensation lasts you for the rest of your life.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Here are the answers to a few of the questions we get asked regularly. But if you have any other questions, please get in touch. We're here to help.

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What support and treatment will I need after an amputation?

As an amputee, you’ll need to readjust to the way you perform certain day to day tasks. This could mean you need intensive rehabilitation to help you to find new ways to do some things. You will also need specialist input from occupational therapists, physiotherapists and prosthetists, as well as other specialist healthcare professionals.

Alongside your physical health, having an amputation may also have an impact on your mental health. It’s important that alongside any treatment you receive for the physical side of your injury, you also receive the emotional support and counselling needed to come to terms with such a huge change.

Contact us for advice: 0800 612 8196 advice@cfglaw.co.uk

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