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concussion compensation claims

Getting access to the specialist treatment and support you need after a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury can be hard. Our specialist team are here to help you.
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Overview

Helping you access the support you need after a mild brain injury

We're here not only to help you to claim compensation but also to get access to the specialist medical team to help you to understand your injuries and put in place treatment so that you can make the best recovery possible.

Throughout your whole case, we’ll always fight for your best possible outcome. As well as fighting your corner with your claim, we’ve also got a dedicated team of rehabilitation and support coordinators who work with your legal team. They’re here to plug any gaps in your care and provide wraparound support to you and your family.

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Partners with Headway groups across the UK supporting people after brain injury

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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 Anna to access the specialist support she needed to help her understand and overcome her brain injury and achieve her best possible outcome.

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Accredited brain injury specialists

We're accredited by the brain injury charity, Headway, as specialists in handing head and brain injury claims. All Headway solicitors have proven expertise in helping and supporting brain injured people and their families.

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How we can help you

We’re specialists in helping brain injured people and their families to achieve the best possible outcome. Our focus from day one is helping you to lead a fulfilled life by providing support and guidance throughout. 

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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, with specific experience in helping families after brain injury.

  • 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

Claiming compensation after a brain injury injury may seem like a complicated process. 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 is concussion?

Concussion is classed as a ‘mild’ traumatic brain injury and is a disturbance of brain function as a result of an impact to the head or shaking of the head. It can cause both short-term and long-term problems.

While most people recover from their symptoms within a few weeks, some can experience ongoing issues, which is often referred to as post-concussion syndrome.

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

How is concussion diagnosed?

Often concussion will not show up on a brain scan, but that does not mean symptoms will be any less serious. If you are experiencing ongoing symptoms, it’s important to consult with medical specialists who will be able to advise you on your injuries. Concussion is common in road collisions, falls, sporting accidents and injuries caused by a criminal assault. However your concussion has been caused, you should visit your GP or your local A&E Department to make sure that there is not a more serious underlying injury.

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

Can I claim compensation for concussion?

If your injury was caused by another party, then you may be able to claim concussion compensation. If you are unsure or would just like some advice on if you do have a case to claim compensation then please get in touch and we'd be happy to help you and give you some advice.

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

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