{"id":8249,"date":"2011-08-19T09:45:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T08:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2011-08-19T09:45:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T08:45:41","slug":"how-much-compensation-can-i-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/08\/19\/how-much-compensation-can-i-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Compensation Can I Expect?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"At The Injury Lawyers<\/a>, we provide free legal advice to numerous people every day, whether they be existing clients, or potential new clients wanting more information about the services we offer.\u00a0 A lot of the time such people ask very similar questions.\u00a0 One of the most common is whether they have a claim or not; and an equally common question is how much their claim is worth<\/strong>.\u00a0 In respect of the latter question there is often some difficulty placing a precise value on their claim at the early stages.\u00a0 This is because there are several factors which need to be taken into account when calculating the value of the claim<\/strong>, and because at the start of your claim, without medical evidence, we do not know how your injuries will be in a few months time.\u00a0 This blog intends to set out how can we try and help you value your claim.<\/p>\n

If anyone tells you they know exactly how much your claim is worth at the outset, that is simply not possible<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is because your injuries can only be properly valued when your injury lawyers are in receipt of your medical report.\u00a0 This will outline the nature of your injuries, whether they directly relate to your accident, and how long the medical expert believes they will persist.\u00a0 From this, your expert injury lawyer can begin to properly value you your claim.\u00a0 Without it, it is guess work based on other cases that they have experienced that have similar attributes to your own.<\/p>\n

There are several considerations when valuing your claim other than the nature of your injuries and their seriousness.\u00a0 If you have had a lot of time off work<\/strong>, or you have suffered a substantial loss of amenity<\/strong>, such factors like these add up to make your claim more valuable.\u00a0 Your injury lawyer can try and recover these related losses and this adds value to your claim.\u00a0 So, for example, a person with a six month back injury who has had six months off work and was not able to go to the gym during these six months, would have a claim that could potentially be worth more than the person who\u2019s back injury lasted 2 months when and had minimal time off work.\u00a0 The value of your claim really does depend on your circumstances<\/strong>, and it is not often easy to predict from the offset.
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\nThat said, your injury lawyer will be able to give you a rough idea as to how much your claim could be worth.\u00a0 This is because there are the Judicial Studies Board<\/strong> (\u2018JSB\u2019) guidelines to assist us.\u00a0 These can provide a good pointer as to how much your injuries may be worth.\u00a0 Here is an example of the JSB guidelines:<\/p>\n