{"id":8344,"date":"2011-08-23T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2011-08-23T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T10:06:12","slug":"understanding-children-litigation-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/08\/23\/understanding-children-litigation-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Children Litigation Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/iStock_000016849937XSmall-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"child compensation claims\" title=\"child compensation claims\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8359\" \/>A common question for us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/\" title=\"The Injury Lawyers - Personal Claim Specialists\">The Injury Lawyers<\/a> relates to the process for <strong>children bringing claims for compensation<\/strong>.\u00a0 What can you do if your child has been injured in an accident? How can your child make a claim for compensation? After all, they may be 3 years old and would obviously be unable to make a claim themselves!\u00a0 If it was you who had been injured, then you would be able to give an injury lawyer a call and get the ball rolling on your potential claim for compensation.\u00a0 However, if it is your child that has been injured, they can still make a claim for compensation &#8211; they just need a <strong>litigation friend<\/strong> to represent them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a litigation friend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A litigation friend is a responsible adult, most likely to be a child\u2019s parent or guardian, but could at the same time be a family friend or care worker, or any other trustworthy adult with the child\u2019s best interests at heart, who will act for and on behalf of the injured child.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019m sure you are aware, a <strong>person under the age of 18 is classed as a minor<\/strong> and <strong>cannot bring a claim for compensation alone<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are two options.\u00a0 They can make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/100-percent-compensation-4u.php\" title=\"read more on compensation\">claim for compensation<\/a> once they turn 18 within three years after this date, i.e. by their 21<sup>st<\/sup> birthday (this is the common limitation date for them to bring a claim), or a litigation friend can make the claim for compensation on their behalf.\u00a0 I would suggest that the problem with waiting until the injured child is 21 is that a potential near 21 years will have passed since the accident, and any records of these may no longer exist.\u00a0 If you were to make the claim for compensation now, at least the injuries and accident are fresh in your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Having a litigation friend for your child\u2019s claim does <strong>not delay<\/strong> the compensation process.\u00a0 The only real difference is that you will have to complete a <strong>Certificate of Suitability of Litigation Friend<\/strong> which can be done in a matter of minutes.\u00a0 As long as the litigation friend is on hand to answer any questions that the child\u2019s injury lawyers may ask, then the process should run as <strong>smoothly<\/strong> as it would have done if it was your own claim for compensation.<\/p>\n<p>If you want any further advice about potential claims for compensation for your child, why not give our <strong>expert injury lawyers a call today on 0800 634 75 75<\/strong> who will be on hand and more than happy to provide you with some free legal advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common question for us at The Injury Lawyers relates to the process for children bringing claims for compensation.\u00a0 What can you do if your child has been injured in an accident? How can your child make a claim for compensation? After all, they may be 3 years old and would obviously be unable to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/08\/23\/understanding-children-litigation-friends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Understanding Children Litigation Friends<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-compensation-claims","category-claims","category-compensation-advice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Understanding Children Litigation Friends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/08\/23\/understanding-children-litigation-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Understanding Children Litigation Friends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A common question for us at The Injury Lawyers relates to the process for children bringing claims for compensation.\u00a0 What can you do if your child has been injured in an accident? 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