Work accident claim guides
Practical, plain-English answers to the questions people ask most after an accident at work.
Money and compensation
Is compensation taxable?
Why personal injury damages are exempt from income and capital gains tax.
Will a payout affect my benefits?
How compensation interacts with means-tested benefits and Personal Injury Trusts.
Claiming lost holiday entitlement
Recovering annual leave you couldn't take because of your injury.
Unpaid wages after an injury
What to do when your employer refuses SSP or contractual sick pay.
Interim payments explained
Getting money on account before your claim settles.
Offers and settlement
Should I accept the first offer?
Why insurers' opening offers are almost always too low.
Part 36 offers explained
Costs consequences of formal offers under CPR 36.
What "without prejudice" means
How privileged settlement discussions work in a claim.
What a loss adjuster does
The insurer's investigator — and how to deal with them.
The claims process
How long a claim takes
Realistic timelines from letter of claim to settlement.
Changing solicitor mid-claim
Your right to move firms and how the transfer works.
Claiming without a solicitor
The practical risks of DIY personal injury claims.
Small claims and work accidents
When the small claims track applies to a work injury.
The medical examination
What to expect from the independent medical report.
IIDB benefit vs a civil claim
The state benefit route alongside a compensation claim.
What RIDDOR means for your claim
How reporting duties affect the evidence in your case.
Fault and eligibility
Partly your fault? You can still claim
Contributory negligence under the 1945 Act.
Didn't report the accident?
Late-reporting cases and how to rebuild the evidence.
Contributory negligence explained
How courts apportion blame and reduce damages.
Pre-existing conditions
The eggshell-skull rule and acceleration cases.
Signed a waiver at work?
Why most workplace waivers are legally worthless.
Employer has no insurance?
Untraced and uninsured employers under ELCIA 1969.
Your situation
Injured working from home
Employer duties for home-working under HSWA 1974.
Work car park accidents
When workplace car parks fall inside the employer's duty.
Injured at a client's premises
Multiple-defendant liability under the Occupiers' Liability Act.
Dog bites at work
Animals Act 1971 and workplace dog incidents.
Work sports and social events
Course-of-employment tests for team-building and socials.
Needlestick injuries
Sharps Regulations 2013 and healthcare needlestick claims.
Mental health and work injuries
PTSD and Hatton-criteria stress claims.
Migrant and overseas workers
Your rights regardless of nationality or status.
Injured at work over 65
Loss of earnings and pension in later-life claims.
Accidents during probation
Day-one personal injury rights during probation.
Knowledge base — long-read guides
How to make a workplace injury claim in the UK
Eligibility, no-win-no-fee funding, letter of claim, medical evidence, and what to expect at settlement.
Workplace accident examples
RIDDOR categories — falls from height, manual handling, struck-by, machinery, and slips and trips.
Injury at work rights under UK law
Right to claim, Statutory Sick Pay, section 100 ERA 1996 dismissal protection, accident-book access.
Industrial injury compensation
Asbestosis, mesothelioma, NIHL, HAVS and occupational asthma — JCG ranges and date-of-knowledge rule.
Employer responsibility after a workplace accident
RIDDOR reporting, evidence preservation, accident book, and insurance notification duties.
UK workplace injury laws
HSWA 1974, Management Regs 1999, Work at Height Regs 2005, PUWER 1998, Limitation Act 1980.
Do you get full pay if injured at work?
SSP is £123.25/week for up to 28 weeks — the gap is recoverable as special damages.
Accident at work compensation examples
Back, knee, shoulder, head and hearing loss injuries using Judicial College Guidelines.
Self-employed accident at work
Section 3 HSWA 1974, duty of care from the engaging business, lost trading income.
Industrial deafness claim
NIHL, employer duties under the Noise Regs 2005, JCG ranges up to £147,690.
Occupational asthma claims
Sensitiser vs irritant asthma, COSHH duties, JCG ranges and IIDB prescribed disease D7.
Accident at work in Scotland
Sheriff Court and ASPIC, plus the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 s.17.
List of compensation payouts UK
JCG 17th-edition ranges by body part, plus how special damages and the 25% CFA cap work.
Accident book at work
1979 Regulations, what to record, UK GDPR privacy, and evidential value in a claim.
RIDDOR reporting
What must be reported to the HSE, timescales, and why RIDDOR records are strong claim evidence.
Industrial injuries disablement benefit
Who qualifies, disability percentages, and how IIDB runs alongside a civil compensation claim.
HAVS claim
Control of Vibration at Work Regs 2005 exposure limits and JCG ranges to £45,430.
Asbestos compensation claim
Mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer — insurer tracing and date-of-diagnosis limits.
Factory and forklift accident claim
PUWER, LOLER and Manual Handling Regs — machinery, forklift and crush-injury claims.
Construction accident claim
Work at Height Regs 2005 and CDM 2015 principal-contractor duties for site injuries.
Back injury at work claim
Manual Handling Regs 1992, JCG ranges to £69,330, and future-loss calculations.
Slip, trip and fall at work
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regs 1992, floor and lighting duties, and JCG brackets.
Employers' liability insurance
1969 Act, £5m minimum cover, ELTO tracing, and how insurers pay your workplace injury claim.
Injured at work — first steps
Medical treatment, accident book, evidence, witnesses, and dealing with the employer's insurer.
Workplace accident solicitor
SRA regulation, no win no fee, success-fee cap and what to ask before you sign.
What must be reported under RIDDOR
Deaths, specified injuries, over-seven-day incapacitation, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
Industrial disease claim
Date-of-knowledge time limits, multiple employers, deafness, HAVS, asthma and asbestos disease.
Find out in 60 seconds if you can claim.
No win, no fee workplace injury claims across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Free eligibility check, paid by your employer's insurer — never from your pocket.
Find out in 60 seconds if you can claim.
No win, no fee workplace injury claims across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Free eligibility check, paid by your employer's insurer — never from your pocket.
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