Spinal injury claims

If liability for your injury is accepted, we will secure interim payments to pay for a new house, equipment and rehabilitation. We will help to protect your entitlement to welfare benefits by setting up a personal injury trust. We will also ensure that you get independent specialist financial investment advice.

Our expertise lies in thoroughly investigating your claim and maximising your chances of success. We will adopt the best strategy to secure this outcome. We will also help to maximise the compensation award. We will gather evidence and speak to witnesses. When required we will appoint leading barristers as part of your team, and seek advice from expert witnesses. We will provide funding for this. Your opponent will be required to reimburse the costs at the end of the claim.

Award winning catastrophic injury solicitor Richard Edwards has spent over 20 years acting for people with spinal injuries. Examples of cases he has been involved in include:

• Acting for a HGV driver who suffered a spinal cord injury in a workplace accident. Working with Leading Counsel and expert witnesses, Richard recovered £6.5m in damages for his client shortly before a High Court trial. The compensation award allowed the claimant to purchase a new home, a care package and access to rehabilitation.
• Acting for a 50 year old female who suffered an injury to the spine after a fall from height. Liability was denied and the case went to trial in the High Court. The court found in the Claimant‘s favour (Colette Ashton v City of Liverpool YMCA [2023] EWHC 707 (KB)). Richard then successfully negotiated a substantial undisclosed settlement.
• Acting for a 55 year old man who sustained an injury to the spine in a corporate sports event. The claim was denied until very close to trial. The client was treated with Halo fixation and was left with permanent pain and restriction of movement in the neck. The injury prevented him from returning to his previous job. A substantial undisclosed settlement was reached just before trial.
• Acting for a motorcyclist who sustained an injury to the spine. The injury left him with pain and restriction of movement and limited his ability to work. A substantial undisclosed settlement was achieved.
• Acting for a young female who suffered a spinal injury in a road traffic accident. Richard negotiated a substantial seven figure gross settlement. This covered the costs of accommodation, care, equipment and loss of earnings.
• Acting for a child in an ongoing claim for damages arising from a spinal cord injury resulting in lower limb paralysis. Richard has engaged Leading Counsel, coordinated with a specialist case manager and worked with a range of expert witnesses.

Contact us for a free no obligation consultation. If we accept instructions to act, we will do so on a no win, no fee basis. We are also happy to speak to you if you want a second opinion or wish to transfer representation to us.