Sunshine Legal

• Can I claim?
  • Can I claim for back injury if I already have a bad back?
  • I had an accident a long time ago, can I still claim?
  • Is it right to make a claim?
• Who’s to blame?
  • Do I have to prove that an injury at work was my employer’s fault?
  • What if my husband/wife was to blame for my injuries?
  • What if the accident was my fault?
  • What if it was a hit and run driver?
• The process
  • Why do I have to see so many consultants?
  • What can I claim for?
  • When should I start?
  • Why should I think about using Sunshine Legal?
• Your services
  • How does your partnership with medical services work?

If you have been injured, as a result of an incident which was someone else’s fault (and we can advise you on that) you are entitled to recover “general damages” for the injury. You may also be entitled to “special damages” to cover your actual costs and expenses.

General damages are claimed for the “pain and suffering” caused by the injury and can include, “loss of amenity”, in other words the lost chance, for example, to pursue a particular hobby or interest through a direct result of injuries sustained.

‘Special damages’ can include:

- Incidental expenses incurred as a direct result of the accident/injury.

- Travel expenses for trips to the hospital, GP for physiotherapy including costs to travel by private car, public transport, taxi, rail fares and or lifts provided by someone else.

- Medication costs, prescriptions, bandages, collars etc.

- Treatment fees directly in relation to the injury caused in the accident, for example, chiropractor, osteopath, physiotherapy.

- Clothing, personal effects damaged in the accident, subject to proof of purchase by receipt or inspection of the items, including jewelry, glasses, shopping etc.

-Equipment, aids or appliances needed by the injured individual as a result of the accident, particularly to improve the individual’s quality of life.

- The costs of care and assistance rendered by friends and relatives even if it is provided voluntarily including personal and domestic care.

- Past or future lost earnings, bonuses etc for employed or self-employed individuals.

- Motor vehicle costs - In a road accident where the Claimant’s own vehicle is damaged special damages can include vehicle repair or insurance excess, loss of use and/or hire charges, storage and recovery costs.