FATAL INJURY CLAIM SOLICITORS

Our personal injury solicitors provide fatal injury claim advice at no cost. We work on a completely risk free no win no fee basis. You do not have to fund or finance a fatal injury claim and you do not have to pay for any expenses as the case proceeds. Compensation is paid in full with no deductions - win or lose there is no charge. If you submit your details an experienced advocate who is a member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority panel of personal injury experts will respond and give free advice without obligation on what steps you should take to protect your legal rights. Our solicitors have substantial experience in preparing these applications and they often call upon the expertise of specialist forensic accountants to prepare accurate reports and statements of income and dependency to assist in bringing a legal action for a fatal injury claim.

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Dependants

The law relating to compensation following a wrongful death caused by another person's negligence is mainly contained in two Acts which contain provisions whereby dependants of an individual who dies as a result of any wrongful act, neglect or default are entitled to bring legal proceedings against the person or other party whose lack of care was to blame for causing the accident. Dependants in a fatal injury claim include a spouse or common-law spouse, dependent children and others with a relationship with the deceased who can show that they would have received financial benefits from the deceased had that person survived.

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Compensation

Compensation payable in a fatal injury claim includes the Statutory Sum for Bereavement, funeral and other associated expenses, loss of the services of the deceased and that portion of the deceased's contribution to the family earnings and pension, which would have been spent on the dependent members of the family. Compensation in a fatal injury claim is also appropriate for pain and suffering sustained as a result of the accident and all other losses prior to death.

A General Practitioner must report any death to a Coroner if it arose from an accident or injury, a surgical operation, an industrial disease, in police custody or prison or if the cause of death was sudden and unknown. The Coroner who is usually qualified as a doctor or lawyer, is responsible for investigating the circumstances of death and may order a post-mortem examination. An inquest will be ordered if the death was violent or unnatural, as a result of industrial disease or if the cause was uncertain after post mortem examination. It may be important to have a lawyer in attendance if death was caused by the negligence of a third party which could lead to court action for compensation in a fatal injury claim. A Coroners Inquest is a public enquiry into the cause and circumstances of the death which is sometimes held in front of a jury. Relatives can attend and ask questions of witnesses with the coroner's permission, or be represented by a solicitor or barrister.