Accidents at work
Your employer has a duty to keep you safe. If they didn’t, you may be entitled to compensation.
How we can help
- Establishing whether your employer breached its health and safety duties
- Obtaining the accident book entry, risk assessments and training records
- Arranging medical evidence and rehabilitation
- Recovering lost earnings, including future loss where you can’t return to the same work
- Advising on how a claim interacts with your ongoing employment
- Dealing with your employer’s insurer so you don’t have to
What happens next
- Tell us what happened and whether it was reported and recorded.
- We investigate, obtain the documents your employer holds, and get medical evidence.
- We put the claim to their insurer and negotiate, or issue proceedings if needed.
Fees for this work
Many employees have legal expenses cover through a union or home insurance policy.
Common questions
Can I be sacked for bringing a claim?
Dismissing someone for pursuing a personal injury claim would expose your employer to a separate and serious claim. Employers are insured for accident claims, and it is the insurer, not your manager, who pays.
It was partly my fault. Can I still claim?
Often yes. Compensation can be reduced to reflect your share of responsibility rather than refused altogether. Employers frequently overstate the employee’s role in an accident.
I didn't report it at the time. Does that matter?
It makes the claim harder but not impossible. Contemporaneous medical records, witnesses and any messages you sent at the time all help.
What if my employer has gone out of business?
A claim can often still proceed against the insurer that was on risk at the time. We can trace historic employers’ liability policies.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.