Making a no win, no fee claim for a neck injury
Injuries to the neck are one of the most common reasons for people to make no win, no fee claims.
The vast majority of these no win, no fee claims are for neck injuries sustained in car accidents, usually whiplash.
However, with whiplash compensation claims grabbing most of the spotlight, people sometimes forget that there are many other causes of neck injuries.
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Other causes of neck injuries
Each year, here at YouClaim, we deal with hundreds of no win, no fee claims for work injury compensation.
Quite a few of these no win, no fee workplace accident claims are made by people suffering from neck injuries. Once again, many of these are made by people who have been injured while driving, but there are various other causes too.
Lifting, carrying, loading and unloading are all frequent causes of neck injuries in UK workers.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations require that all employers must carry out appropriate training of staff who perform manual handling tasks.
As well as the basic advice, such as bending the knees when lifting/putting down heavy loads and holding heavy loads close to the body, the use of trolleys is, where possible, also strongly recommended.
It may be surprising to some that office workers also sometimes make no win, no fee claims for neck injury compensation.
If they have not been provided with appropriate desks and chairs or not been given regular enough breaks away from their workstations, prolonged periods sitting with poor posture may give office workers serious neck and back pain.
Construction workers also suffer a higher than average incidence of neck injuries. This is because, as well as their jobs involving a lot of manual handling, they may also spend extended periods of time working with labour intensive machinery, working in unnatural or contorted positions or working for long periods without breaks.
Gardeners and seasonal fruit pickers are also at risk of having to make a no win, no fee claim for a neck injury on account of the amount of time they spend stooping, crouching, bending and picking.
Trip and slip accidents have also been known to cause neck injuries. Trip and slip accidents are not confined to any particular sphere of work and have the potential to affect every kind of worker in the UK.
Neck injuries also have a strong association with sporting activities. Rugby and football are just two of the many sports whose participants sometimes suffer neck injuries. However, in all but the most exceptional of circumstances, people will have difficulty in claiming personal injury compensation for sporting accident neck injury.
Welcome to the UK's leading no win, no fee claim experts
If you have suffered a neck injury in an accident that was not your fault, you are probably entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
YouClaim are the experts when it comes to no win, no fee claims. Over the years we have helped thousands of people claim the compensation they deserve.
Our personal injury solicitors offer their services at absolutely no cost to the client. Win or lose, we guarantee that we will never charge you a thing.
In addition, we will protect you from all costs incurred by the opposing legal team.
Furthermore, we never take a cut from any of our clients' personal injury award, meaning you get to keep 100% compensation.
So why not contact us today and get your no win, no fee claim underway?
You can call us on 0800 10 757 95, fill out an online claim form or request we call you back at a convenient time.
