Free Personal Injury
Claim Assessment

If you have been injured in some form of accident you will need a guide as to whether you are entitled to receive compensation for your pain and loss, and how you should go about making a claim.

The best compensation guide is an experienced personal injury solicitor, and you can talk to one now, free of charge and without obligation on which is the number for our free advice line service.

Any solicitor will need to consider a whole range of factors when assessing your accident in order to provide a specific guide for your compensation claim. These will include the existence of an actual injury, negligence, liability, and other issues, including whether you fall inside or outside the statute of limitations.

Compensation guide for injury and loss

You can recover compensation for any actual injury, loss, expenses or damage that relate to the accident but a "near miss" won't be considered for compensation unless it caused some emotional or mental damage.

Your injuries themselves will all have a specific value, depending on their severity. On top of that you can claim for damage to your vehicle or other personal property, plus out of pocket expenses, and any loss of earnings. So for example, if your injuries are permanent and persistent, and your ability to work has been impaired then you will likely receive a substantial award because this could effect your lifestyle of that of your dependants.

It is very important to claim compensation for what you are entitled to, or later on your could regret missing the chance. An expert solicitor can guide you about the range of potential losses that you need to claim compensation for. The principal is that the compensation should return you in so far as possible to your position prior to the accident.

Compensation guide to negligence

For an accurate guide to how much compensation you will get, you will need to consider the negligence aspect of an accident. In a case were you are 100% responsible for your injuries then you will not be able to bring a an injury claim. However, this is not as straightforward as it sounds, because for example in a workplace accident an employer has a duty of care towards employees. This means that although you might have made a mistake, it could be argued that your employer did not provide you with adequate safety training and is still somewhat responsible for what happened.

This is known as "contributory negligence" and leads to a calculation being made regarding the amount of responsibility each party has for the injuries. So in the above example it might be decided by a court that you and your employer are equally responsible and therefore you would still be entitled to 50% compensation.

Compensation guide to the statute of limitations

The “Statute of Limitations” is the time limit within which an injured person can bring a claim. This is typically two years from date of the accident, however this does not apply to children, and in the case of an injury that only becomes apparent years after the accident it could be calculated differently. Other exceptions are also applicable and it is still advisable to contact a solicitor even if you feel that the limitation date has passed.

Your compensation case is unique

Every personal injury case is unique, and it is advisable to seek expert advice from a specialist injury compensation solicitor.

For free expert advice on your case you can talk to us now, by calling our free advice line on or by filling in our call back form at the bottom of this page. The result of the call is advice about what you should consider doing next.

Regulations in the Republic of Ireland state that in contentious business,
a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.