80% don’t make personal injury claims

One in four adults has suffered a recent personal injury or accident, but only 20 per cent have made a claim.

Following an accident, you may want and be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim through an personal injury claims solicitor.

As many as one in four adults have suffered from a personal injury or accident within the last five years, yet only 20 per cent of those have actually gone on to make a claim.

According to Personal Injury 2012 – a piece of research carried out by YouGov into the personal injury claims market – that’s leaving millions of pounds compensation un-claimed every year.

The report shows that road traffic accidents (RTAs) make up the majority of personal injury claims (50 per cent), while accidents in a public place ‘shop premises, public highways etc’ (excluding RTAs) account for 21 per cent and accidents in the workplace account for 16 per cent.

If you have been involved in an accident and it was your own fault, then there are no grounds to make a claim.

However, if you were involved in an accident which was someone else’s fault then you could make an accident claim for compensation with an personal injury claims solicitor. The money received can help cover any expenses which have resulted from your accident.

When you make a claim, it doesn’t necessarily need to be against another person, it could be a business or organisation such as a council or hospital.

You have a good case if the other party was in some way negligent, and that was a factor leading to your accident.

At Wrigley Claydon we work with people who have been involved in all kinds of accidents, but the most common are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, slips, trips and falls.

We will work with you to get you the compensation you deserve. Talk to one of our personal injury claims solicitor on 0161 624 6811.

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Vijay Srivastava

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Vijay is the Senior Partner and heads up the Litigation team at Wrigley Claydon, where he has worked for over 30 years, amassing a wealth of experience. Many years ago, Vijay was appointed to the Law Society Personal Injury Solicitor Panel as a specialist in injury claims. This has led him to act in many high value injury claims and medical negligence cases. His experience in and knowledge of procedural matters and the interpretation of medico-legal reports and other expert evidence, combined with his friendly but professional approach, enable Vijay to provide a service to clients we believe is second to none. 
 Vijay advises both Corporate and Private clients on cost-effective ways of bringing and defending claims in the Courts. He has successfully acted on numerous large contractual claims and many disputed probate cases. Vijay has lived in Oldham most of his life. After graduating from Leeds University, he trained at Wrigley Claydon, where he soon became one of the youngest partners in the country. Vijay is happily married and has two children. He has served as a member of the Parochial Church Council at St. Paul’s Church and as a Founder Trustee of Emmaus Mossley takes a great interest in the local community. He is now the Chairman of Governors at the school (Oldham Hulme Grammar) where he was once the head boy. Vijay is also a Trustee of the nationally acclaimed Francis House Children's Hospice as well as being an Assessor in Oldham's "Dragon's Den".

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