Losing money after an accident that wasn’t your fault?  Let Camps help!
If you’ve been injured after an accident where you were not at fault, the long process of recovering from your injuries can be bad enough.  But for many people the thought that they might be losing out on their wages whilst they are out of work is particularly galling.  Here at Camps, we recognise this, which is why… read more

Recovering compensation for professional and semi-professional sportsmen and women can be a complex process.  I recently read a very interesting case write up from 2008 concerning a young man with a promising career ahead of him in top-flight football, who, as the result of a horrific tackle, was left unable to continue his career.The young footballer in the article had been a member of Manchester United’s Youth academy and had… read more

Today I will be concluding the series of articles that began last week relating to arm injuries.  This time we have moved on from the elbow, and the wrist, to the end of the arm – the hand.The hand is the most complex part of the arm, containing 27 bones (including the bones in the wrist), whilst the rest of the arm only has 3.  The large number of small… read more

Over the next few days here on the Camps Solicitors blog I will be looking at a few of the more common injuries our clients suffer in accidents as well as showing you the likely compensation figures the courts award in similar cases.  Whilst judging compensation amounts is entirely dependent on the individual circumstances of each individual’s accident, publications such as the Judicial Studies Board Guidelines give some idea of… read more

Newspapers and websites have been heavily publicizing the case of a mechanic who received £400,000 after injuring his hand on a knife left in a police vehicle.  The man, Alexander Darg, developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the seven years after his accident, which left him unable to work.  He required stitches for the cut and also had to undergo a HIV test, which fortunately proved negative.When big compensation awards… read more

In yesterday’s entry I mentioned some of typical amounts paid out to people who have suffered brain damage injuries in accidents where they were not to blame.  You might be thinking a maximum figure of £250,000 is very low for such catastrophic injuries, and would certainly not be enough to pay for specialist care for more than a couple of years.  If you were thinking that, then you would be… read more

Speaking at the association’s annual dinner, Amanda Stevens, President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has called for an end to high pressure tactics used by insurance companies against accident victims.  These tactics often result in injured people accepting compensation that is far below what they could expect if they used an independent solicitor.Ms Stevens said last week that the watchdog of the insurance industry, the Financial Services Authority… read more