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Head injury accident
Minor injuries, no brain damage up to £6,500
Minor brain damage up to £22,250
Moderate brain damage up to £115,000
Moderately severe up to £145,000
Severe up to £205,000
Eyes accident
Minor injuries, some pain, up to £4,500
Impairment of vision, up to £10,750
Loss of sight in one eye up to £28,750
Total blindness up to £140,000
Hearing accident
Occasional tinnitus £6,500
Severe tinnitus up to £23,750
Total loss of hearing in one ear up to £23,750
Total loss of hearing up to £57,500
Teeth accident
Serious damage to back teeth to £900 per tooth
Damage to several front teeth up to £6,000 |
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Shoulder Injury accident
Minor soft tissue, good recovery up to £4,250
Moderate, frozen shoulder up to £6,500
Dislocation, damage to brachial plexus up to £9,000 (common motorcycle accident injury)
Severe damage to brachial plexus up to £25,000
Whiplash and neck injury
Minor (recovery within 1 year) up to £2,000
Minor (full recovery within 2 years) up to £4,000
More serious involving disc lesion resulting in cervical spondylosis - leading to a serious limitation of movement up to £13,000
Severe damage to soft tissue or ruptured tendons resulting in permanent and serious disability with poor prognosis up to £27,500
Elbow injury
Minor up to £6,750
Severe up to £28,500(disabling)
Loss of an arm (amputated at shoulder) not less than £72,500
Loss of an arm (above elbow amputation) not less than £67,500
Loss of an arm(below elbow amputation) not less than £57,500 |
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Hand and wrist injury
Please note that compensation amounts vary depending on dominant hand.
Minor injury to thumb up to £2,000 (full recovery within 6 months)
Severe dislocation up to £3,500
Loss of thumb up to £25,750
Fracture of one finger up to £2,500
Loss of part of little finger up to £3,000
Amputation of little finger up to £3,250
Loss of middle finger up to £8,000
Loss of index finger up to £10,000
Total loss or effective loss of one hand up to £57,500
Total loss or effective loss of both hands up to £105,000
Wrist injury - colles' fracture up to £4,000
Complete loss of function in wrist following arthrodesis up to £31,000
Back injury accident
Ligament and muscle damage up to £6,500
Moderately severe back injury up to £14,500
Severe back injury up to £87,500
Spinal accident/injury involving poralosis Paraplegia up to £145,000 Quadraplegia up to £205,000 |
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Vibration White Finger
Moderateup to £4,500
Serious up to £20,000
Leg injury accident
Simple lower leg fracture up to £4,750
Simple upper leg fracture up to £7,250
Moderately severe leg fracture Involving imperfection and muscle wasting up to £20,000
Serious fractures giving rise to near certainty of arthritis up to £28,500
Very serious involving multiple fractures, permanent deformity, limitation of movement and arthritis up to £43,750
Serious - short of amputation up to £70,000
Amputation - 1 leg up to £72,000
- both legs up to £145,000 |
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Knee injury accident
Cuts and bruises up to £3,000
More serious involving some continuing discomfort up to £7,000
Continued pain, discomfort up to £6,500
Moderately severe involving dislocation or torn cartilage resulting in minor disability up to £14,000
Minor disability involving lengthy treatment and surgery up to £50,000
Ankle injury accident
Strains, sprains, good recovery up to £3,000
Moderate disability involving fractures and ligament tears up to £14,000
Severe injuries, permanent up to £36,000
Asbestos related disease
Pleural plaques up to £20,000
Pleural thickening(causing progressive breathlessness)up to £40,000
Absbestosis up to £55,000
Mesothelioma up to £60,000
Lung cancer up to £50,000 |
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Post traumatic stress disorder accident
Full recovery within 1 - 2 years up to £4,250
Some continuing minor symptoms up to £12,000
Disability for the forseeable future up to £30,000
Severe symptoms up to £52,000
Taste and smell
Loss of taste up to £13,000
Loss of ability to smell up to £17,000
Total loss of taste and smell up to £20,000
It is nearly always the case that when there is loss of taste there is also loss of smell.
Dog bite accident
On body, minor scars for life up to £3,000
Significant facial scarring up to £15,500
Facial scarring, very severe young woman up to £50,000 |
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