Can I Make a Compensation Claim?

For you to be able to make a claim for compensation, it is essential that your injury or illness occured as a result of someone else's carelessness. This is legal known as negligence.

If an accident happens as a result of your own carelessness you will have no claim.

In addition, if it isn't possible to show that an accident was someone else's fault, even if it wasn't your own it is very unlikely you will be able to recover anything.

If an accident was partly your own fault and partly somebody elses you will receive compensations, but it will be reduced by a proportion equal to the degree of your own carelessness, or contributory negligence. If, for example, only 60% of the blame for an accident, is atrributed to the other party then your compensation will be reduced to 40%.