Nigel Askew Solicitors are specialist Injury Compensation Solicitors in Lincolnshire.

From our offices in central Louth, we act for clients across Lincolnshire, England & Wales and ex-pats abroad. Whether you live in Lincoln, London or Lisbon, our team of injury compensation solicitors can offer you expert legal advice and representation.

Our team of solicitors have over 20 years of experience in a number of complex areas of personal injury law including serious work related injuries, asbestos disease litigation, serious road accident injury claims, industrial disease and military injury claims.

To discuss a new injury compensation matter with us, please contact us on 01507 609027. We offer all new clients a free and no obligation initial consultation and can usually give you an indication of the merits of a claim on the phone.

If you have sustained an injury in a non-fault accident within the last 3 years, or have developed a serious medical condition through no fault of your own, our solicitors can advise you on a personal injury claim.

There are strict time limits in place to consider when making a personal injury claim, which is usually 3 years from the date of the accident or from the date of diagnosis, or from the date you first linked your symptoms with exposure to the cause of your medical condition, which could be noise, asbestos, vibration, chemicals or dust.

Our solicitors have considerable expertise across a number of claim types, which include:

• Asbestos Disease Litigation – we have expertise in claims for asbestosis, pleural thickening, asbestos lung cancer and mesothelioma
• Catastrophic Injury Claims – including claims for brain and spinal injuries in accidents at work and on Lincolnshire’s roads
• Industrial Disease Claims – including claims for HAVS and VWF, hearing loss, dermatitis and musculoskeletal injuries
• Medical Negligence Claims – specialising in matters involving cosmetic surgery, dental, birth and gynaecology and failure to diagnose
• Military Injury Claims – Our expertise lies in claims for military hearing loss, non-freezing cold injuries, PTSD claims and training accident claims
• Accidents at Work –  including claims arising out of poor working conditions, in offices, factories and construction sites
• Back Injury claims — including workplace injuries from heavy lifting, poor workstation conditions & road accidents.
• Serious Injuries — Serious and catastrophic injuries can drastically alter the life of a victim, as well as those closest to them.
• Serious road traffic accidents — Serious and fatal injuries as a result of accidents on our county’s roads
• Farm & Agriculture Accident Claims — we are able to advise the county’s farm and agriculture workforce regarding accidents involving farm vehicles and machinery, falls from height, falling objects and dangerous livestock.

To discuss a new matter with our injury compensation solicitors in Lincolnshire, please either call us or submit an online enquiry form.

The amount of injury compensation you can expect to receive is dependent on a number of different factors including the type of accident you have been involved in, the extent of your injuries, whether you have been unable to work as a result of your injuries and how long it takes you to make a full recovery, if ever.

When deciding how much compensation to claim from a negligent party, solicitors in England & Wales generally rely on the Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury. These are a set of national guidelines which outline the value of specific injuries and categorise them into bands, based on the severity of injuries.

For example, a back injury at work could result in compensation between £6,000 and £20,000, depending on the severity of the injury.

The Judicial College Guidelines sets the maximum general damages amount at £337,700 for injuries which result in severe brain trauma or paralysis. Compensation awards which amount to several million pounds are mostly made up of special damages which are paid on top of the above figures.

Use our compensation calculator to see how much your claim might be worth.

Special damages can make up a large proportion of the total compensation award in a claim for personal injury.

Special damages refer to financial losses and expenses incurred as result of an accident, which may include past, present or future loss of earnings, medical and rehabilitation costs.

We fund our injury compensation claims using Conditional Fee Agreements. These agreements are commonly referred to as either a “CFA” or a “No Win No Fee agreement”.

The nature of these agreements means that law firms take all the financial risk and not the client.  If a claim fails, the law firm is not paid and the client does not have to pay any solicitor’s fees for their time.  For taking this risk, it is common for law firms to agree with a client that they will be paid a % of the client’s compensation award at the end of a successful claim.

Our fees are mostly paid by the insurers of the negligent party and we do not require our clients to pay any upfront fees to get a claim up and running.

To speak to our Lincolnshire based injury compensation solicitors,  please call us on 01507 609027 or submit an online enquiry using the form on this page and indicate the most convenient time for us to reach you.

We offer all new enquiries a free and no obligation consultation and can often advise you on the merits of your claim on the phone.