Back Injury Claims

Back injury claims

Every back injury tells two stories – one is the moment everything changed, the wrench of an overloaded pallet twisting mid-lift, the slip on a greasy factory floor, the jolt as the forklift you’re driving lurches over uneven ground. The other is everything that follows, the flare ups that wake you at four in the morning, the cancelled holidays, the money on pay day that doesn’t quite stretch far enough. If you or someone you love is living that second story now, you already know how quickly life can revolve around doctor’s appointments, physiotherapy sessions and the anxious arithmetic of making ends meet.

The law cannot undo a herniated disc or fuse a damaged vertebra, but it can rebalance the scales. In England and Wales, you usually have three years from the date of injury—or the date you first realised it was connected to someone else’s negligence—to begin a claim. That window can close faster than you think! Acting promptly not only protects your legal rights; it captures vital evidence while memories are sharp, CCTV is still stored and medical notes are fresh.

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, your employer must take all reasonably practicable steps to keep you safe. Specific regulations tighten the net: the Manual Handling Operations Regulations demand risk assessments and training before anyone lifts a box; the Display Screen Equipment Regulations require ergonomic workstations; the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations insist machinery is fit for purpose. When those duties are ignored, the employer—through its compulsory liability insurer—must shoulder the consequences, not the injured worker.

Back injuries range from muscle strains that resolve in weeks to spinal cord damage that alters every movement for life. Compensation reflects that spectrum. It can cover private rehabilitation and adaptive equipment, bridge gaps in earnings, fund future care and recognise the pain itself—the part that is hardest to measure yet impossible to ignore.

Our specialist solicitors deal with personal-injury and clinical-negligence cases, and many work under Conditional Fee Agreements—better known as “no win, no fee”—so you face no upfront legal costs and nothing to pay if we are unsuccessful. From the first phone call we handle insurers, employers and healthcare trusts, freeing you to focus on recovery while we focus on results. We instruct leading orthopaedic and neurological consultants, commission occupational-therapy reports and, where appropriate, secure interim payments to ease the financial pressure long before a final settlement is reached. We negotiate directly with the employer’s insurers, shielding you from the corporate jargon and subtle pressures that too often deter injured staff from asserting their rights.

Some worry that bringing a claim will jeopardise their job. The reality is different: reprisals for asserting legal rights can spawn an additional claim for unfair dismissal or victimisation, and most employers are content to let insurers resolve matters quietly and professionally. Others hesitate because they blame themselves “I should have asked for help”, “I lifted in a rush” yet the law measures what management ought to have done to prevent foreseeable risks, not how stoically you tried to shoulder them.

The road back from a back injury can feel endless, but the starting point is simple: a confidential conversation with someone who listens. We are an expert firm of solicitors experienced in back injury claims. Contact us today, free of charge on 0800 028 2060 to speak to one of our Back Injury compensation claim experts – with no obligation whatsoever – to see if you can make a no win, no fee compensation claim or alternatively you could start a claim online.

How Do I Start a Back Injury Claim?

It’s really simple. You can contact one of our highly trained solicitors absolutely free of charge, either by calling our freephone helpline on 0800 028 2060, or alternatively you can click here to provide us with your contact details, and one of our team will call you back at a time of your choice.

When making an enquiry about claiming, you should remember that in most cases strict time limits must be adhered to in order for the case to stand, so contact us today.

When you call us, or we call you back, you are not in any way obliged to continue with the enquiry any further than you wish to. We will not force you into anything; we aim only to guide you through the claims process as swiftly and easily as possible, and to make sure you get the compensation you deserve.