Loss of earnings compensation can be hugely important when seeking damages in a personal injury claim. This guide will explain how to claim for loss of earnings. It will also show what else you may be able to claim for and answer questions like, “what does a loss of earnings mean?” 

Our advisors are available 24/7, offer free legal advice and can tell if you’re eligible to claim in just one phone call. Furthermore, they can connect you with a No Win No Fee solicitor from our panel who could help you receive thousands of pounds in compensation. Contact us using the details below. 

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5 Things You Need To Know About Loss Of Earnings Compensation

1. Proof Of Loss Of Earnings Is Important
2. You Can Claim For Future Loss Of Earnings As Well As Past Losses
3. You Can Recover Any Lost Bonuses
4. Loss Of Earnings Is Just One Part Of Special Damages
5. You Can Recover Loss Of Earnings In No Win No Fee Claims
6. Get Free Legal Advice On Loss Of Earnings Compensation Claims

Proof Of Loss Of Earnings Is Important 

Making a personal injury claim revolves around proving third-party negligence. Certain third parties have a duty of care to protect your safety. This is legally binding as their responsibilities are clarified in legislation they need to abide by.

A third party with a duty of care includes your employer, for example. Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 they should take reasonable measures to ensure your safety and wellbeing in the workplace. Therefore, if their actions breach this duty, resulting in your injury, you may be entitled to compensation. 

Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, those in control of places that are accessible to the public should ensure they’re safe to visit. (This can be applied to, for example, parks and supermarkets.)

A loss of earnings claim is specifically about claiming for the earnings you’ve lost due to the injury. For instance, you may be unable to work, meaning that you lose out on your wages. To potentially receive loss of earnings compensation, you need to be able to provide evidence. The financial evidence you could need includes:

• Bank statements
• Payslips
• Receipts

Without this evidence, your personal injury solicitor won’t accurately calculate the compensation you could receive. 

You Can Claim For Future Loss Of Earnings As Well As Past Losses

It isn’t just your past loss of earnings that you may potentially be able to claim for. You could also claim for future losses if your injury is particularly serious. This is more for life-changing injuries that affect you for several years or permanently.

For example, if you’ve suffered an arm injury and you’re unable to continue working in your manual handling role, you may need to take a different job that pays less. If the injury wasn’t your fault, you could claim future loss of earnings compensation for the salary difference. 

Compensation under these circumstances would also accommodate for the potential loss of your pension or any other work-related payments. This is because compensation from a personal injury claim is designed to financially put you back in the position you would’ve been in had the injury not occurred. 

Working with No Win No Fee lawyers in the UK could help you do this. Their expertise in the field could result in you receiving compensation for many different types of losses, including loss of earnings compensation. Contact us using the details above at a time that suits you. 

You Can Recover Any Lost Bonuses

Compensation for loss of earnings also includes any lost bonuses that you’re now not entitled to due to the injury. 

For instance, you may have attendance bonuses that, due to you being unable to work or absent during your recovery, you would now not receive. This is where our panel of No Win No Fee personal injury solicitors can help. They can assess all of the financial damages caused by the injury to provide you with an accurate assessment of what you could receive. 

With evidence of losses, such as lost bonuses or missed pension contributions, you can make an accurate calculation of the compensation you could receive.  

Loss Of Earnings Is Just One Part Of Special Damages

Loss of earnings compensation is part of a head of claim called special damages. Special damages, effectively, is designed to cover the financial losses you’ve suffered due to the injury. Evidence is important in this, as if you’re unable to provide sufficient proof of these losses, you wouldn’t receive compensation. 

Other financial losses you could claim (if they’re caused by your injury) include:

• Travel costs
• Prescriptions/medical expenses
• Costs of hiring a care nurse 
• Alterations to your house if you suffered injuries that necessitated this. This could include, for example, a care bed. 

The other potential head of your personal injury claim is general damages. General damages relate to the physical and psychological damage caused by the injury. If your claim is successful, the amount provided depends on the extent and severity of your injury. Both general damages and special damages make up the total amount of compensation you could receive. 

However, please bear in mind that if you don’t receive compensation for general damages, you won’t receive any compensation for the claim. This is because, should you not receive general damages, it has been deemed that the third party in question was not liable for your injury. 

Concerning what you could receive for the injury, the Judicial College has built reliable compensation brackets from analysing previous payouts and comparing them to the extent of the injury. However, the compensation brackets provided by them are only an indicator of what you could receive for each injury respectively. 

You Can Recover Loss Of Earnings In No Win No Fee Claims

You could pursue loss of earnings compensation through a No Win No Fee agreement. Benefits of claiming through this method include:

• Only paying your solicitor’s legal fees at the end of the claims process if the claim is successful. Therefore, they take a small percentage of your compensation (capped by law) to cover these costs.
• Not paying legal fees if your claim isn’t successful. 
• Not paying legal fees at any point before or during the claim. 

No Win No Fee agreements can make funding a solicitor’s services more affordable. This could also be formally referred to as a conditional fee agreement.  

Get Free Legal Advice On Loss Of Earnings Compensation Claims

If you want to claim loss of earnings in the UK, our advisors can tell you if you’re eligible to receive compensation in just a few minutes. If your injury is severe and particularly life-changing, claiming for loss of earnings compensation alone could be worth thousands of pounds. 

Our advisors are available whenever you are, offer free legal advice, and provide you with a reliable compensation estimate using information supplied by the Judicial College. They can also connect you to our panel of No Win No Fee personal injury solicitors who have years of personal injury claim experience. 

Use the contact details below to see if you can claim. If you have any more queries about loss of earnings compensation, please get in touch at a time that works for you. 

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• The Top 10 Personal Injury Firms In The UK

In this guide, we will look at five things you should know about pedestrian compensation claims. In addition to this, we’ll explain what could justify a claim being made as well as the injuries that you could claim for. 

Our advisors are available 24/7, offer free legal advice and can tell you in just a few minutes if you’re eligible to claim. Our No Win No Fee lawyers in the UK specialise in these types of claims. Their expertise could result in you receiving thousands of pounds in compensation. Contact us using the details below. 

• Call us using the above phone number. 
• Contact us via our website. 
• Use the Live Chat window on your screen. 

Read on to learn more about how much compensation for a pedestrian accident you could receive. 

5 Things You Need To Know About Pedestrian Compensation Claims

1. Over 300 Pedestrians Were Killed In Road Traffic Accidents In 2020
2. Men Are More Likely To Be Injured As Pedestrians Than Women
3. People Between The Ages Of 10 and 19 Are More Likely To Be Injured
4. Around 10,000 Pedestrians Are Injured On Roads Each Year
5. The Vast Majority Of Pedestrian Accidents Happen On Urban Roads
6. Get Free Legal Advice About Pedestrian Compensation Claims

Over 300 Pedestrians Were Killed In Road Traffic Accidents In 2020

You may be interested in finding out more about claiming for an injury you’ve experienced while using the road. The Department for Transport provides road traffic accident statistics for Great Britain, and this includes some statistics on accidents involving pedestrians.

In the latest statistics available for 2020, there were 346 reported pedestrian fatalities. There were also a further 14,750 reported pedestrian casualties on the road that may have led to serious, life-changing injuries. 

However, is that both of these figures are a decrease from the previous year. The reported fatalities are a 26% decrease from the previous year, while, for reported casualties, there was a 32% decrease. Any of these incidents could have led to pedestrian compensation claims if they were caused by the negligence of the third-party road user.   

If you weren’t at fault for your injury on the road, you might be able to make a personal injury claim for the effect it has had on you. A road traffic accident (RTA) could lead to permanent injuries or conditions that greatly impact your quality of life. 

Men Are More Likely To Be Injured As Pedestrians Than Women

The Department for Transport also provides facts regarding pedestrian casualties. The latest figures available were released in 2015. 

This data shows that, in 2013, 60% of pedestrians who were killed or seriously injured on the road were male, while 40% were female. Interestingly, the same data shows that women walk further than men, despite men being more likely to get injured. While these statistics don’t show negligence, and so cannot indicate how many of these instances could be grounds for pedestrian compensation claims, they do indicate how often these injuries happen and to whom.

We’ll look at some more groups that could be at increased risk of being injured as a pedestrian. Furthermore, we’ll also look at how you could potentially make a No Win No Fee compensation claim later on in this guide. 

People Between The Ages Of 10 and 19 Are More Likely To Be Injured

So, as we’re aware from the statistics in the previous section, you’re more likely be injured as a pedestrian on the road if you’re male. However, statistics also tell us about the age ranges of the people suffering these injuries. 

In 2013, 22% of the male pedestrians reported to have either died or been seriously injured on the road were from the age of 10 to 19. This is significant, partly because it is 7% higher than the second-highest age range in the data. If caused by negligence, these instances could lead to pedestrian compensation claims. 

As a younger person, a severe injury from an incident like this could affect you for the rest of your life. You may be left with a serious, continuous injury that stops you from being able to do the things you usually do. One reason this age range could suffer the most injuries maybe because children could run out into the road; furthermore, smaller children may be more difficult for drivers and riders to see. 

If you’re able to prove that the injury was caused by third party negligence, a No Win No Fee personal injury solicitor from our panel could represent you in your claim. They could help you in getting the compensation you deserve. 

Around 10,000 Pedestrians Are Injured On Roads Each Year 

As previously stated, there were 14,750 reported pedestrian casualties on the road in Great Britain in 2020. Pedestrian accident statistics like this show how dangerous the road can be. Successful pedestrian compensation claims could have been made in any scenario where the injuries were caused by third-party negligence.

You may want to know more about how you could claim compensation from a legal standpoint. As with any personal injury claim, the success of these claims revolve around proving that a third party has breached their duty of care, causing injury. Certain third parties have a duty of care to one another. Every road user in the UK owes every other road user a duty of care, as outlined in the Highway Code. 

If a road user conducts themself in a way that goes against this, they could be considered negligent. If this negligence leads to you suffering an injury, you may be able to make a No Win No Fee compensation claim. 

Examples of incidents that involve a road user breaching their duty of care and could cause injuries include:

• A car hitting you as you’re using a zebra crossing because the driver wasn;t paying attention to the road. 
• A car swerving onto the pavement and knocking you over, resulting in you suffering an injury. 
• You’re hit by a car as you cross the road because they didn’t have their headlight on in the dark.

In these instances, working with a personal injury solicitor from our panel could lead to you successfully receiving compensation. 

The Vast Majority Of Pedestrian Accidents Happen On Urban Roads

The statistics collected by The Department for Transport show that, in 2013, 83% of pedestrian casualties on the road occurred on urban roads. Whether the people injured will be able to make pedestrian compensation claims depends on the reason for the injury. 

Many factors could contribute to the number of pedestrian casualties caused on urban roads. For example, in urban areas, there is a greater population density. This means there are:

• More people
• More cars
• Busier roads

Accidents leading to pedestrian compensation claims could be caused by:

• Accidents on rural roads due to a lack of safe pavement
• Narrower roads
• A lack of street lights

The most important thing is proving that another road user’s negligence led to your injury. Evidence that could help with this includes photographs of the scene and your injury, CCTV footage and witness statements. 

Get Free Legal Advice About Pedestrian Compensation Claims

A road traffic accident can have a devastating impact on your quality of life. You might be able to receive compensation for pedestrian accident injuries if they were caused by third-party negligence. Please call our advisors at a time that works for you to see if you’re eligible to claim. They’re available 24/7, offer free legal advice and can also provide you with a reliable compensation estimate. 

They can also put you through to No Win No Fee lawyers who could help you receive compensation. A Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) or No Win No Fee agreement can make it less financially stressful to instruct a solicitor to act on your behalf. This is because you would only have to pay for your solicitor’s legal fees if your claim is successful. 

With years of experience working on pedestrian compensation claims, their expertise could play a vital role in making a successful claim.  

• Call us using the above phone number. 
• Contact us via our website. 
• Please write to us using the Live Chat window on your screen. 

Why not check out more of our guides?

• 5 Things You Need To Know About Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries
• 5 Things You Need To Know About Workplace Accidents
• 5 Things You Need To Know About Loss Of Earnings Compensation
• 5 Things You Need To Know About Data Breach Claims
• The Top 10 Personal Injury Firms In The UK