CHILDREN

As the parent of a child who suffered a personal injury as the result of a road traffic accident you may be unsure as to whether you can make a claim. Where the injury sustained was as a result of someone else’s negligence you can make a compensation claim for their personal injury on their behalf.

Once the child reaches 18 years of age they have up to 3 years to make a personal injury claim for themselves if their parents haven’t already done so.

As a parent claiming for personal injury sustained to your child you will be referred to as a ‘litigation friend’. The claiming parent has to be independent and so can not have been responsible for the accident.

At Adam Solicitors we can help you in the following ways;

• · We can claim reasonable expenses such as taxi or public transport fares incurred by you
• · We can claim the cost of medication
• · We can claim the cost of private medical treatment
• · We can claim compensation to help your child to deal with the pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life caused by the accident
• · We deal with your personal injury matter from start to finish keeping you informed throughout so that you can focus on your child’s recovery
• · We can also help arrange private medical treatment for your child to help ensure that his/her recovery is aided as best as possible

If you would like to know how we can help you with your child personal injury claim please complete our short contact form and we will get in touch with you.

Adam Solicitors is a firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority experienced in dealing with your road traffic accident personal injury claim.