Personal Injury Award Levels

  • Ankles, Feet, Toes

    Ankles The vast majority of ankle injuries are worth significantly less than £12,500.  However, compensation for this injury varies greatly. "Very Severe" injuries ( £29,000 - £40,750) are where there is...

  • Arms

    Compensation for arm injuries relate to the degree of loss of use and vary greatly as follows. Amputation The value of this award depends on whether both arms are lost (£140,500 - £174,500) or just one arm. ...

  • Back

    Some back injuries can lead to paralysis (in which case see "paralysis" for details), but  otherwise back injury is classified as "severe"  (£22,650 - £98,500) , "moderate" (£7,125 - £22,650)...

  • Bereavement Damages Increase

    The level of damages for bereavement in England and Wales  (under the  Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (England and Wales) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3489 )) has been increased from...

  • Burns and Scarring

    Facial Disfigurement Claims for these types of injuries vary from males to females.  The range for a female is from "Very Severe Scarring" (£28,000 - £56,500) to "Trivial Scarring" (£1,000 -...

  • Dental

    Compensation for this injury varies greatly depending on whether several front teeth have been lost or seriously damaged ( £5,100 - £6,600) to only one front tooth (£1,300 - £2,300). The final amount awarded depends on the extent of...

  • Face, Head and Brain

    Head and Brain Compensation for this injury varies greatly from "Very severe brain damage" ( £165,000 - £235,000) where there is "little evidence of any meaningful response to environment" through to "Minor...

  • Hands, Fingers

    The loss of a hand is considered almost as severe as the loss of the whole arm and awards are not far short of those for arms.  The range of awards varies from "total or effective loss of both hands" (£81,500 - £117,000), to...

  • Injury Types

    The total amount awarded to you as a result of a successful Personal Injury claim is based on many factors including the nature and severity of the injury and any consequential damages (e.g. loss of income).  The amount awarded in compensation for a...

  • Internal Injuries

    There is a wide range of injuries related to your internal organs that are best summarised in the following table.  The column "Minimum Award" shows the likely award for the least severe injury, whereas the "Maximum Award" shows the...

  • Legs and Knees

    Compensation for leg injuries relate to the degree of loss of use and vary greatly as follows. Amputation The value of this award depends on whether both legs are lost totally (£140,500 - £165,500), or whether both...

  • Neck

    Compensation for this injury varies greatly. "Severe" injuries ( £14,500 - £86,500) are where there is "permanent spastic quadriparesis, or ruptured tendons, or less severe injuries that require spinal...

  • Paralysis

    There are only two levels of "paralysis" for which compensation awards are made.  The award level is affected by the extent of any residual movement, presence of pain, depression and or age/life expectancy. ...

  • Pelvis, Hips

    Injury to the pelvis or hips can be very serious and even result in leg amputation (in which case see "legs" for details). "Severe" injuries (£22,650- £76,350) involve damage to other organs and considerable disability....

  • Shoulder

    "Severe" injuries (£11,200 - £28,000) are those that result in significant disability. "Serious" injury (£7,375 - £11,200) causes pain and weakness of grip while "moderate" injury (£4,575-...

  • Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell

    Sight Injuries involving total loss of vision and hearing combined are considered as one of the most serious kinds of injuries.  Awards up to £235,000 can be made.  Total loss of sight only can result in an award in the region of...

  • Stress, Psychological

    This category of award can include the following types of psychological injury.  In all cases various factors have to be taken into account such as the injured person's ability to cope with life and work, the extent to which any treatment would be...

  • Wrists, Elbows

    Elbows Compensation for this injury varies greatly from "A severely disabling injury" ( £22,650 - £32,000) through to "Moderate or minor injury" (up to £7,375) where the injury is a simple fracture of the...