Acclaimed for its specialist expertise in catastrophic injuries, especially those arising from RTAs and motorcycle accidents, as well as severe
psychiatric injury claims.
Andrew Davies has vast experience across a range of cases including acting for children and adults who have suffered brain injury or paralysis, as well as
psychiatric injury claims.
Jones and Hulme represented clients in heavily - contested late - diagnosis cases — namely in the context of cancer diagnoses — and handled
psychiatric injury claims relating to serious accidents, wrongful treatment or diagnosis.
Not exact matches
We largely deal with
claims which involve
psychiatric and psychological
injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders.
Lisa has successfully represented both adults and children and specialises in life - changing
injury claims covering brain and spinal
injuries, amputations and
psychiatric injury.
His widow
claimed damages for the physical and
psychiatric injuries he had suffered.
The Negligence and Damages Bill may have succeeded in raising awareness of pressure to introduce a Scottish style approach to damages in fatal accidents
claims and a widening of the categories of secondary victims who can bring
claims for
psychiatric injury.
Although there is no doubt that the plaintiff's credibility was a central issue in the case and he had much to do to convince the jury of his truthfulness, that issue deserved to be proved independent from
psychiatric evidence that had no bearing on the physical
injuries he
claimed to have suffered.
The Supreme Court of Canada has coined the phrase «mental
injury» in a sweeping decision abolishing misguided prejudices over «psychological», «emotional» or «
psychiatric»
injury claims in the law of tort.
Ms Pereira de Souza brought disability discrimination
claims against her former employer, and was awarded # 9,000 for
injury to feelings and # 3,000 for
psychiatric injury arising out of the discrimination.
Her vast experience extends to specialising in duty of care
claims for Police officers with psychological and / or
psychiatric injuries.
Jennifer has a diverse case load covering the breadth of personal
injury claims including asbestos related disease
claims, bullying and harassment
claims,
claims for
psychiatric injury, slips trips and falls, transportation
claims, and credit hire
claims.
GHP Legal provides a «very intimate and individualised service» on everything from small
claims to more complex multi-track cases, including major
psychiatric injury cases and brain
injury cases.
If discrimination at work leads to an employee suffering
psychiatric injury he can
claim damages for the
injury in the Employment Tribunal (i.e. he can ask for an award of «general damages» for pain, suffering and loss of amenity).
To conclude, the fall in the discount rate only affects tribunal
claims which include an element of personal
injury (usually
psychiatric injury caused by discrimination at work).
Goldfinger Law acts for accident victims who have sustained psychological or
psychiatric claims such as anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, nervous shock, dementia, mood disorder, stress disorder, psychotic disorder, hallucinations, nightmares, fatigue, anger, rage, delusional disorder, personality disorder, adjustment disorder, substance abuse disorder, psychosis, conversion disorder or any other psychological or
psychiatric injury caused or exacerbated on account of a personal
injury.
In today's case (O'Callaghan v. Hengsbach) the plaintiff
claimed physical and
psychiatric injuries from a collision and sued for damages.
She specialises in large loss and catastrophic
claims, but with a particular specialism in
claims involving
psychiatric injury, chronic pain and exaggerated loss.
Personal
injury claims arising where stressful working conditions foreseeably cause
psychiatric injury routinely yield compensation payments of six figures or more.
With a special interest in cases involving bowel surgery, fatal accidents and delays in diagnosing cancer, Sophie has also worked on complex cases relating to brain
injury, secondary victim
psychiatric injury, still birth and spinal
injury claims.
Her experience as a nurse is an asset in handling complex
injury and
psychiatric claims.
Any loss or
injury due to
psychiatric or mental disorders like depression, emotional breakdown, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder will not be processes for
claim.