Hand Injury Compensation Claim Calculator

By Jo Anderson. Last Updated 23rd October 2023. Welcome to our hand injury claims calculator and finger injury claim calculator guide, where we will discuss hand injury claims in length. Throughout the duration of this accident claims guide, we are going to provide free legal advice and address critical questions, such as “should I use a hand injury compensation calculator or a finger injury compensation calculator?” Plus, “I’m seeking a settlement for a hand injury from a car accident. Would dominant hand injury settlements be more than those for a non-dominant hand?” Further to this, we give insight into hand injury compensation amounts for 2022 claims and finger injury compensation amounts. If you’re asking ‘How much compensation do you get for a finger injury or hand injury, this guide could help.

Hand injuries are common occurrences that often result in time off work and disruption your day-to-day life. Mild hand injuries make life difficult. Severe injuries can prevent you from working. A hand injury compensation calculator makes filing a case easier.

You may think you cannot make a hand injury compensation claim, but in truth, many incidents occur through negligence or carelessness of work colleagues or other people. The accident may have happened whilst you were shopping, causing an injury to your hand. If so, the council or shop owner may be held responsible. A hand injury can negatively impact your day-to-day life, and there is no reason you should have to cope with any extra financial burdens due to being injured through no fault of your own.

If you have suffered an injury to your hand, we can offer you the right sort of advice on whether you would be entitled to claim compensation no matter where the incident occurred, whether at work, whilst shopping or in a car. Our hand injury compensation guide makes the process a much easier experience all round.

Select a Section

1. Establishing Liability For Your Hand Injury
2. How Long Do I Have To Claim For A Hand Injury?
3. Evidence To Support A Hand Injury Compensation Claim
4. Ligament Damage In Hand – How Will Compensation Be Determined?
5. Can I Make A Hand Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor?
6. Useful links Relating To Hand Injury Claims And A Hand Or Finger Injury Compensation Calculator

Establishing Liability For Your Hand Injury

Before we explore hand injury compensation amounts in the UK, we should first explain how to establish whether you would be eligible to claim.

To make a personal injury claim, you would need to be able to evidence that a third party had breached a duty of care that they owed you. You would also have to prove that the breach caused you to suffer injury.

There are various parties that may owe you a duty of care in day-to-day life. These may include:

• Those in control of public places: Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957, when you are in a public place, the controller of the space must ensure your reasonable safety while visiting. This could apply to spaces such as parks, supermarkets, and gyms.
• Employers: Your employer has a duty of care towards you under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Under this legislation, they must take reasonably practicable steps to prevent you from suffering harm at work.
• Road users: Road users owe each other a duty of care to use the roads in a manner that prevents harm to themselves and others. Furthermore, to uphold this duty, they must comply with the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the mandatory rules in the Highway Code.

If any relevant third-party breaches a duty of care towards you, leading to your hand injury, you may be able to claim compensation. 

If you would like to speak to our experts in hand injury claims to check your eligibility, please speak to an advisor. They could also answer questions about how to use an accident claim calculator to see how much you could claim.

How Long Do I Have To Claim For A Hand Injury?

If you do not want to miss out on hand injury compensation amounts in the UK, you will need to be mindful of how long you have to file your claim. Under the Limitation Act 1980, you will typically have three years from the date of the accident to do so.

However, some exceptions to this may apply to certain hand injury claims. For example, if a minor under the age of eighteen is injured due to someone else’s negligence, they would not be able to file their own claim until their eighteenth birthday because the time limit is frozen. However, during this time, a court-appointed litigation friend could file a claim on their behalf.

The time limit is also frozen for those who lack the mental capacity to make a claim for themselves. In this case, a litigation friend can claim on their behalf. Or, if they regain the appropriate capacity, then the time limit will begin on the date of their recovery.

Read on to find out more about personal injury claims, including where to find an accident claim calculator. Otherwise, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to call an advisor.

Evidence To Support A Hand Injury Compensation Claim

Before using a hand injury claims calculator, you should concentrate on gathering evidence to support your case. This is vital in winning your claim and should show that your injuries were caused in an accident that happened due to somebody else’s negligence.

Therefore, at the time of your accident, you should:

• Capture the accident scene in a photograph or video. If possible, always attempt to photograph the root cause before it is repaired or removed from the scene.
• Ask anybody who witnessed the accident for their details. They may be contacted at a later date by your solicitor to provide a witness statement.
• Always seek medical treatment for your injuries. Rather than relying on first aid, we’d suggest you seek professional care at A&E or from your GP. By doing so, you could request a copy of medical records to show the initial extent of your injuries.
• Report the accident where possible. By doing so, you could request a copy of the accident log to help confirm that the accident took place.

Ligament Damage In Hand – How Will Compensation Be Determined?

When making a claim for ligament damage in your hand, you may be wondering how much compensation you could receive. Following a successful claim, the pain and suffering your hand injury has caused you should be compensated with general damages. This also includes how your injury has affected your quality of life.

To help you gain a clearer idea of how much compensation you could receive, we have created the following table. When creating this table, we used the figures in the 16^th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). The JCG is a legal publication that provides compensation brackets for various injuries. It is also used by many legal professionals to help them value claims.

However, you should only use this table as a guide. This is because how much compensation you could receive will be affected by the factors of your claim. Such as the initial severity of your injury, if there are any ongoing symptoms, and whether there are any psychological effects. Therefore, how much you could receive may differ from the amounts listed below.

Injury Type	Notes	Amount
Total or Effective Loss of Both Hands (a)	Both hands have been severely damaged and has rendered them useless.	£140,660 to £201,490
Serious Damage to Both Hands (b)	A loss of hand function with a permanent cosmetic disability	£55,820 to £84,570
Total or Effective Loss of One Hand (c)	One hand was amputated after being crushed. Or all of the fingers and most of the palm were amputated.	£96,160 to £109,650
Serious Hand Injuries (e)	The hand will be rendered to 50% capacity, and may involve cases were several fingers were amputated but rejoined to the hand leaving it deformed.	£29,000 to £61,910
Severe Fractures to Fingers (f)	The fingers may need to be amputated which will impair the hand's grip and result in a deformity.	Up to £36,740
Less Serious Hand Injury (g)	Despite undergoing surgery, the hand's function is significantly impaired following a severe crush injury.	£14,450 to £29,000
Serious Injury To Ring or Middle Fingers (k)	Serious tendon injuries or fractures that result in a deformity and cause stiffness.	£10,320 to £16,340
Moderate Hand Injury (h)	Soft tissue or crush injuries, or penetrating wounds. How much is awarded will depend on whether surgery was successful.	£5,720 to £13,280
Serious Injury to Little Finger (n)	A fracture that requires surgery and time in plaster.	In the region of £6,000
Hand injuries - Minor (w)	A fracture that has recovered within 6 months.	Up to £4,750

Do not hesitate to contact one of our advisors today if you have any questions about making a personal injury claim for your injured hand.

Hand Injury Compensation Amounts – What Else Can They Include?

Whether you intend to make a claim for a finger injury, or you’ve suffered an injury to the hand itself, hand injury compensation amounts could include different damages. 

Special damages are another head of claim that could be included in hand injury compensation amounts. They are meant to put the claimant in as close to a financial position as they would have been if the injury had not been sustained. These could include:

• Care costs – if you could not look after yourself, care costs could be claimable as special damages.
• Medical expenses – should you require physiotherapy or other treatments, you could claim for these.
• Short and long-term loss of earnings – If you are forced to take time off work with your hand or finger injury, you might lose out on income. You could claim such losses back under special damages. 
• Travel costs – These could include costs for getting to medical appointments or to travel to see your lawyer. 
  

You would need to prove that these costs and losses were sustained because of your injuries to claim for them. If you would like further insight into seeking compensation as part of the hand injury claims process, please call us. We would be happy to discuss this with you over the phone.

Can I Make A Hand Injury Claim With A No Win No Fee Solicitor?

If you are eligible to make a hand injury claim following an accident at work, then you could seek support from a solicitor. If you contact our team of advisors, then they may connect you with one of our solicitors.

One of our No Win No Fee solicitors may offer to represent you in your claim under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). Under this type of agreement, you won’t have to pay upfront or ongoing fees for your solicitor’s services. You also won’t need to pay your solicitor for the work they have provided if your claim is unsuccessful.

If your claim proves successful, then the solicitor who supported your claim can subtract a legally capped percentage from the compensation awarded to you. This is referred to as a success fee.

To see if you could be eligible to work with one of our No Win No Fee solicitors for your hand injury claim, you can get in touch with our advisors. To reach them, you can:

•       Call 0800 073 8801
•       Fill in the website’s contact form.
•       Send a message through our 24/7 live chat.

Useful links Relating To Hand Injury Claims And A Hand Or Finger Injury Compensation Calculator

Accident At Work Compensation Claims Guide

Get free legal advice on workplace accident claims and calculate the amounts of compensation you could claim.

NHS – Hand pain

This link takes you to the NHS website. Here, you will find a lot of helpful information relating to hand pain

Health & Safety Executive

This link takes you to the Health & Safety website where you will find some useful information related to work-related injuries and time off work

NHS – Tendon injuries

This link takes you to the NHS website which offers lots of helpful information on tendon injuries and pain.

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