Personal injury and clinical negligence

Minimising the time and cost involved in calculating losses in personal injury or clinical negligence claims can help achieve the best outcome for claimants.

Staying on top of a heavy caseload while analysing all the information required to manage a claim effectively can be a balancing act for personal injury and clinical negligence lawyers.

On-the-spot advice from a knowledgeable team that not only understands the personal injury and clinical negligence landscape but can also prepare reports and calculate losses to tight deadlines can benefit lawyers and clients alike.

We can help you.

For personal injury and clinical negligence cases requiring a forensic accountant, we assess whether it is appropriate to prepare calculations and a letter of advice for use in negotiations or to produce a full CPR-compliant report that can be used in court proceedings. We can provide estimates of costs and work to pre-agreed budgets and timetables, keeping those instructing us fully apprised of our progress throughout the case.

We are happy to make an initial assessment of any claim and only charge for this service if you instruct us. If you don’t, we won’t and will return your documentation.

Our calculations and reports normally cover the following claims:

• Loss of earnings and benefits to an employed individual - To ensure proportionality, we normally only get involved in complex claims under this heading, such as where there is defined career progression (for example, for local government employees, police, teachers, nurses or GPs)

• Loss of earnings to a self-employed individual – Given irregularity in self-employed income, this calculation can be more complex and debatable. We will typically look at trends in historical earnings and industry data in assessing what could have happened, but for the accident or negligence

• Loss of pension from defined benefit pension schemes – such as the local government, police, teachers’ and NHS pension schemes. We also prepare calculations of losses from defined contribution pension schemes, although due to proportionality, such calculations will be accompanied by an explanatory letter of advice, rather than a full CPR-compliant report

• Loss of dependency claims - where an individual has died either in an accident or as a result of a negligent medical procedure and a loss of dependency calculation is required on behalf of their dependants

It is often useful to instruct a forensic accountant at the outset of a clinical negligence or personal injury claim, so that they can assist in requesting and gathering the information needed to assess the loss. You can do this simply by sending our experts an email with the case details and basic background information on the claim.

We can then support you throughout the process to the case conclusion, either by settlement before trial, or by giving evidence at trial.