General damages
The award for the injury itself and the effect on your life, known as pain, suffering and loss of amenity. It is measured against the ranges used for injuries of comparable severity and adjusted for your circumstances.
Leicestershire
Personal Injury Solicitors Leicester
Injury Law Specialists provides access to personal injury solicitors acting for clients across Leicester and the surrounding part of Leicestershire. If you have been injured in an accident that may have been caused by someone else's negligence, we can review what happened and explain whether you may have grounds to pursue compensation.
Leicester is one of the largest cities in the East Midlands, with a substantial textile, clothing and footwear manufacturing heritage that still shapes its economy, alongside modern manufacturing, healthcare, two universities and one of the most diverse populations in the country. That produces a distinctive mix of claims, which we set out below.
- Free initial claim assessment
- No Win, No Fee may be available
- Clients throughout Leicester and Greater London
- 30+ years' collective legal experience
Can I make a personal injury claim in Leicester?
Yes, if you were injured in an accident caused by someone else's negligence in Leicester or the surrounding area. Personal injury solicitors acting for Leicester clients assess whether there are grounds to claim, investigate the evidence, instruct medical experts and negotiate with the insurer on your behalf. Whether a claim can be taken on depends on the circumstances, the evidence and when the accident happened, not on where you live.
Leicester is served by the M1 at junctions 21 to 23A, the M69 toward Coventry and the A46 toward Newark and the A6 toward Loughborough and Market Harborough, with the A47, A50 and A563 ring road serving the city, and rail services on the Midland main line toward London from Leicester station. Leicester sits between the M1 and the M69 and at the centre of the East Midlands road network, so the city and its approaches carry a heavy volume of freight, manufacturing and commuter traffic.
Leicester's economy is built on manufacturing, including a substantial and still significant textile, clothing, footwear and food manufacturing base, engineering and distribution, healthcare, two universities and a large student population, professional and financial services, and a very substantial retail and wholesale sector serving a wide catchment. Accidents at work reflect that mix, with machinery, production, guarding, sewing and cutting room, and manual handling injuries in manufacturing, vehicle movement and loading injuries in distribution, and the manual handling, sharps and violence and aggression risks of healthcare.
The city centre produces the usual public place claims, and Leicester has a genuinely historic core around the cathedral, the old town, the market and the Jewry Wall, with older paving, narrow streets and changes of level, alongside extensive twentieth century development and large residential areas. Falls on those surfaces and at changes of level in the centre are common, as are trips on the pavements, footways and car parks across the city's newer areas, and the city has a large and very busy covered market on old surfaces. The River Soar and the Grand Union Canal run through the city with the riverside, the mile straight and the surrounding parks in constant use, adding routes with surfaces affected by water.
Key takeaways
- Injury Law Specialists provides access to personal injury solicitors acting for clients across Leicester and Leicestershire.
- We help clients in Leicester. We do not have an office in Leicester and we do not claim to. Our registered address is in Luton, and cases are handled by telephone, video call, email and WhatsApp.
- Whether a claim can be taken on depends on its merits and evidence, not on where you live.
- Compensation has two parts: general damages for the injury itself, and special damages for the financial losses it caused.
- Most personal injury claims in England and Wales are subject to a three year limitation period, although the date of knowledge can start it later where exposure develops over years.
- Legal services are provided by MB Solicitors, trading name of MB Legal Solicitors Ltd, regulated by the SRA under SRA ID 8000764.
Where we help clients in Leicester
We provide access to personal injury solicitors acting for clients across Leicester and the surrounding part of Leicestershire. The map shows the area we cover, which takes in the main roads, stations and neighbourhoods where accidents most often happen.
Being clear about this matters. We help clients in Leicester. We do not have an office in Leicester and we do not claim to. Our registered address is in Luton, and cases are handled by telephone, email, WhatsApp and video call, so there is no need to travel to us and no part of the area we cannot reach.
Roads, stations and landmarks nearby
- M1 junctions 21 to 23A
- M69
- A46
- A6
- A47 and A50
- A563 ring road
- Leicester station
- The River Soar and Grand Union Canal
What types of accident are most common in Leicester?
What stands out in Leicester claims is manufacturing that never left, in a city with a genuinely old centre. Leicester has a substantial and still significant textile, clothing, footwear and food manufacturing base, much of it in smaller units and workshops as well as larger factories, so local workplace claims are overwhelmingly industrial, involving machinery, cutting and sewing equipment, presses, production lines, heavy fabric and stock handling. A great deal of that work is supplied through agencies and contractors, and in smaller units the employer's safety documentation is often thin or absent, which makes identifying who actually employed you and who controlled the task the first question in a claim rather than an afterthought. The city also has a large healthcare and university employment base, whose claims follow the manual handling, sharps and violence and aggression pattern of those settings. Leicester's historic core around the cathedral, the old town and the Jewry Wall retains older paving and changes of level, and it has one of the largest covered markets in the country on old surfaces with very heavy footfall. The Soar and the Grand Union Canal add riverside and towpath routes on surfaces affected by water.
Accidents at work
Textile, clothing, footwear and food manufacturing produce machinery, cutting, guarding, production and manual handling claims, often in smaller units using agency labour.
Road traffic accidents
Between the M1 and the M69 at the centre of the East Midlands network, carrying heavy freight, manufacturing and commuter traffic.
Slips, trips and falls
A historic cathedral and old town core with older paving, a very busy covered market, and the Soar and canal on surfaces affected by water.
Responsibility is not always obvious. What matters legally is whether someone owed you a duty of care, whether they breached it, and whether that breach caused your injury. Our pages on road traffic accident claims, accidents at work claims and public place accident claims explain how that is established.
How do I make a personal injury claim in Leicester?
The process is the same whether you are in Leicester or anywhere else in England and Wales. Individual claims vary, and not every case goes through every step, but this is how a personal injury claim usually progresses.
- 1Tell us what happenedComplete the free assessment form, telephone the team, or message on WhatsApp. A short description is enough to begin.
- 2Free initial assessmentA solicitor considers the circumstances, the injuries and who may have been responsible, and explains whether there may be grounds to claim.
- 3Investigation and evidenceWhere a case is accepted, the available evidence is gathered, including accident reports, photographs, witness details and CCTV where it exists.
- 4Medical evidenceAn independent medical expert assesses the injuries and gives an opinion on severity and prognosis.
- 5Assessing financial lossPast and future losses are calculated, including lost earnings, treatment, care, travel and equipment where relevant.
- 6NegotiationThe claim is presented to the defendant or their insurer and negotiated on your behalf.
- 7Settlement or court proceedingsMany cases settle through negotiation. Where agreement is not possible, court proceedings may be issued and the case decided by the court.
For a stage by stage account of what the solicitor does at each point, see our page on how our personal injury solicitors help.
How much compensation could I receive?
There is no figure that can be applied to an injury by name. Compensation is assessed on the medical evidence, the effect the injury has on your life, your age and circumstances, and the financial losses it has caused. Two people with the same diagnosis can receive very different awards.
Special damages
The award for the money the injury has cost you, proved with documents. It can include lost earnings, treatment and rehabilitation, care and assistance, travel, equipment and future losses where the injury has lasting effects.
Our page on personal injury compensation explains both parts in detail, including the losses that can be recovered and how claims are valued.
Other areas of Leicestershire we help clients from
We act for clients across the whole of Leicestershire. These are the other areas close to Leicester, and you can see every part of the county on the Leicestershire page.
Personal Injury Solicitors LeicestershirePersonal Injury Solicitors LoughboroughPersonal Injury Solicitors HinckleyPersonal Injury Solicitors CoalvillePersonal Injury Solicitors Melton MowbrayPersonal Injury Solicitors Market HarboroughPersonal Injury Solicitors OadbyPersonal Injury Solicitors WigstonPersonal Injury Solicitors Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Personal injury claims in Leicester: frequently asked questions
Do you have an office in Leicester?
No. We do not have a physical office in Leicester, and we do not claim to. Our registered address is in Luton, and we provide access to personal injury solicitors who act for clients across Leicester and the whole of Leicestershire. Cases are handled by telephone, email, WhatsApp and video call, with a client seen at a convenient location where a meeting is genuinely needed.
How long do I have to make a personal injury claim in Leicester?
For many claims the general limitation period is three years from the date of the accident, or from your later date of knowledge where that applies. Different rules can apply to children, to people who lack mental capacity, and to fatal accident and criminal injury claims. The date of knowledge point can also matter where a condition arises from exposure to dust, fibres or substances in manufacturing work over years, because the period may run from when you first knew or should have known rather than from the exposure itself. Because evidence is easier to gather early, it is worth taking advice well before any deadline feels close.
Can I claim if I was injured working in textile, clothing, footwear or food manufacturing in Leicester?
Yes, where the injury was caused by unsafe working conditions, inadequate training, defective or unguarded machinery, a failure to control production risks, or a failure to provide a safe system of work. Leicester retains a substantial textile, clothing, footwear and food manufacturing base, much of it in smaller units and workshops as well as larger factories, and claims from that work involve cutting equipment, sewing machinery, presses, production lines, heavy fabric and stock handling, and highly repetitive work on fast moving lines. Repetitive strain and conditions that develop over time are common in this work, and those can bring the date of knowledge rules into play. A great deal of this work is supplied through agencies and contractors, and in smaller units the safety documentation is often thin, so establishing who actually employed you and who controlled the task is often the first step rather than an afterthought. It is worth taking advice even if you are unsure how you were engaged.
Can I claim if I was injured working in healthcare in Leicester?
Yes, where the injury was caused by unsafe working conditions, inadequate training, defective equipment, inadequate staffing or a failure to provide a safe system of work. Leicester has a large healthcare employment base, and claims from those settings commonly involve manual handling and patient handling injuries, slips and trips, needlestick and sharps injuries, exposure to infection and violence and aggression from patients, service users or members of the public. An employer in a hospital, clinic or care setting has exactly the same duty of care as a factory employer, and the fact that the work is caring rather than industrial makes no difference. Violence and aggression at work is a specific hazard those employers are expected to assess and manage, not simply a risk of the job.
Can I claim for a fall in Leicester city centre or at the market?
Yes, where the highway authority or the occupier failed to maintain the surface, the step or the handrail to a reasonable standard, and that caused your fall. Leicester has a genuinely historic core around the cathedral, the old town, the market and the Jewry Wall, with older paving, narrow streets and changes of level throughout, and it has one of the largest covered markets in the country, on old surfaces and carrying very heavy pedestrian footfall. A highway authority or market occupier is not liable for every uneven surface, and old paving is expected to be uneven to a degree, but each is expected to operate a reasonable system of inspection and repair, and a market carrying heavy footfall, deliveries and wet produce is one where that system matters particularly. Photographs with something for scale, and a precise note of the location and date, are the most valuable evidence.
How much compensation could I receive for an injury in Leicester?
There is no figure that can be applied to an injury by name. Compensation has two parts: general damages for the pain, suffering and loss of amenity the injury itself has caused, and special damages for the financial losses it has produced, such as lost earnings, treatment, rehabilitation, care and travel. The total depends on the medical evidence, the effect on your life, your age and circumstances and the losses you have suffered. Our page on personal injury compensation explains how both parts are assessed.
Will I have to attend court in Leicester?
Most personal injury claims settle through negotiation without a hearing, so attending court is uncommon. Where proceedings are issued, the case is usually dealt with at a court convenient for where you live, and Leicester has its own combined court centre. Where a hearing is needed, we explain what is involved in advance.
What evidence should I keep after an accident in Leicester?
Keep anything that records what happened and what it cost you, and gather it early. Photographs of the scene, the machinery, the guarding, the equipment or the vehicles, details of any witnesses, medical records, receipts for treatment and travel, and a note of the days you could not work are all useful. If you were supplied through an agency or contractor, keep any contract, timesheet, payslip or written instruction and note who gave you your instructions, because identifying your employer is often the first issue. Report the accident in the accident book immediately and ask for a copy of the entry.
Can I claim on a No Win No Fee basis in Leicester?
Suitable cases may be accepted under a Conditional Fee Agreement, commonly called No Win No Fee, subject to an assessment of liability, the evidence, the prospects of success and proportionality. If the claim does not succeed you generally do not pay our basic legal fees, and if it does a success fee may be payable. In many personal injury claims the applicable legal cap is 25% of the relevant categories of damages including VAT.
Do you help clients elsewhere in Leicestershire?
Yes. We act for clients across the whole of Leicestershire, including Oadby, Wigston, Loughborough, Hinckley and the surrounding areas. You can see the full list on our areas we cover page, or read more about how personal injury claims work across Leicestershire.
Who provides the legal services?
Injury Law Specialists is a marketing and advertising platform and is not a law firm or a provider of regulated legal services. All personal injury legal advice, casework and representation arranged through Injury Law Specialists are provided by MB Solicitors, a trading name of MB Legal Solicitors Ltd, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA ID 8000764.
The answers above explain the position generally. Every claim turns on its own facts, and the applicable rules are those in force at the relevant time. For advice on deadlines, see our page on personal injury claim time limits.
Who provides the legal services
Injury Law Specialists is a marketing and advertising platform and is not a law firm or a provider of regulated legal services. All personal injury legal advice, legal services, casework, representation, legal support, and any free initial assessment or consultation promoted or arranged through Injury Law Specialists are provided by MB Solicitors, a trading name of MB Legal Solicitors Ltd.
MB Legal Solicitors Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under Company Number 12281731. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) under SRA ID 8000764 and is a member of The Law Society. Injury Law Specialists does not itself provide legal advice or carry out reserved legal activities. Any solicitor-client relationship arising from an enquiry will be directly between the client and MB Legal Solicitors Ltd.
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Injured in an accident in Leicester?
Tell us what happened and a member of our team can explain whether you may have grounds to claim, what evidence would be needed and how the process would work in practice. The assessment is free, and there is no obligation to proceed.
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