Ankle injury claims can recover compensation for those who suffered an injury to their ankle as a result of a liable party or organisation’s failure to comply with relevant health and safety rules and regulations. Ankle injuries can be extremely painful and debilitating, causing an impact on your life for a significant amount of time and in severe cases, the consequences can be permanent. Personal injury compensation can cover the pain you have endured, the emotional impact, as well as the financial losses that you have experienced from additional medical or travel expenses.
A solicitor on our panel can help you with your ankle injury claim on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that you won’t have to find the money to pay upfront solicitors’ fees and opens up the claims process to any eligible party. No matter the circumstances or severity, if someone is at fault, you deserve compensation. Ankle injuries can occur in many different daily situations. For example, you may have been walking across a zebra crossing and a driver, who has not been adhering to speed limits, has failed to brake before hitting you, breaking your ankle. Or, a spilt drink which has been ignored by the occupier of a pub has caused you to slip and sustain an ankle sprain.
Our panel of solicitors have decades of experience in handling personal injury claims and know how to ensure that a claim receives the maximum amount of compensation applicable. You can be connected with a solicitor on our panel by getting in touch with one of our helpful advisors. To speak to one of No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct advisors:
- Call on 020 8050 4194
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Am I Able To Make A Compensation Claim For An Ankle Injury?
- Common Causes Of Ankle Injury Claims
- What Types Of Ankle Injuries Might Be Sustained?
- How Much Ankle Injury Compensation Can I Claim?
- What Evidence Will Support My Ankle Injury Claim?
- Ankle Injury Claims Time Limit
- Why Claim For An Ankle Injury With No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct
- No Win No Fee Ankle Injury Claims
- More Information
Am I Able To Make A Compensation Claim For An Ankle Injury?
Yes, ankle injury claims can be made by parties injured in an accident that was someone else’s fault, either partially or wholly.
If you can prove the following, you might have a valid personal injury claim:
You Were Owed A Duty of Care
Where the third party is expected to take practical measures to ensure that you are reasonably safe. This may be an employer running risk assessments to ensure that machinery doesn’t fall and crush your ankle.
This Duty Of Care Was Breached
A failure to take these practical steps to ensure that you are reasonably safe will be a breach of duty. So, an occupier of a shop failing to run regular maintenance checks, and therefore, overlooking a box of stock that has become a trip hazard, constitutes a breach.
You Suffered An Ankle Injury
You must have evidence that supports the breach in duty resulted in your ankle injury. Your ankle injury should be proven by updated medical records or X-rays. Claims can be made for any severity of ankle injury, from sprains and cuts to very severe injuries that damage mobility.
To discuss your eligibility to make an ankle injury claim, get in touch with one of our helpful advisors. They will assess the accident that caused your ankle injury. From here, they will advise on whether you could be eligible to launch a claim with a solicitor from our panel.
Common Causes Of Ankle Injury Claims
Ankle injury claims can be made for injuries sustained in many different scenarios. Some examples of situations which will have grounds to make an ankle injury claim are given below.
Road Traffic Accident Ankle Injuries
Everyone using the roads must do so safely, in a manner that avoids injuries, including ankle injuries. If a driver has not followed rules set in The Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988 by using their mobile phone whilst driving, for example, and knocked you off your bike, causing you to suffer a fractured ankle, you have grounds to make an ankle injury claim.
Our road traffic accident claims guide has more information.
Accident At Work Ankle Injuries
While you are carrying out work-related duties, your employer must take reasonably practicable steps to ensure your safety. Your employer may have failed to check the safety of a ladder. This left a loose rung, which broke when you placed your weight on it. You suffered a sprained ankle in the subsequent fall.
Find out more about accident at work claims with our dedicated guide.
Public Liability Accident Ankle Injuries
In public spaces, your reasonable safety must be ensured by the person or organisation responsible for those premises (the occupier). An occupier failing to have the path repaired on their premises resulting in a pavement trip and a fractured ankle, is grounds to make an ankle injury claim.
You can find out more in our public liability claims guide.
To discuss the circumstances of your ankle injury claim, call an advisor today.
What Types Of Ankle Injuries Might Be Sustained?
The types of ankle injuries that might be sustained from an accident can range in severity. Some examples of these injuries are listed below:
- Broken bones and/or fractures
- Soft tissue injuries, such as sprains and strains
- Ligament damage
- Penetrating wounds
- Surface injuries, such as cuts and lacerations
You can find out how much compensation you may receive for your specific injuries by contacting an advisor at No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct today.
How Much Ankle Injury Compensation Can I Claim?
You can claim up to £92,090 in compensation for an ankle injury. This compensation will cover your general damages, the pain that you suffered because of your injury, and the figure was suggested by the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). The JCG is a document that your solicitor may refer to when calculating your general damages, as it gives suggested amounts of compensation to award different injuries depending on their severity.
The table below has more examples of suggested compensation amounts for ankle injuries from the JCG. These are just guidelines and your specific compensation will depend on the severity of your injury. Therefore, none of these amounts are guaranteed. Please also note that the first figure in the table was not taken from the JCG.
| Injury | Notes | Compensation Guideline |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Serious Injuries | Multiple Serious Injuries with substantial special damages, such as travel expenses, medical costs and loss of earnings. | Up to £500,000+ |
| Very Severe Ankle Injury | Cases of transmalleolar fracture with extensive soft tissue damage resulting in deformity | £66,140 to £92,090 |
| Severe Ankle Injury | Extended period of treatment necessary and/or a lengthy period in plaster or the insertion of pins and plates. | £41,370 to £66,140 |
| Moderate Ankle Injury | Fractures, ligamentous tears giving rise to less serious disabilities, such as difficulty walking for long periods of time. | £18,150 to £35,130 |
| Modest Ankle Injuries | Less serious, minor fractures, sprains and ligamentous injuries | Up to £18,150 |
| Most Serious Achilles Tendon Injury | Restricted movement due to tendon severance. | In the region of £50,770 |
| Serious Achilles Tendon Injury | A successful repair of the tendon after being completely divided but there is some residual weakness | £33,020 to £39,750 |
| Moderate Achilles Tendon Injury | Partial rupture or significant injury to the tendon with compensation depending on what treatment was received and the level of recovery made | £16,640 to £27,830 |
| Minor Achilles Tendon Injury | A turning of the ankle resulting in some damage to tendon and feeling of being unsure of ankle support | £9,600 to £16,640 |
What Other Damages Can Ankle Injury Claims Cover?
The other damages that ankle injury claims can cover include special damages to cover for any financial losses that you have suffered because of your injuries. Examples of the special damages that you may be compensated for in your ankle injury claim include:
- Loss of earnings from a broken ankle leaving you unable to attend your shifts at work until your cast is removed.
- Medical expenses of the painkillers that you had to buy or wheelchair you had to hire because of your ankle injury.
- Physiotherapy costs to help you to rebuild the strength in your ankle so that you can walk unsupported again.
- Travel expenses from being unable to drive because of your broken ankle and therefore having to pay for public transport tickets.
- Miscellaneous costs such as holidays or activities that you have paid for but can no longer attend as your broken ankle creates a safety hazard.
However, in order to recover any costs, you will need documented proof. This can be your payslips, invoices or receipts.
To find out what compensation you may be awarded for special and general damages, call an advisor at No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct today.
What Evidence Will Support My Ankle Injury Claim?
Evidence that will support your ankle injury claim should prove the fault of the third party that caused your accident and that this therefore resulted in your injuries. This can include images of the scene and the trip hazard that caused you to fall and strain your ankle. It can also include CCTV footage of your accident taking place and the contact details of anyone who witnessed it. For more examples of evidence needed for a personal injury claim, read our dedicated guide.
To discuss the evidence that you have gathered, contact an advisor today.
Ankle Injury Claims Time Limit
The ankle injury claims time limit is 3 years starting from the date that your accident occurred. This deadline is strict, unless an exception applies. Therefore, you should begin making your claim as soon as possible to avoid your claim being outside of the deadline and dismissed.
More information on the personal injury claim time limit and the exceptions that apply can be found in our dedicated guide.
Contact an advisor to discuss whether you are within the personal injury claim time limit.
Why Claim For An Ankle Injury With No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct
Claiming for an ankle injury with No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct will give your claim the support and expertise that it needs to succeed. Our panel of solicitors will see that your claim is given this by offering services such as:
- Tailoring their advice so that the evidence that you are advised to gather is specific to your ankle injury claim.
- Organising any further medical assessments so that your compensation is reflective of the severity of your ankle injury.
- Answering any of your questions and explaining any complex legal terminology.
- Carrying out any court proceedings and handling legal documentation.
- Contacting anyone who witnessed your accident take place who can confirm that it was the fault of the third party that led to you sustaining your ankle injury.
An advisor can connect you with a solicitor on our panel. Contact them today.
No Win No Fee Ankle Injury Claims
Ankle injury claims can be made on a No Win No Fee Basis with our panel of solicitors. They will offer you the chance to enter a Conditional Fee Agreement, which is a type of No Win No Fee Arrangement, and involves:
- No upfront or ongoing payments for your solicitor’s work throughout the claims process.
- Not having to pay your solicitor for their services if your claim is unsuccessful.
- Knowing that you will receive the majority of your compensation as a legally capped ‘success’ fee will be deducted if your claim is successful.
You can discuss the terms of making your ankle injury claim on a No Win No Fee Basis further with one of our friendly advisors. Give them a call today.
Contact No Win No Fee Lawyers Direct’s Advisors
Use the details below to get in touch and start your ankle injury claim:
- Call us on 020 8050 4194
- Complete our online form to contact us
More Information
More of our useful guides can be found below:
- Find out how to make slip, trip and fall claims
- Learn how to make cycling accident claims
- Read about making wrist injury claims
Some further reading that may help you make your ankle injury claim includes:
- Learn how request CCTV footage of your accident
- Read about the steps needed to manage risk in the workplace that your employer is expected to take
- Find out the symptoms of sprains and strains
Thank you for reading our guide on ankle injury claims. We hope you found it helpful.