You probably face more than enough challenges in your everyday work without taking on board the fear of being the victim of criminal injury.
You could be going about your everyday business without a care in the world safe in the knowledge you have a good career ahead of you. However, what would happen if all of a sudden today was your last ever working day and you were prevented from earning a living for the rest of your life. If you are unlucky enough for this to happen to you, you could do with an expert friend in the form of personal injury solicitors.
The positive news is that the law is created to offer you assitance and protect you. Laws are in place to safeguard your health and safety and personal injury solicitors are at hand to give you expert advice should the worst happen.
Let's consider the case of a senior social support worker who was employed by a local authority for 27 years. The woman concerned worked for three years at a sheltered housing complex where tenants lived alone in their own flats.
The issue came about when a tenant would not turn down his loud music even after numerous polite requests. The support worker was called to help but the tenant got agitated and ended up grabbing the woman by the ponytail, causing her to fall to the floor whereupon he proceeded to punch and kick her, causing fractures to her ribs. In this situation although the physical injuries were relatively minor, the woman's psychological damages was quite major and actually stopped her from returning to her employment.
Her story is just like one of many people in the UK each year who suffer illness, accidents or criminal acts and then face a very uncertain future. The one constant factor in all these cases is that there are people out there who have been through it before - your own personal injury lawyers. They are able to use their experience of handling many hundreds of cases to provide an individual approach to your compensation claim. Working on a 'no win, no fee' agreements means that like the social worker, you could look forward to the prospect of 100 per cent compensation after your injury claim is resolved.
The law surrounding accident compensation claims is complex - when you chose a solicitor to act for you, ensure that you pick one who is experienced in dealing with personal injury cases.