Personal Injury Claims by Injury Type — Find Your Guide
Every injury is different, and the right guide depends on exactly what’s happened to you. This page is your starting point for finding it — organised by body area, with a separate section for catastrophic and life-changing injuries, which are valued and supported differently. If you want the actual compensation brackets and figures rather than a way to find your specific guide, head straight to our compensation amounts hub, or see our how much compensation guide for how the Judicial College Guidelines framework works generally.
Guides by Body Area
Head and Brain
- Head Injury Compensation Amounts — skull fractures, facial fractures, and scalp lacerations.
- Brain Injury Compensation Amounts — minor concussion through to severe traumatic brain injury short of catastrophic.
- Scarring Compensation Amounts — facial and body scarring, including the impact of visibility and psychological effect.
- Hearing Loss Compensation Amounts — industrial deafness, tinnitus, and total hearing loss.
Neck and Back
- Neck Injury Compensation Amounts — minor whiplash through to severe cervical spine injury.
- Whiplash Compensation Amounts — the 2021 tariff for RTA whiplash claims, and injuries falling outside it.
- Back Injury Compensation Amounts — soft tissue injuries through to serious spinal damage.
Shoulder, Arm and Hand
- Shoulder Injury Compensation Amounts — rotator cuff tears, dislocations, and AC joint damage.
- Arm Injury Compensation Amounts — fractures and soft tissue injuries through to loss of an arm.
- Hand & Wrist Injury Compensation Amounts — wrist fractures, hand injuries, and loss of function.
- Finger Injury Compensation Amounts — fractures, amputations, and loss of grip affecting individual fingers.
Leg, Knee, Ankle and Foot
- Knee Injury Compensation Amounts — ligament damage, meniscus tears, and knee fractures.
- Ankle Injury Compensation Amounts — sprains and fractures through to complex ankle injuries.
- Leg Injury Compensation Amounts — fractures and soft tissue injuries through to loss of a leg.
- Foot Injury Compensation Amounts — soft tissue injuries through to severe crush injuries.
Eyes and Face
- Eye Injury Compensation Amounts — minor and transient injuries through to significant vision loss.
- Broken Nose Compensation Amounts — fractures with and without lasting cosmetic or breathing impact.
- Broken Jaw Compensation Amounts — fractures ranging from simple breaks to those requiring surgical fixation.
Psychological
- PTSD Compensation Amounts — psychiatric injury caused by accidents or trauma, from moderate to severe.
Catastrophic and Life-Changing Injuries
These injuries fundamentally change the rest of the claimant’s life, and are valued and supported differently from the guides above — with specialist procedures, interim payments, and lifetime care provision alongside the general damages figure. See our catastrophic injury claims guide for the framework that applies across all of them.
- Amputation and Loss of Limb Claims — single and multiple limb loss, and lifetime prosthetics provision.
- Paralysis Compensation Claims — paraplegia and tetraplegia following spinal cord injury.
- Loss of Sight Compensation Claims — total and near-total blindness, and the adaptive support that follows.
- Severe Burn Injury Compensation — major burns requiring extensive reconstruction and lifetime scar management.
- Cerebral Palsy Compensation Claims — catastrophic birth injury claims, among the highest-value cases in UK law.
Common Questions
Where can I find compensation amounts for my injury?
Each guide above links through to the specific brackets for that injury. For the full framework — general damages, special damages, and how they’re combined into a final figure — see our compensation amounts hub.
I have more than one injury. Where do I start?
Start with the guide for your most serious injury — it will usually give the clearest picture of the overall claim. Multiple injuries are valued together rather than by simply adding up each guide’s figures, so use our how much compensation guide to understand how that combination works, or our compensation calculators for a directional estimate.
My injury isn’t listed here. What should I do?
This page covers the most common injury types, but it isn’t exhaustive. Contact Claims Bible directly and we’ll point you to the right guide, or match you with a specialist who can assess your specific injury.
Related Guides
Personal Injury Compensation Amounts UK
How Much Compensation for Personal Injury? (JC Guidelines)
Personal Injury Compensation Calculators
Serious & Life-Changing Injury Claims
Personal Injury Claims — UK No Win No Fee
How Personal Injury Claims Work — Process & FAQs
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