Fatal Accident Claims

We have recovered compensation for:

• Funeral expenses.
• Travelling and medical expenses.
• Bereavement awards for the partner or family member of the deceased. “The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 defines who is able to claim a bereavement award.  Section 1(a)(2) of the Act states that a wife, husband or partner of the deceased can apply for an award.  Section 2(a) of the Act states that where a bereavement award is applied for by a partner, they must have been living with the deceased in the same household for a continuous period of two years prior to the death of the deceased. The Fatal Accidents Act also allows a child under 18 to claim for a deceased parent but unfortunately the Act does not allow a brother or sister of a deceased person to claim and does not allow an adult child to claim for a deceased parent or for a parent to claim for a deceased child. The bereavement award is currently fixed at £15,120.”
• Compensation for pain and suffering suffered by the deceased prior to death.
• A dependency claim for anyone who was dependent on the deceased for services or financial support to include a lump sum to compensate for the loss of projected earnings of the deceased.
• The loss of projected earnings / pension.

The following category of claimants can pursue a fatal accident compensation claim:

• A husband/wife or former spouse of the deceased.
• A person who has co-habiting with the deceased for a period of at least 2 years prior to the deceased.
• Someone whom the deceased maintained prior to death.
• A civil partner or former civil partner of the deceased.
• A child or dependent of the deceased.
• a parent of the deceased.
• A person who the deceased treated as a child.

Do you have a claim?

Call: 020 3551 7154