Sports Injury Claims

If we take on your case, we’ll work to establish liability with a view to secure interim compensation payments which will help cover the cost of sports injury management and aftercare services, aiding your rehabilitation.

Our sports injury solicitors are experienced in helping professional and non-professional sportsmen and women get the support they need following negligent medical care of a serious injury.

Thanks to our close partnerships with leading sports injury management specialists, we can help elite athletes get the rehabilitative care they need to make an effective recovery.

Rehabilitative sports injury services which compensation can help to pay for include:

• Concussion clinics
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Post-injury dietetic assessment
• Psychology
• Specialist therapies

A sports injury may have happened due to the training or playing location not being maintained to an adequate standard, such as:

• Bad ground conditions
• Badly maintained/faulty equipment
• Incorrect protective equipment being provided
• Obstacles not being cleared away

If you sustained injuries whilst watching a sports event, you may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation when there’s evidence to show that the accident could have been avoided.

Compensation may be awarded in cases where the upkeep of the stadium or venue was to blame for your injuries, or when insufficient crowd control made conditions dangerous. If we accept your claim, our personal injury solicitors will hold the event organisers to account for their negligence.

If you decide to make a compensation claim, we’ll take robust action against those responsible on your behalf. In most cases, this will be the medical professional/s whose negligent treatment and misdiagnosis has aggravated the symptoms of your injury.

However, if there’s evidence to show that your injuries were preventable, you can choose to take action against those responsible. We can help you make a claim against:

• Medical professionals
• Another player or athlete
• Coaching or managerial staff
• Event organisers
• Venue or stadium managers
• Match officials
• Spectators

To make a successful sports injury claim, you’ll need to show evidence that negligent medical care has aggravated your injury, complicating your full and complete recovery. We’ll assess your medical records to establish the circumstances of your injury, and will request that an independent medical examiner looks at your case to establish fault and corroborate your claim.

When making a personal injury claim for a preventable sports injury, you’ll need to provide direct evidence from a witness who saw the incident first hand and can verify the negligence. This could be another player, a referee, coach or an organisation.

For free and impartial advice about making a sports injury claim, contact our team today.

Doctors and surgeons are not allowed to carry out any medical treatment unless the patient – or their next of kin – has been fully informed of any potential risks and any alternative treatment options available.

Patients should be fully involved in decisions relating to their medical treatment and be able to make an informed choice about the treatment they receive.

Our team at Hudgell Solicitors has represented many clients who have undergone treatments or been given medication, unaware of potential future complications or issues. Common examples include:

• Failing to inform patients of the potential risks of operations / treatments
• Failing to warn patients of potential side effects of treatments / medications
• Failing to inform patient of alternative treatment options
• Failing to warn of patients of potential complications during /following surgery
• Failing to inform patients that further surgery may still be required
• Failing to provide accurate information on the expertise of surgeons
• Failing to offer options other than surgery
• Failing to consult fully with mothers / parents on birth delivery plans / options

Read more about consent here: Failure to Obtain Informed Consent