Access Legal From Shoosmiths Announces Uplift on all Compensation Awards Next Year

Access Legal From Shoosmiths Announces Uplift on all Compensation Awards Next Year PR Newswire NORTHAMPTON, England, August 13, 2012 NORTHAMPTON, England, August 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Legal from Shoosmiths has announced that a decision handed down at the Court of Appeal recently means that people awarded damages in court for all personal injury claims will get 10% more compensation from next year. A case handled by Shoosmiths' private client arm Access Legal (Simmons vs Castle) was successfully taken to the Court of Appeal in February of this year and has been used by the Court of Appeal judges to set guidelines on the level of general damages at 10% higher than at the present time. Access Legal's client, Christopher Simmons, was riding his motorbike when the defendant carried out a U turn immediately in front of him, causing Mr Simmons to collide with the vehicle. He was knocked off his bike and thrown across the bonnet, suffering a traumatic rupture of the spleen and soft tissue injury to his knee. The personal injury solicitors successfully won compensation amounting to more than £24,000.00 and if Mr Simmons should develop a long term disabling illness related to his injuries which causes significant ongoing loss of earnings, he can go back to the court for further compensation.