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How to get compensation if you've been injured as a result of an accident or injury when someone else is to blame.

• Write a letter, complain or try mediation

  You can get compensation by taking legal action, but it could cost you…

• Check your insurance policies

  You may already have insurance to pay for the legal costs of making a…

• Using a solicitor or a claims company

  You cannot usually get legal aid for personal injury cases. A solicitor…

How to claim compensation yourself or if using a claims management company, check they're authorised, your rights and their obligations.

• Updated: 16 June 2014

Sets out how to make a low-value personal injury claim if you've been in a road traffic accident (RTA).

• Updated: 5 August 2025

How to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA): starting an application online, choosing an attorney, certifying a copy, changing an LPA.

The Regulations place a duty on railway industry bodies (infrastructure managers, railway operators, or maintainers), involved in an accident or incident, to notify us.

• Updated: 19 December 2014

Information about the Personal Injury Discount Rate review 2024.

• Updated: 2 December 2024

• Updated: 2 December 2024

A young driver who killed two people in a car crash after speeding had her sentence increased following the Attorney General’s intervention.

• Updated: 29 July 2026

Giving people permission to make decisions about your money and property - how to use, register or cancel an enduring power of attorney

Standard direction order templates to use in multi-track road traffic accident (RTA) personal injury and collision cases.

• Updated: 30 January 2017