Walker Jack Consultants

No Win No Fee Claims After 50

The population of the UK is experiencing a significant decrease in the mortality rate. Put simply, UK citizens are living longer and fuller lives than at any time in history.

Whether or not this is due to a rise in nutritional standards, increased medical provision or better working conditions – or a mixture of all three circumstances, the pattern seems to be set for a future demographic of increasingly senior silver citizens.

This is, of course, to be welcomed. With experience and expertise gained over the course of a prolonged and active life, the benefits to our society are obvious. However, the body is a machine like any other and grows fragile and less robust with time.

With regard to this, the circumstance of hip injuries and subsequent replacements is bound to increase. The hip is a complicated joint that undergoes perhaps more wear and tear than any other joint. As a result, it becomes susceptible to injury. A slip or fall in the workplace or while enjoying an evening’s recreation will become more and more of a problem with passing time.

As it stands, hip injuries are already among the major contributors to a ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury solicitor’s caseload.

In particular, there is a definite pattern emerging from older workers in the construction injury of hip injuries becoming more frequent. Bumps and glancing blows that could be shrugged off when younger are inevitably taking their toll among those nearing retirement age.

That these injuries are largely avoidable and are often the result of employer negligence, only serves to increase the necessity to draw attention to culpability by successful personal ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury claims and the resulting compensation paid out to the innocent victim.