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Personal Injury Law is a legal branch that covers injury and damages that happen to an individual's person, due to the negligence or intentions of others. These injuries could occur in a variety of ways – road accidents, workplace accidents, falls, trips and slips, industrial diseases, occupational diseases, etc. These injuries could be internal or external, physical or mental. A large number of injuries are governed by Personal Injury Law, which exists to provide suitable compensation for the monetary and other losses that the victim has suffered because of another.
The Personal Injury Law works through the mechanism of 'personal injury claims' by which victims can 'claim' compensation for their losses from those responsible, in the court of law. However, such a claim needs to be made within a certain time limit, after having sustained in the injury. This deadline is called the statute of limitations, which can be different in different legal systems. In the UK, the deadline is three years. A victim cannot claim compensation for an injury that occurred more than 3 years ago.
Usually, when you are injured at the hands of another, he or she is automatically liable to pay for any expenses that arise out of the injury. These expenses are paid for by his/her insurance company, to the extent that the individual was covered by insurance. It is when there is no insurance cover, or when insurance companies refuse to pay up, that a claim has to be made in court. Thousands of such claims are filed each year by personal injury solicitors on behalf of their victim client. These solicitors are individuals who deal specifically with personal injury cases and often take a certain percentage of the compensation received as fee, in the case of a victory.
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