Compensation claims are intended to ‘undo’ the negative effects of the harm you have suffered. After a motorbike accident, this harm will often be your injuries and any other losses you have incurred because of the accident.
Whilst money cannot reverse all of the effects of an accident, claiming personal injury compensation can bring many benefits. These include:
Helping to counter financial worries – An accident can affect many aspects of your life, including your income. This can cause significant financial worries which a compensation claim can help to alleviate. In certain circumstances, compensation can be obtained whilst your claim is ongoing through ‘interim payments’.
Assisting recovery by allowing quicker access to treatment – Quick access to treatment can make a big difference to your recovery. However, often the fastest way to obtain treatment is to pay for it privately, and doing so yourself may be difficult. When making a claim, funding can frequently be arranged through a medical agency or from the other party’s insurance company, allowing you to access treatment quickly without the financial burden.
Providing some measure of redress – if you have been injured in an accident that fact, sadly, cannot be changed, whether you claim compensation or not. However, if you do not claim, none of the harm you have suffered will be redressed – whereas bringing a claim offers you the opportunity to be compensated.
Recovering money to which you are entitled – If you can establish your claim successfully then you are legally entitled to be compensated for your losses.