Claims For Psychological Trauma
It’s easy to assess the visible impacts of a road accident, such as an obvious physical injury. But the psychological impacts of an accident or injury can be much harder to recognise and diagnose. Many road accident survivors suffer from debilitating or ongoing psychological trauma, which, when added to their other physical injuries, can feel tough to cope with. To make matters even more difficult, claims for psychological trauma need to be submitted within a set timeframe to be able to claim PTSD compensation.
The trouble is that many road accident survivors don’t recognise the signs of psychological trauma right away. During the healing process, many people experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This PTSD may be from the accident itself or the resulting physical injuries. It’s crucial to submit claims for psychological trauma as soon as possible after receiving a diagnosis to cover any medical bills such as therapy costs.
To assist with this, it’s important that you enlist an expert PTSD lawyer to advise you. If so, we can help submit your claim and ensure you are sufficiently compensated for medical costs. This will provide peace of mind to those impacted as well as their families.
What PTSD Compensation Am I Entitled To?
If you were injured in a road accident and suffered PTSD, your medical bills may be extensive. For an accident that wasn’t completely your fault, our PTSD lawyers can help you to claim things like:
- Medical expenses
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of income
- Rehabilitation expenses
- Loss of enjoyment of life
PTSD compensation can be more extensive than you might think. Your quality of life may be affected, causing you to suffer a loss of income and the inability to live life to the same degree as you had prior to the accident. For example, you may not be able to drive a car in certain places due to your PTSD, which could disrupt your life dramatically.
How We Can Help
Our skilled PTSD lawyers have real-world experience assisting road accident survivors. We can provide tailored and practical advice to help assist you and your family to submit claims for psychological trauma.
- Gathering evidence to claim PTSD compensation
- Providing advice on the claims process
- Explaining police reports or insurance terms
- Contacting the necessary insurance companies
- Ensuring you receive adequate compensation for all financial costs incurred as a result of your injury as well as pain and suffering, past and future wage loss, and any other compensation owed as a result of your accident
Your main mission after a road accident injury is to focus on your recovery. Our mission is to assist you with the legal process, ease the emotional burden, and seek the compensation that can help you to heal.
It can take time for a psychological injury to become apparent but as soon as you are diagnosed, it is best to seek PTSD compensation as soon as possible. There is only a very short window of time to make your claim for psychological trauma. Our expert PTSD lawyers are based all over Australia and can assist you with expediting your claim. Contact us today to start the process.
You’ve probably seen a lot of lawyers use the term ‘No Win, No Fee’. Long story short: you only pay us when you achieve a successful outcome. So if you don’t get paid, we don’t get paid.
Let’s break it down.
- We start by reviewing your claim in detail and give you a clear assessment of your prospects for success. We’re experts in compensation law, so we can give you an accurate assessment of your claim.
- Once we’ve established that you should pursue your claim, you can tell us if you want us to proceed as your legal representatives. To formally appoint us as your legal representative, you will enter into a ‘Conditional Costs Agreement’ with us. This is a legal contract that sets out the likely costs of running your claim based on our fees, as well as the rights and responsibilities of you as the client and us as your legal representatives.
- We’ll explain it clearly and thoroughly, with as little legal speak as possible – we promise you’ll understand it completely.
- Importantly, this agreement will set out the ‘No Win, No Fee’ arrangement in black and white. This specifies that you will not pay us anything if your claim is not successful. Our ‘No Win, No Fee’ agreement also covers you for disbursements, or outlays. These are expenses that we may need to pay to progress your claim, including medical reports, expert witness fees and barristers’ fees.
- In certain circumstances, you may be required to pay the other party’s legal costs if you are unsuccessful.
- Remember, your success rests on you providing us with an honest, comprehensive account of all matters relevant to your claim.
Yes! At Littles, we have lawyers for everyone. Like Australia, we are diverse and proud of it. We believe that everyone deserves high-quality legal representation.
We offer our services in more than sixteen different languages, including:
- Korean
- Japanese
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
- Vietnamese
- French
- Czech
- Slovak
- Indonesian
- Farsi
- Nepali
- Filipino
- Sinhala
- Arabic
Yes, we offer our services Australia-wide, ensuring access to expert legal advice no matter where you’re located.
Absolutely. We pride ourselves on providing full transparency regarding costs, with fixed rates available for some types of claims.
