By Danielle Griffin. Last Updated 13th November 2023. If you suffered an injury because a relevant third party breached their duty of care, you could be eligible to make a claim for sprained ankle injury compensation.
There are various day-to-day situations in which you are owed a duty of care, including while at work, in a public place and while on the roads. This guide will take a more in-depth look at the duty of care you are owed in each of these daily situations.
Additionally, we’ll look at the personal injury claims criteria you must meet in order to claim compensation for your sprained ankle. If you are eligible for sprained ankle compensation, you may like to know how your settlement could be awarded. This guide will explain how compensation is calculated for a successful claim and the different heads of loss you could receive.
Furthermore, if you would like to have legal representation for your claim, you may like to know more about the benefits that a No Win No Fee solicitor can offer. We look at how you could instruct a personal injury solicitor to work on your case on a No Win No Fee basis.
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A guide to claiming compensation for a sprained ankle
Select a Section:
- The Criteria For Sprained Ankle Compensation Claims
- Evidence Needed To Claim Sprained Ankle Injury Compensation
- Common Causes Of Sprained Ankles
- How Much Compensation For A Sprained Ankle Could I Get?
- Sprained Ankle Compensation Claims On A No Win No Fee Basis
- Useful Links Relating To Sprained Ankle Compensation
The Criteria For Sprained Ankle Compensation Claims
Many different situations can result in a sprained ankle. These include:
- An accident at work. Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA), your employer has a duty of care to take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their staff members while working. If your employer breaches this duty of care and this results in an ankle sprain, you could make a personal injury claim.
- A road traffic accident. Every road user owes a duty of care to other vehicle drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, motorbike riders and anyone else on the roads. This means that they must use the roads in a way that prevents injury and damage to themselves and others. To uphold this duty, they need to comply with the Road Traffic Act 1988 and any relevant rules and regulations in the Highway Code. If another road user breaches this duty, and you suffer an injury due to this breach, you could be eligible for compensation.
- A public liability accident. While you are in a public place, such as a park or restaurant, the individual or organisation in control of that space owes you a duty of care to ensure your reasonable safety while you are in that place. This is set out under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. If this duty is breached and you suffer an injury as a result, you could seek compensation for your sprained ankle.
To have good grounds to seek sprained ankle compensation, you must have evidence that proves you were owed a duty of care, and when this was breached, you suffered an injury as a result.
Additionally, you must initiate legal proceedings within the time limit. Typically, for personal injury claims, this is three years from the accident date. However, there are some exceptions. To discuss these exceptions and eligibility, please contact one of the advisors from our team.
Evidence Needed To Claim Sprained Ankle Injury Compensation
If you would like to seek compensation for your sprained ankle, you will need to collect sufficient evidence to support your personal injury claim. Here are a few examples of items that you could submit when claiming sprained ankle compensation:
- Medical records. A copy of your medical records can illustrate the treatment you required and how your injury impacted you.
- Witness contact details. If anyone saw what happened, they can submit a statement later in the claims process.
- Photographs. These could be of the accident scene or your injury. For example, if you tripped over uneven pavement and this caused your injury, you can take a picture of the pavement, or if your ankle injury is visible, such as bruising, you can also photograph this.
- Videos. If you have any footage of the incident that caused your injury, you can submit this. For example, from CCTV or a mobile phone.
Contact one of our team members to discuss what evidence you could obtain to support your claim for sprained ankle injury compensation.
Common Causes Of Sprained Ankles
There are various incidents that you could experience while at work, in public places or on the roads that could cause a sprained ankle. Some of these include:
- Slipping on a wet floor. For example, spilt liquid in a restaurant should be sign-posted in a timely manner. If it isn’t, and you slip and suffer an injury as a result, you could be entitled to sprained ankle injury compensation.
- Tripping over trailing cables or wires. For example, in the workplace, there could be cables trailing across a walkway. If these aren’t covered with cabled protectors, you might be able to make an accident at work claim if you tripped over a wire.
- Gym accident. If a gym accident occurs due to a breach in a duty of care owed to you, you might be eligible to claim sprained ankle compensation. For example, you could fall on the stairs if there aren’t sufficient railings.
- Motorbike accident. For example, if a vehicle driver travels in the wrong direction down a one-way street and you suffer an injury as a result, you could be eligible for personal injury compensation.
Contact one of the advisors from our team to discuss the incident that caused your injuries. If you meet the eligibility criteria to claim compensation for a sprained ankle, they could connect you to one of our personal injury solicitors.
How Much Compensation For A Sprained Ankle Could I Get?
If you make a successful personal injury claim for your sprained ankle, your settlement could consist of two parts: general and special damages.
General damages compensate for the physical pain and mental suffering that has been caused by your injury. To help when assigning value to general damages, those responsible for evaluating your claim for sprained ankle compensation may refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This document provides a list of guideline compensation brackets for various types of injuries.
In the table below, we look at a few figures given for ankle injuries from the 16th edition of the JCG. As every claim is different, this table is only provided for guidance.
It is also important to note that the top entry in this table has not been taken from the JCG.
| Injury | Severity | Details | Compensation Bracket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankle injury and claim add-ons | Pain and suffering plus expenses | This includes compensation for the pain and suffering and any expenses, such as loss of earnings caused by the injury. | Up to £60,000+ |
| Ankle | Severe | This bracket applies to injuries that results in significant residual disability, including ankle instability and a severely limited ability to walk. | £31,310 to £50,060 |
| Ankle | Moderate | Injuries found in this bracket result in less serious disabilities, which include difficulty walking on uneven ground, standing or walking for long amounts of time as well as awkwardness on stairs, irritation from metal plates and residual scarring. | £13,740 to £26,590 |
| Ankle | Modest | This bracket includes less serious, minor fractures, sprains and ligamentous injuries. The award considers whether there has been a complete recovery. | Up to £13,740 |
| Achilles Tendon | Most serious | The claimant suffers with restricted ankle movement due to the severance of the tendon along with the longus muscle. | In the region of £38,430 |
| Achilles Tendon | Serious | In this bracket, the claimant suffers with limited ankle movements and residual weakness from the complete division of the tendon, which was then successfully repaired. | £24,990 to £30,090 |
| Achilles Tendon | Minor | The claimant has suffered some damage to their Achilles tendon. | £7,270 to £12,590 |
Your compensation for a sprained ankle may also include special damages. Special damages compensate for any monetary losses that your ankle injury has caused. Here are a few examples of items you could be compensated for:
- Travel expenses.
- Wheelchair rental or purchase.
- Loss of earnings, including contributions to your pension.
- Home help, such as a cleaner while you recover.
- Medication costs, including over-the-counter pain relief and prescriptions.
You should submit proof of your costs, such as receipts, invoices, payslips and bank statements.
Connect with an advisor to further discuss special damages or for a free personalised valuation of your potential sprained ankle injury compensation.
Sprained Ankle Compensation Claims On A No Win No Fee Basis
Making a sprained ankle injury compensation claim can be an expensive proposition, especially if the claim takes some time to resolve. If you lose your claim, you also lose everything you paid in legal fees paid to personal injury solicitors.
Accident Claims UK has a much better option available to people all across the UK. We offer our No Win No Fee personal injury claims service as the most effective and simple way to make a claim. We don’t charge you anything at all to start your claim, and we don’t charge anything while your claim is being processed. If we fail to win your claim, we won’t charge you anything either. In fact, the only time you need to pay our fee is when you receive a compensation pay-out. This makes our No Win No Fee claims service a 100% financially risk-free way to make Sprained ankle injury claims.
Are you ready to make a sprained ankle injury compensation claim? If you are, then you should call Accident Claims UK right now on 0800 073 8801. Once we understand a little about your accident and your injury, we will offer you some free legal advice on what we think you should do next. We have years of experience in helping people make claims for compensation. For many people, this advice will be to use our national No Win No Fee personal injury claims service to get you the compensation you are eligible for. This is an entirely financially risk-free way to make a claim.
Useful Links Relating To Sprained Ankle Compensation
Information on Health and Safety at Work – This link will take you to the HSE website, where you can find information on health and safety in the workplace.
National Health Service information on sprain and strain injuries – Here, you will find information about sprain and strain injuries that has been published by the National Health Service. It covers all similar injuries, including a sprained ankle.
How much compensation for a leg injury? – This link will guide you through the process of making a claim for a leg injury.
Thank you for reading our guide on personal injury claims for sprained ankle injury compensation.
