We act for site operatives, tradespeople, self-employed contractors and site visitors. We will work through the contractual chain, obtain the site documentation and explain the funding options available, including whether a no win no fee arrangement may be appropriate in your case.
Can I Make a Claim?
- You were injured on a construction, demolition, refurbishment or civil engineering site.
- A contractor, principal contractor or site occupier failed to plan, manage or monitor the work safely.
- The failure caused your injury — for example missing edge protection, an unsafe scaffold, or plant operating without a banksman.
- Self-employed operatives can claim too; being outside PAYE does not remove the duties owed to you on site.
Situations We Are Instructed On
- Falls from scaffolding, roofs, ladders and unprotected edges
- Falling materials, tools and loads striking workers below
- Excavation collapse and trench work without adequate shoring
- Excavator, dumper, telehandler and crane incidents
- Electrocution from live services and inadequate isolation
- Injuries from cutting, grinding and power tools without guarding
What Compensation Could I Claim?
- Damages for fractures, crush injuries, amputation, burns and psychological trauma
- Loss of earnings for day-rate and self-employed workers, evidenced by invoices and accounts
- Future loss of earnings where you cannot return to site work
- Rehabilitation, prosthetics, surgery and pain management
- Care, home adaptations and equipment in serious cases
What can be recovered in any individual case depends on the medical evidence and on the losses that can be proved. We do not estimate figures before that evidence is available.
Evidence That Helps
- Site accident report, permit to work and toolbox talk records
- Construction phase plan, risk assessments and method statements
- Scaffold inspection registers and plant maintenance records
- Any Health and Safety Executive investigation or improvement notice
- Photographs of the working area before it is altered or cleared
How Long Could the Claim Take?
Construction claims often take longer than average because liability can be shared between several parties and expert engineering evidence is regularly needed. Serious injury cases will also await a stable medical prognosis. Interim payments may be available where liability is admitted.
No Win No Fee Funding for This Type of Claim
A No Win No Fee agreement — known in law as a conditional fee agreement — is a written contract between you and your solicitor. Under it, our fee for the legal work becomes payable only if your claim is successful. It is a way of funding a claim without paying our costs up front. It is not a promise about the outcome of your case, and it is not available in every matter.
How a No Win No Fee agreement works
- Assessment first. We review the facts, the likely evidence and your prospects before deciding whether we can offer this type of funding.
- If the claim succeeds. The opponent is usually ordered or agrees to pay a substantial part of your legal costs. A success fee — a percentage uplift on our charges, capped by law in personal injury work — is deducted from your compensation. The percentage will be stated in your agreement before you sign it.
- If the claim does not succeed. You would not pay our fee for the legal work covered by the agreement. You may still be responsible for certain disbursements and, in some circumstances, the opponent’s costs, which is why insurance arrangements are discussed with you at the outset.
- Deductions and other costs. Expenses such as medical reports, court fees, expert evidence and any insurance premium are dealt with separately. We will explain which of these may be deducted from your damages and how they are calculated.
- Alternatives. You may already have legal expenses cover through a household, motor or credit card policy, or through a trade union. We will ask about this because it may be a better option for you.
Who may be eligible
Eligibility depends on the individual case, including whether another party appears to be legally responsible, whether the injury and losses can be evidenced, and whether the claim is brought in time. Some claims are not suitable for this form of funding. We will tell you honestly if we cannot act on this basis, and explain the alternatives that may be open to you.
The exact terms — including the success fee percentage, the disbursements involved and what would happen if the claim were unsuccessful — are set out in writing and explained to you before you decide whether to proceed. Nothing on this page is a guarantee about the outcome of a claim or a statement that any particular funding arrangement will be available. Please take advice about your own circumstances.
Speaking to a No Win No Fee Solicitor
The first conversation is an assessment, not a commitment. A solicitor will listen to what happened, identify who may be legally responsible and consider what evidence is likely to be available. In the context of construction accident claims, that usually means looking closely at how the incident occurred, what records exist and how your injury has affected your work and daily life.
Once we understand the case, we can discuss funding. Where a conditional fee arrangement is appropriate, we will explain the terms, the deductions and the risks in writing so that you can make an informed decision. Where it is not appropriate, we will say so and set out any alternative route available to you, including existing insurance cover or union support. Either way, you will know where you stand before any work begins.
Construction Accident Claims FAQs
- I am self-employed on a CIS card. Can I claim?
- Yes. Occupiers and principal contractors owe duties to everyone lawfully on site, not only to their direct employees.
- Several companies were on site. Who do I sue?
- It may be more than one. We investigate the contractual chain and, if necessary, bring proceedings against multiple defendants so that responsibility can be determined by the court.
- The HSE is investigating. Should I wait?
- You should take legal advice now. An HSE investigation can produce very useful evidence, but limitation periods continue to run regardless of its progress.
- How are day-rate earnings proved?
- Through invoices, bank statements, CIS statements and accounts. Bring whatever records you have and we will advise on what else is needed.
Speak to our team
Tell us what happened and we will assess the claim and explain the funding options that may be available to you, in writing, before you decide how to proceed.