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Type of Injury	Damages	Description
Amputation of Arms	£126,500 to £156,800	Both arms
Amputation of Arms	A minimum of £73,400	One arm at the shoulder
Amputation of Arms	£58,200 to £68,300	One arm above the elbow
Amputation of Arms	£50,600 to £58,200	One arm below the elbow
Ankle Injuries	£26,300 to £36,400	Very severe resulting in deformity; a risk of needing amputation later or a degenerative disorder
Ankle Injuries	£16,750 to £26,300	Severe needing plates inserting and residual disability
Ankle Injuries	£7,200 to £14,300	Moderate with difficulty in walking on uneven ground or similar
Ankle Injuries	Up to £7,200	Less serious with some aching or an risk of later osteoarthritus
Arm Injuries	£50,600 to £68,300	Severe leaving the victim little better off than if the arm had been amputated
Arm Injuries	£20,300 to £31,400	Resulting in substantial permanent disablement
Arm Injuries	£10,200 to £20,300	Where a substantial recovery is expected
Arm Injuries	£3,600 to £10,200	Simple fracture of the forearm
Back Injuries	£52,600 to £88,500	Severe - short of paralysis but involving injuries not normally found in cases of back injury eg. impotence
Back Injuries	About £43,000	Severe - with other results such as impaired bladder or bowel control
Back Injuries	£20,300 to £36,500	Severe - involving fractures of discs or lesions which result in continuing severe pain, depression and affect employment
Back Injuries	£14,700 to £20,300	Moderate - leaving a substantial risk of osteoarthritus; constant pain with impairment of sexual function
Back Injuries	£6,600 to £14,700	Moderate - soft tissue injury making an existing back condition worse
Back Injuries	£4,100 to £7,100	Minor - Strains; sprains; disc prolapses and soft tissue injuries with recovery within 5 years
Back Injuries	Up to £4,100	Minor - Strains; sprains; disc prolapses and soft tissue injuries with recovery within 2 years
Hand Injuries	£73,350 to £106,200	Serious injury to both hands making them effectively useless.
Hand Injuries	£28,900 to £44,100	Serious resulting in significant loss of use in both hands and permanent disfigurement.
Hand Injuries	£50,600 to £57,900	Total loss of one hand or all fingers.
Hand Injuries	£32,500 to £46,900	Amputation of Index finger and middle/ring finger
Hand Injuries	£15,300 to £32,400	Serious injuries resulting in 50% loss of function in one hand.
Hand Injuries	£7,800 to £15,300	Less serious but with longterm impairment eg as a result of a crush injury
Hand Injuries	£3,400 to £7,300	Moderate injury with some permanent damage to function
Hand Injuries	Up to £19,400	Severe fractures with deformity and reduced function
Hand Injuries	About £10,200	Loss of index finger
Hand Injuries	About £8,000	Loss of middle finger
Hand Injuries	About £6300	Loss of little finger
Hand Injuries	£1600 to £2600	Fracture of one finger
Hand Injuries	£18,800 to £28,950	Amputation of a thumb
Hand Injuries	£10,200 to £18,800	Thumb grafted back on leaving it more or less useless
Hand Injuries	£6,700 to £8,900	Amputation of tip of a thumb or permanent nerve damage to it.
Hand Injuries	£2,100 to £3,750	Severe dislocation of a thumb.
Hand Injuries	Up to £2,100	Minor injury of a thumb
Hand Injuries	£16,500 to £20,300	Vibration white finger: Serious
Hand Injuries	£8,900 to £16,800	Vibration white finger: Fairly serious
Hand Injuries	£4,650 to £8,900	Vibration white finger: Moderate
Hand Injuries	£1,600 to £4,650	Vibration white finger: Minor
Hand Injuries	£25,000 to £31,300	Complete loss of wrist function
Hand Injuries	£13,000 to £20,250	Serious damage to wrist but some function remains
Hand Injuries	£6,600 to £12,950	Less serious damage to wrist but some permanent damage and continuing pain.
Hand Injuries	Up to £5,100	Complete recovery
Neck Injuries	£78,400	Severe involving eg permanent spastic quadriparesis; no movement in the neck
Neck Injuries	£34,400 to £68,300	Injuries that are of considerable severity and permanent effect
Neck Injuries	Up to £27,900	Severe damage to soft tissue and/or ruptured tendons
Neck Injuries	£13,200 to £17,200	Fractures or diclocations which may necessitate spinal fusion
Neck Injuries	£7,400 to £13,500	Moderate eg whiplash or wrenching and/or disc lesion of a more severe type
Neck Injuries	£4,100 to £7,400	Injuries that may have made worse or accelerated a pre-existing condition
Neck Injuries	£2,050 to £4,100	Minor soft tissue with full recovery in about 2 years
Neck Injuries	£520 to £2,100	Minor soft tissue with full recovery in a year
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£41,800 to £68,300	Severe - fractures resulting in long-term disabilities such as ruptured bladder, intolerable pain and loss of bladder and bowel control
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£32,400 to £41,800	Less severe
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£20,300 to £27,400	Serious but resulting in degenerative changes or a hip replacement
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£14,200 to £20,300	Moderate
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£6,600 to £14,200	Involving hip replacement that has been a success, but where another may be necessary
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	£2,050 to £6,600	Significant injury but no real remaining disability
Pelvis and Hips Injuries	Up to £2,050	Minor injury and a full recovery
Shoulder Injuries	£10,200 to £25,300	Severe
Shoulder Injuries	£6,600 to £10,200	Serious
Shoulder Injuries	£4,300 to £6,600	Moderate
Shoulder Injuries	£2,050 to £4,350	Minor with full recovery in under 2 years
Shoulder Injuries	Up to £2,050	Minor with full recovery in under 1 year
Shoulder Injuries	£2,600 to £6,400	Fracture of your clavicle

Cases

Between HELEN WILLIAMS - Appellant - and - DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL - Respondent
Court of Appeal (Civil Division): March 18 2003 before Lord Justice Latham

On 31st March 1995 Helen Williams, a school dinner kitchen manager, fell over a bench left in the school hall and injured her left shoulder.

She was awarded £34,587.58 but this was reduced by one third to £23,058.39 to reflect her contributory negligence.

Full liability was broken down as follows:

Pain, suffering and loss of amenity: £9,000

Loss of congenial employment: £6,000

Home maintenance: £5,500

Travel expenses: £500

Loss of pension entitlement: £1,500

Past loss of earnings: £8,253.82 plus £2,725.41 by way of interest.

Helen Williams was appealing the contributory negligence, the amount for pain and suffering and that the judge was wrong to order her to pay the costs of the claim after the Part 36 payment. On appeal, it was concluded that she was right to assume that the hall was clear; did not contribute to the accident and was entitled to the full amount of £34,587.58.