Motorcycle losses and expenses claims

Motorcycle losses and expenses claims can be an important part of a motorbike accident compensation case.

It isn’t just compensation for the injuries that a victim can be entitled to; they can also be eligible to recover money lost or paid out that’s caused as a direct result of the accident or injuries. In some cases, especially those handled by our Serious Injury Claims Team, the losses part of a claim can be higher than the injury part.

Here’s some advice about the sorts of things that you may be eligible to recover and how we may be able to represent you for a legal case.

How we value a claim

Before we go into more detail about how motorcycle losses and expenses claims work, it’s important to start with how we value a personal injury compensation claim.

Understanding this is the foundation to then understand how a losses claim can work.

When you make a claim for personal injury compensation, it’s normally split into two parts. These are:

• General Damages; and
• Special Damages.

General Damages is for any pain, suffering and loss of amenity caused. Generally speaking, the more you suffer, the more this part of a legal case can be worth. We value this based on medical evidence where an independent expert can produce a report that outlines how you have suffered and how this has impacted you.

The Special Damages part is for losses and expenses. When you make a claim, you’re entitled to be “put back” in the financial position you were in prior to the accident and the injuries occurring. As such, if you lose money or have to pay things out, you should be entitled to recover this money.

After all, it’s not your fault you have had to pay this out or lose this money. It’s only right that you can claim it back.

Motorcycle losses and expenses claims explained

When it comes to the sorts of motorcycle losses and expenses claims that can be made, it often comes down to a question of reasonableness.

If you’ve lost earnings because you were off work for three months due to the injury, it’s reasonable that you should be entitled to claim those lost earnings back. If private treatment will help you recover quicker, it stands to reason that you should be allowed to have it paid for. If you must spend hundreds of pounds on taxi journeys or petrol and hospital car parks, and pay for things like medication, it’s reasonable to be allowed to recover these costs back.

That’s pretty much how motorcycle losses and expenses claims work. We form a Schedule of Special Damages that outlines the losses and expenses, and how much each item is worth. With supporting evidence in the way of wage slips, receipts and the expert’s report justifying such costs, you have clear evidence to be able to claim such losses and expenses back.

Talk to our team about claims today

If you have been the victim of a motorbike accident that wasn’t your fault, you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation with us on a No Win, No Fee basis.

For free, no-obligation advice about your options for justice, please call the helpline on 0800 634 75 75 or see the other ways you can get in touch here.