Internal Injury Claims
Specialist Internal Injury Claims Solicitors
Our specialist lawyers will explain how to claim compensation for a crush injury, what you could receive, and the key steps to making a successful claim.
“Fielding a first class, very well resourced team of litigators, the personal injury department at Osbornes is rated for its diverse workload of complex, high-value injury claims.”
“Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.”
Securing compensation for life-changing internal injuries
Internal injuries can be among the most devastating and complex types of personal injury claim. Unlike broken bones or visible wounds, internal trauma often goes undetected initially, yet it can cause severe long-term damage. At Osbornes Law, our expert internal injury solicitors are here to help you understand your rights, prove your case, and secure the compensation you need to rebuild your life.
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What are internal injuries?
Internal injuries refer to damage inside the body, such as:
- Organ damage (e.g. kidney, liver, spleen)
- Internal bleeding
- Brain trauma, lung and heart injuries
- Spinal cord injuries affecting internal systems
These injuries can result from road accidents, medical negligence, and workplace accidents including accidents on building sites. They can be life-threatening and require emergency treatment, followed by long-term medical care.
Can I claim compensation for an internal injury?
Yes. If your internal injury was caused by someone else’s negligence, for example, in a car crash, workplace accident, or due to a medical error, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
To succeed in your claim, you must prove:
- You were owed a duty of care
- That duty was breached
- The breach caused your internal injury (causation)
- You suffered loss as a result (damages)
Our personal injury lawyers work with top medical experts to build strong, evidence-based claims.
How much compensation could I receive?
If you’ve suffered a crush injury, you may be eligible for two main types of compensation:
- General damages – These cover the pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment in life caused by your injury. This includes physical discomfort, emotional distress, and the long-term impact on your daily activities.
- Special damages – These compensate for your financial losses, both now and in the future, including:
Example compensation ranges based on the latest guidelines:
- Very severe brain damage: £282,010 – £493,000
- Loss of both kidneys: £206,730 – £256,780
- Double incontinence: Up to £224,790
- Heart damage/lung removal: £122,850 – £183,190
- Female infertility: £140,210 – £207,260
Our solicitors will provide a tailored estimate based on your medical reports and care needs.
How do you make an internal injury claim?
We guide you through every stage of the process:
- Initial consultation – We review your case, gather medical records, accident reports, and witness statements.
- Pre-action protocol – A formal Letter of Claim is sent to the responsible party. Their insurer typically has up to three months to respond.
- Negotiation – We present a detailed case showing liability and losses. Most claims are settled at this stage.
- Litigation (if needed) – If a fair settlement can’t be reached, we’ll issue court proceedings and represent you at trial.
- Settlement or final award – You receive compensation either through negotiation or a court judgment.
Time limit: You usually have three years from the date of your injury to start a claim—so early legal advice is vital.
Real-life examples of internal injury claims
At Osbornes Law, we’ve helped many clients secure life-changing compensation following serious crush injuries including:
- We acted for a minor who underwent corrective gut surgery shortly after birth. Over a two‑year period, the child suffered ongoing abdominal pain and constipation. Osbornes Law secured a five‑figure settlement for the family after proving ongoing internal injury due to delayed diagnosis and poor surgical oversight. Read more here.
- A professional jewellery designer was struck by an Uber driver in a hit‑and‑run. The impact caused internal injuries that significantly impaired her fine motor skills, halting her jewellery work. Osbornes Law obtained a substantial settlement, restoring her ability to function and regain her career prospects, highlighting the importance of expert legal support in cases where internal trauma affects livelihood. Read more here.
These examples show our dedication to achieving the best outcomes for clients facing devastating injuries. Each case is different, and we tailor our approach to your individual circumstances.
Why choose our personal injury solicitors?
Our expert personal injury solicitors can make a significant difference to the outcome of your claim. We have been successfully representing clients for over 50 years. Crush injuries often involve complex issues, like machinery design, maintenance records, long-term medical needs, and workplace regulations. Our team at Osbornes Law handles these challenges every day. We:
- Provide no‑win‑no‑fee representation
- Work with medical and engineering experts
- Secure interim payments to help you through recovery
- Have achieved seven‑figure settlements, including major surgical negligence claims
Osbornes Law is also a proud member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), which represents solicitors, barristers, academics and students dedicated to supporting injured people.
Contact us
Contact our specialist internal injury solicitors today for a free, confidential consultation. We’ll explain your options clearly and help you take the first step toward recovery and securing the compensation. To speak with one of our solicitors, contact us by:
- Filling in our online enquiry form; or
- Calling us on 020 7485 8811
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Osbornes fields a solid team of high quality practitioners, active in a range of catastrophic injury claims.
Osbornes prepares cases well; the whole team is good and lawyers there know their stuff.
They deal with people compassionately and take on the right amount of detail. The firm has some really brilliant key solicitors.
The personal injury team is responsive and its level of service towards clients and other professionals is exceptional and high quality
The team offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims and regularly acts for foreign nationals.
It has considerable experience in cases arising from motor accidents and accidents at work
Osbornes is a well-regarded personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims.
Their team includes bright, hard-working solicitors dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for their clients from partner level to paralegal. Their client care is exceptional.
They are a team who are highly respected in the PI sector.
This is an excellent PI team doing a broad range of PI work.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims, with notable strength in acting for European clients for whom English is not a first language.
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims
Osbornes’ ‘highly respected‘ personal injury team is experienced in a range of complex, high-value claims.
"Osbornes always provides work of excellent quality and the advice is sound."
"The firm has the ability to handle the most sophisticated and complex matters."
"Osbornes is always client-focused and works tirelessly to obtain the best outcomes."
'The team deals with multi-million pound, often multifaceted claims, involving such factors as severe brain, psychiatric, gynaecological and spinal injury, major trauma, amputation and fatality.'
"They are a boutique firm with highly experienced partners who are well-respected in the industry."
"The team at Osbornes deals with catastrophic injury claims with the same professionalism as the largest firms, but provides a much more client-focused experience."
"A really first-rate team, well capable of dealing with the most serious and complex injuries."
"This team has carved out an exceptional reputation in catastrophic injury work."
"Osbornes has impressed me with their personal touch for clients whilst offering a first-class handling of catastrophic injury claims. The partners all have vast experience and are highly respected in their field."
"This is a really excellent personal injury team that can be regarded as one of the major players in the London claimant personal injury market."
"Osbornes have managed to recruit a team of outstanding catastrophic injury lawyers who are at the top of the game."
"They punch well above their weight. The quality of service they provide equals that of any of the larger top-name firms in this area"
Ben Posford is fiercely bright, with an unrivalled passion for his clients’ cases. His encyclopaedic knowledge of all things PI is second to none. His foresight and commercial nous have propelled Osbornes into the highest echelons of the market where they rightly belong.
The firm has an excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants, managed by recruiting paralegals with multi-language skills – an impressive route for expansion of the caseload.
Great expanding team with expertise and respect in the sector. Led by a commercially savvy and business minded team.
A really excellent group of PI solicitors, notable for their individual quality.’
A niche firm that punches well above its weight in the catastrophic injury sector, borne out by the quality of work they obtain.
This combination of experience and diligence reaps massive rewards for clients, Osbornes being well known in the industry as a fantastic firm.
The Osbornes personal injury team now comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business.
Ben Posford is one of London’s best catastrophic injury lawyers, in my view. He is a real brain injury specialist.
Excellent coverage of personal injury, and traumatic brain injury. There is a real specialism in claimants who do not speak English as a first language.
The group is noted for its expertise in matters relating to cycling injuries, and is the official legal partner of the London Cycling Campaign charity.
To complement its strong reputation for high-value and complex personal injury work, the firm continues to develop its 'excellent and innovative line in cases involving non-English speaking claimants'
"Osbornes comprises some of the most technically adept and hard hitting lawyers in the business"
"A small but high-powered team, dealing with cases of significant value and complexity."
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"Osbornes Law have captured the magic of keeping the customer service levels of a smaller firm whilst having all the expertise and power of the biggest firms."
"A superb boutique catastrophic injury firm."
"Really good at dealing with people who have suffered a serious injury."
"Affable and charming with very good client-handling skills."
"superb firm with consummate professionals and a human touch."
Osbornes now has a team of highly experienced personal injury lawyers; particularly strong on high-value quantum cases, workplace accidents and claims involving foreign workers injured in the UK.
The team provides fantastic strength-in-depth for personal injury claims. It is also particularly well placed to service clients from Eastern Europe with specialist native language speakers. From the smallest case to a multimillion-pound spinal injury case, Osbornes has the right staff to manage every claim.
Ben Posford remains pre-eminent in his field with expert understanding of litigating cases of the upmost severity. His experience builds on Stuart Kightley’s running of the firm with recent partner additions of Rob Aylott making a fantastic addition.
A firm going from strength-to strength-which retains its client care whilst being able to offer a full personal injury service.
Beneath Ben Posford’s calm and reassuring presence, which clients love, lies a formidable tactical and legal brain. His experience tells and he gets it right at every stage of the process from arranging the best possible rehabilitation, to ensuring, so far as possible, a polite relationship with those acting for the defendant in order to ensure best and early resolution of the claim.
"Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team."
"They have an expanding profile in personal injury and clinical negligence and offer a superb, broad service in accidents abroad, enabled by their recruitment of bilingual legal executives who can guide non-English speakers through complex litigation."
"Solid personal injury practice well equipped to advise on high-value and high-profile claims arising from fatalities and severe head and spinal injuries."
"Offers specialist expertise in cycling-related injury claims."
"Offers specialist expertise in cauda equina syndrome cases."
"An exceptional outfit. They take on difficult cases, fight hard and win."
"Stuart Kightley is an incredibly empathetic solicitor who is very knowledgeable about traumatic brain injury."
"They are an outstanding firm to work with. They are consistently impressive in their work."
"Osbornes often handles claims valued at over £1m, particularly relating to severe brain and spinal cord injuries and niche areas such as cauda equina syndrome and cycling accidents."
"The hard-working, thorough and committed Robert Aylott, who brings significant heavyweight personal injury experience."
"Key team members include the energetic and personable Stuart Kightley who is head of the personal injury department."
"Osbornes has a growing influence and impressive work load and is gaining a reputation for handling complex catastrophic work."
"Catastrophic injury cases head Ben Posford is an excellent practical litigator who offers exceptional service."
"Stuart is also very experienced in advising on fatal accidents and workplace accidents."
Thank you for the hard work and patience and for being so patient with my constant questions.
"I have found Osbornes to be thorough, clear and understanding from the initial call. They do exactly what they say they will and with passion! I would recommend them to anyone".
Very good efficient service. Would not hesitate to use again.
I will use Osbornes for any future needs.
I don't think I could have asked for anything more. One of the best dealings I've had with the legal profession.
Sam was excellent and very professional in dealing with our claim.
Head of the personal injury department, Stuart Kightley is a first-rate practitioner, wholly focused on getting his client the best outcome in a pragmatic, sensible and consensual manner.
As a real specialist in spinal cord injuries, Ben Posford is always looking at new angles on how to maximise his cases.
Ben Posford is one of the best catastrophic injury lawyers around.
They provide exceptional service, great knowledge and understanding of the law, excellent client care and tactical nous
Stuart Kightley is praised for his expertise in catastrophic and fatal claims. Clients say he is very impressive, in terms of both his experience and his management of the personal injury team.
My claim was dealt with efficiently and professionally. Communication was excellent, and timely. Shrewd and sound advice was provided at every stage of the claim from beginning through to completion. On the basis of my personal experience I would strongly recommend Osbornes.
I just wish to thank you for your hard work and successful outcome. I am pleased with the result and would recommend you and your firm to anyone in the future.
Ben Posford … is ‘tactically astute’ and ‘one of the best personal injury solicitors around’.
Ben Posford ‘knows how to maximise the value of the claim for his clients’.
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