Claims
Personal Injury
Police Federation RTA Legal Assistance Service
If you are a member of the Police Federation of England & Wales and you or a member of your family have suffered an injury as a result of a road traffic accident (RTA) then you are entitled to free legal advice, support and representation to obtain financial compensation.
- Federation fund rules cover claims for physical and mental injury where someone else is to blame.
- All claims are authorised by the Police Federation.
- Specialist nationwide solicitors, Pattinson & Brewer, have been retained to advise and represent you. Pattinson & Brewer was established in 1890, they have worked with the Federation for many years and they represent thousands of accident victims every year. They will quickly help you to find out if you have a claim and ensure you obtain full damages.
You can request a callback or find out more here.
Call back bookings are available if your query relates to a Road Traffic Accident, and can be scheduled from the next working day.
If you need advice and representation in respect of a non RTA Personal Injury claim please contact the Federation Office. Full contact details can be found at the bottom of this page.
At Linder Myers we deal with all aspects of personal injury claims, ensuring you get the compensation you deserve for your injuries.
Personal injury claims arise where accidents occur in the workplace, at home, on the road or through witnessing or being involved in a violent crime.
Our Personal Injury department has a wealth of experience in successfully managing such claims, with our dedicated personal injury lawyers having seen tens of millions of pounds worth of compensation claims awarded
With over 28 years of experience dealing with claims for police officers, we at Ralli Solicitors have the knowledge and determination to assist you with all your personal injury needs.
In the event that you are injured you should contact your branch board who will be able to guide you through the process of lodging a claim. Alternatively if you need immediate assistance contact us on 0161 207 2020.
Other Claims
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Officers criminally injured may be entitled to compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). Claims for compensation can be made either online at Gov.uk or by telephoning the CICA on 0300 003 3601. Lines are open 08.30 to 17.00 weekdays except Wednesdays, when they are open 10.00 to 17.00. It is important when making the claim, you have all the relevant information with you. Please read the Can I apply? section of the website, which will help you decide whether you are eligible for compensation, before you start. Should you wish the Federation to act as your representative, it is important that you advise the CICA when registering the claim so that they will forward a copy of the paperwork to the Federation Office in order that we can keep a progress of your claim. Your injury should be immediately reported via the Think Right website and to the Department for Work and Pensions via Form BI100a.
PLEASE SEE BELOW INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SLATER & GORDON LAWYERS.
‘We have recently become aware that the CICA have on occasions informed Police Officers who were assaulted that they will not have a claim as they were injured on duty. In each case the officer was telephoning the CICA to make a claim and as a result of that “advice” took the matter no further.
The suggestion seems to be that anybody (although usually Police Officers) assaulted performing their normal duties cannot claim.
That is not correct if the Officer was assaulted.
The scheme says that if you are the victim of a crime of violence you can apply.
It also says if taking an exceptional risk in say apprehending a suspect then if that was part of their normal duties their application will fail.
This was the same under the previous scheme so nothing has changed except that in the last scheme it was in the guidelines, now its in the scheme.
So if you have say an MIB ramming case the client will still have a CICA claim as well (if it needs pursuing).’
Important – Please read below JBB Circular in respect of CICA Claims
Defamation Claims are amongst the most difficult to prove as the law on libel/defamation/slander is complicated and gives the accused many avenues along which to claim that their comments/writings were justifiable or fair comment. The only remedies available under law are, compensatory payment, together with costs or in exceptional cases an injunction restraining the defendant from further publishing the allegations complained of. There is also no prospect of instigating such proceedings simply to obtain an apology, public or otherwise.
Please click on the below link to view an advice card issued by our Federation retained solicitors, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, which is meant to assist Joint Branch Board Secretaries in their decision making on whether or not to send members’ claims in such defamation matters for legal advice. Where it is clear to Joint Branch Boards that any submitted claim has less than 50% chance of success it will unfortunately be refused locally.
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