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Sports Injuries Abroad Claims

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Competing or taking part in sport abroad can be an exciting prospect. But when accidents happen, it helps to have an expert international legal team on your side. With more than 25 years of experience, our specialist international sports injury solicitors can help you claim compensation and access the treatment and support you need.

Whether you were playing a sport or were injured as a spectator, we can help you to get the compensation you need to recover in a sports injury abroad claim.

If you’d like to find out if you could make a claim, or if you need some advice about your options, give us a call or get in touch online.

Why choose Irwin Mitchell’s solicitors to handle your sports injury abroad claim?

We’ve the UK's largest and most successful team of solicitors specialising in making accident claims arising from sports injuries abroad. Our lawyers combine their expertise in international law and sporting injury claims to navigate foreign laws and get you the best possible compensation settlement. We continue to settle more personal injury compensation for our clients than any other law firm in the UK.

Our relationships with legal experts all over the world mean your claim will be fully supported by a partner or firm in the country your accident occurred if necessary. This is invaluable, as having someone on your side who knows the specifics of that country’s laws makes the claims process much easier.

We cut the legal jargon and give you advice in plain English, making sure you’re fully aware of everything we do on your behalf. We’ll always act on your instructions and give you tailored legal advice we believe would be most beneficial to your sports injury abroad claim.

We understand the importance of getting the right care and rehabilitation after a sporting accident. Our Support and Rehabilitation Coordinators are trained clinical specialists who’ll help you access the support you need the most. This support will be there while we’re fighting your claim and after it’s been settled.

The advisors in our Welfare Benefits team will make sure you’re aware of all benefits you’re entitled to claim. They’ll also be there to help you secure them. To stop your compensation from being factored into how much you could claim in benefits, we can help you to set up a personal injury trust.

We also work in a way that’s best for you. We can arrange to visit you at home or in hospital, or if you prefer, we can set up phone or video calls. Our offices are also located across the UK, so if you’d rather come to us for a confidential talk with your solicitor, this is also possible.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make a no win no fee sports injury abroad claim?

We handle most of our personal injury claims pursued in England and Wales using no win no fee agreements. However, you’ll need a suitable insurance policy to protect you from incurring any fees to make a no win no fee claim.

Travel insurance policies may be suitable, as may your household insurance policy. If you don’t already have an insurance policy in place, we’ll take out After The Event (ATE) insurance to cover you.

The benefits of making a no win no fee claim for a sports injury abroad is that there’ll be no upfront fees for you to pay. You also won’t need to pay a penny if your claim doesn’t succeed. If your claim is successful, your opponent will pay the majority of our fees.

We’ll always make sure you’re fully aware of all funding options available to you before we start working on your claim. If you’ve any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

What can compensation pay for in a sports injury abroad claim?

Compensation can be used to pay for a wide range of needs. Your compensation amount will be calculated based on various factors, including:

  • Your pain and suffering
  • Expenses
  • Loss of earnings
  • Long-term care/treatment needs
  • Adaptations you may need making to your home
  • Specialists equipment you may need.

We’ll make sure your compensation amount is a full reflection of your needs, both now and in future.

Will I have to travel abroad to make a claim?

We always work to keep our clients’ claims from going to court in any country.

If your case is pursued abroad, our strong relationships with partners and law firms across the globe means you’ll be fully represented by a lawyer with expertise of the legal system in that jurisdiction. This makes sure your claim has the best chance of success and means you can dedicate your energy to focusing on recovering from your injuries.

More information on sports injuries abroad claims

Our team has experience handling many types of sports injury. We act on behalf of professional athletes as well as amateurs and holiday makers. We’ve helped many clients claim compensation for a variety of sports injuries, including muscle or bone injuries, spinal injuries, brain injuries, and psychological injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

We’ve helped people make sports injury claims related to:

  • Cycling/triathlon
  • Expeditions (including trekking and mountain biking)
  • Fitness activities (including obstacle courses and gym)
  • Faulty sports equipment
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Horse riding
  • Injuries involving crowds
  • Motorsport
  • Rugby
  • Water sports (including paragliding and boating accidents)
  • Winter sports (including skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding and tobogganing).

If you’re claiming as a professional athlete, we’ll make sure your compensation reflects your loss of earnings from your injury. We consider your career trajectory, performance bonuses, endorsements, speaking engagements, and other lost opportunities. We draw on our years of experience as well as expert and witness evidence to work out how much compensation you deserve.

We can also help professional athletes who’ve been injured abroad generally, for example, if you’ve been involved in a road traffic or other accident.

Whether you’re a professional athlete or an amateur, our team could help you access the best support and rehabilitation for your injuries while getting you the highest possible compensation amount.

We’ll need to know the specifics of what happened to you before we can let you know how much compensation you could get.

Contact us today to arrange a free initial consultation. In this, you can tell us about your accident, and we’ll be able to put a value on your claim.

Compensation will be calculated on various factors, particularly your injuries and how they’ll affect the rest of your life.

In the UK, the time limit is three years to make a claim, with the exception of children under 18 years old and people without the mental capacity to claim by themselves. However, time limits vary widely across the world. Many countries have much shorter timescales for people to begin a claim.

If you wish to make a claim for a sporting injury abroad, we urge you to get in touch with us as soon as you can. This’ll help to ensure that you’re claiming within the necessary time limits.

Also, the sooner you start your claim, the easier it’ll be for us to collect evidence and gather witness statements. This is because the evidence will be more readily available and the details fresher in witnesses’ minds.

Yes, our personal injury solicitors can help you make a claim if you became injured during a sporting event in the UK.

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Irwin Mitchell are an outstanding firm in cross-border litigation and are habitually involved in difficult, complex cases. Their client handling is excellent and they achieve remarkable results.”

The Legal 500, 2022

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Accident And Illnesses Abroad Claims Guide - We answered some of your most frequently asked questions about making a claim abroad.

* To make a No Win No Fee claim, you need to enter a No Win No Fee agreement that's linked to a suitable insurance policy. We'll explain this in more detail before we start your claim.

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