When you get your compensation for your horse accident, you could use it for:

• Covering any loss of earnings
• Covering any expenses such as travel or rehabilitation treatments
• Pay for future treatments
• Pay for future rehabilitation
• Pay for any adaptations needed to your home or vehicle.

When you first contact us, we’ll arrange a consultation with a horse accident claim expert. They’ll take time to understand what’s happened to you and how we can help. If we believe you’ve got a claim, we’ll discuss funding options available to you. 

We’ll next gather evidence to support your claim. This includes medical reports, any witness statement or CCTV, and the opinion of independent medical experts. These experts will be crucial when it comes to settling your claim, as they’ll be able to advise us on how your injuries will affect your life.

Once we’ve got the evidence, we’ll take your claim to the owner of the horse. If they immediately accept fault, we’ll start working to get you interim payments to help cover any expenses you’ve already had. These payments will be taken off your final compensation amount.

If the other side doesn’t accept fault, or we fail to agree on a compensation amount, we’ll have to start court proceedings. Although we always try to avoid going to court, sometimes it’s the best way to resolve your claim or get you the best settlement amount. We’ll be with you every step of the way.

Yes, most of the horse accident claims we handle are made using no win no fee agreements. This means there’s no financial risk to you should your claim be unsuccessful.

We’ll explain in more detail no win no fee claims when we first speak with you about your claim.

Because every horse accident claim is different, there’s no set amount of compensation. The amount of compensation you’ll be able to claim depends on:

• How severe your injuries are and how well you’ve been able to recover
• The costs of your current and future medical care, including treatment costs for the rest of your life if necessary
• If you’ve lost (or will lose) any income through work absence or unemployment
• Any adaptations you’ve needed to your home or vehicle because of your injury
• Training costs for alternative employment, if applicable
• Out-of-pocket expenses caused by the accident
• Veterinary fees to treat your horse or pony’s injuries
• Retraining costs for your horse or pony, if there are issues when riding on the road
• Loss of value of your horse or pony (if their injuries are likely to cause this)
• Damage to your riding equipment and additional expenses (if you’ve had to pay someone else to take care of your horse during your recovery).