Fatal Accident Claim

Fatal Accident Claim : The amount of time you have to claim compensation for unlawful death in the UK
Fatal Accident Claim : Find out how long you have to start a claim for recompense following a fatal accident or criminal injury in the UK and how the time period can vary if the deceased was a child or under a mental disability.
What is a Fatal Accident Claim ?
How long do you have to make a death accident claim?
Death accident claim
If you have suffered a personal injury the time period to make a claim is three years form the date of the accident or the date of knowledge that the accident has caused an injury.
Click motor vehicle accident to see exceptions to the three year rule.
Although the three year rule in principle applies to accidents that cause death instantly there are some different scenarios to consider which will vary this rule:
1 – The accident did not cause immediate death to the victim who survived less than 3 years before death
If an accident stimulated the victim to survive a period of time before dying – the three year time period will run not from the date of the accident, but from the date of the victim’s death.
If one of the relations is under 18 years the law considers him a child who will typically have until his 21st birthday to make a claim (Three years from the date of majority – 18 years of age).
If there is a claim for a child, but the three year period from death has expired for an adult – the court might be more willing to exercise its delicacy to extend the adult’s time period to claim.

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2 – The accident did not cause immediate death to the victim who survived more than 3 years before death
If the deceased knew when alive that he had suffered an injury, but did not commence a claim – his relatives are out of time to make a death accident claim too.
This is different if the deceased was a child as the three year period to make a claim only commences from a child’s 18th birthday, so in theory so long as the child dies before his 21st birthday (no matter how long after the accident) the relations would still have three years from the date of his death to claim compensation.
Click child accident to see the time periods for children to make a personal injury claim.

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3 – If the deceased had a mental impairment
If a person is under a recognized mental disability – the limitation period does not commence until the person is no longer under a disability so once again in these instances there might be a longer time period to make a claim.

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4 -. Industrial disease and medical negligence death accident claims
In these types of personal injury claims – the deceased may not have been aware of his symptoms being connected to a negligent act until many years after an accident. In such cases the relations may have three years to claim following death – no matter how long after the original accident death occurred.
Once again an asbestos exposure mesothelioma claim is a typical example.
5 – Death accident claim on ships and aircraft
The time period for an accident – including death – on an aircraft or ship is typically two years, but it depends on how the accident happened and the exact description of the vessel that the accident occurred on.
6 – A criminal act has stimulated the death
If a claim is made against the individual who stimulated the accident direct – the same rules apply as in other fatal accident claims. If a claim is made to the CICA – there is typically 2 years from the date of the criminal incident which stimulated the death.
Click unlawful injury to see how to claim criminal injury recompense in the UK.
Summary of death accident claim page
You have seen on this page how long you have to make a death accident claim and how the time period various depending on the age and mental infirmity of the would be claimants.
Click fatal death accident claims solicitor to see how to choose and fund a top solicitor’s legal costs in making your death accident claim.

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