Personal injury compensation is divided into two main categories, one for the injuries themselves (general damages) and a second for the financial losses caused by the injury (special damage). This second category includes compensation for loss of earnings, care, and medical expenses.
eg. facial fractures, dental damage, scarring, impaired sight/hearing or hair loss
General Damages for Facial & Sensory Injuries |
| | Min | Max |
| Facial Injuries | | |
| Skeletal Injuries | | |
| Le Fort Fractures of Frontal Facial Bones | £13,500 | £20,000 |
| Multiple Fractures of Facial Bones | £8,000 | £13,250 |
| Fractures of Nose or Nasal Complex | £1,000 | £12,750 |
| Fractures of Cheekbones | £1,350 | £8,750 |
| Fracture of Jaws | £3,500 | £25,000 |
| Damage to Teeth | £600 | £6,250 |
| Facial Disfigurement | | |
| Females – Scarring | £1,000 | £53,000 |
| Males – Scarring | £1,000 | £36,000 |
| Injuries Affecting Sight | | |
| Total blindness and deafness (in the region of) | £220,000 | |
| Total blindness (in the region of) | £147,500 | |
| Loss of sight in one eye with reduced vision in the remaining eye | £35,000 | £98,000 |
| Total loss of one eye | £30,000 | £36,000 |
| Complete loss of sight in one eye | £30,000 | £27,000 |
| Serious but incomplete loss of vision in one eye | £13,000 | £21,000 |
| Minor but permanent impairment of vision in one eye | £6,750 | £11,500 |
| Minor Eye Injuries | £2,150 | £4,750 |
| Transient Eye Injuries | £1,250 | £2,150 |
| Deafness | | |
| Total Deafness and Loss of Speech | £60,000 | £77,000 |
| Total Deafness | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Total Loss of Hearing in one Ear | £17,500 | £25,000 |
| Partial Hearing Loss/Tinnitus | | |
| Severe | £16,000 | £25,000 |
| Moderate | £8,000 | £16,000 |
| Mild with some hearing loss | £6,750 | £8,000 |
| Slight of occasional tinnitus with slight hearing loss | £4,000 | £6,750 |
| Damage to Hair | £2,150 | £6,000 |
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