Air accident claims, Scotland

Many people will simply think of a crash when they think of air accidents. However, there is a whole range of accidents which can happen during a plane journey, and these are much more common than crashes.

Air Accident Claims

The most common air accident claims are for:

Trips and slips.
Injuries from falling baggage.
Burns from food or drinks.
Injuries caused by turbulence.

If you have been injured in a plane, caused by the airline’s negligence, then you could make an air accident claim.

Jones Whyte’s specialist personal injury solicitors are here to help you.

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Chloe Sneddon

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Michael Fyfe

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Michael McLean

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Contact Jones Whyte today to arrange your no-obligation consultation and to start your no-win no-fee accident claim.

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Our Fee Structure

Success Fee: If your claim is successful, our success fee is charged as a percentage of compensation awarded to you. This fee covers our legal services and includes the cost of After the Event (ATE) insurance to protect you against having to pay the other side’s costs if your claim is unsuccessful.

No Win, No Fee Explained: You will not pay any legal fees if your claim is unsuccessful. However, if we secure compensation for you, our success fee will be deducted from your compensation award before payment to you.

When You Might Be Liable for Costs:

If you choose to terminate your agreement with us but later succeed with your claim through other means, such as through another firm of solicitors, you may be liable for the cost of the work we have completed on your behalf.
In other exceptional circumstances as detailed in our instruction agreement and terms of business, such as if you have misled us or falsely represented part of your claim.

These terms will be fully outlined in your instruction agreement and Terms of Business with us, and are available for you to review before you make any binding commitment. You are under no obligation to these terms by making an initial enquiry.

Making an air accident claim

Our specialist team will be able to help you throughout your air accident claim.

Like all personal injury claims, it will begin with you giving us a statement. This will help to establish what happened and how you got hurt.

This could be because there was insufficient lighting on the plane steps, causing a fall, or because baggage wasn’t stored properly, causing it to fall.

However you were injured during a flight, our team will be able to help you get the compensation you deserve.

Our team will thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the accident and gather supporting evidence. This can include:

Medical reports.
Witness testimony.

We will then raise the claim with the other side. During this process, we will help you access any medical care you may need to help your recovery. This can include physiotherapy if, for example, you have suffered whiplash-type injuries due to turbulence.

The vast majority of air accident claims are settled out of court.

Other Personal Injury Claims

At Jones Whyte, our team will be able to help you no matter how you have been injured.

Claims our team have successfully handled include:

Jones Whyte solicitors can help you no matter how you have been injured. If there is negligence, then you can make a claim.

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Air accident claims, Scotland