Valuing Claims for Care and Assistance

This e-learning course looks to how to value care claims, including the evidence needed and the rates which can be claimed. It also looks at claims for therapy, and therapeutic aids and appliances.

The course is an ideal introduction for junior lawyers and claims handlers.

Content

• Gratuitous care
• Commercial care
• Therapeutic appliances and therapy claims
• Things to look out for
• PDF download

Outcomes

When a person suffers a serious injury, it often results in disabilities or at least restrictions that give rise to the requirement for some kind of care.

While losses relating to earnings will be significant in serious injury matters, the Claimant’s claim for their past and future care and assistance is often one of the largest aspects of their personal injury settlement.

After you have completed our course, you will know:

• What a Claimant can recover for the cost of care
• The approach to valuing claims for:
  • Gratuitous care
  • Commercial care
• The evidence needed to support claims for care, therapy and therapeutic appliances

Outcomes

After you have completed this course, you will know:

• What a Claimant can recover for the cost of care
• The approach to valuing claims for
  • Gratuitous care
  • Commercial care
• The evidence needed to support claims for care, therapy and therapeutic appliances

Delegates

Trainee solicitors, paralegals, litigation assistants, claims handlers