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Military Law
Since 1987, members of our Armed Forces have been able to pursue civil claims against the Ministry of Defence if they have been injured either in the UK or overseas in an accident that was not their fault.
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Hilary Meredith Solicitors has decades of experience and a proven track record pursuing traumatic personal injury claims on behalf of the Armed Forces Service personnel whose injuries may be catastrophic and life changing, often with permanent injuries requiring an extensive hospital stay and long-term radical changes to lifestyle, mobility, professional care - and earning ability.
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We understand that all military accident injuries whether catastrophic or less serious can be devastating and life changing.
Types Of Military Claims
Our specialist military solicitors specialise in ALL types of military claims, including:
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Accidents on tours / exercises
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Occupational Diseases
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Non-Freezing Cold Injury - NFCI
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Hearing Loss - NIHL
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Exposure to Asbestos
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Criminal Injuries
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Lariam
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Road Traffic Accidents
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Blue on Blue incidents
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Inadequate/Faulty Equipment and Machinery
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Parachuting Accidents
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Bullying
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Heat Injuries
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Mental Health or Psychological Conditions
Claim For A Military Injury
You can claim compensation for your pain and suffering caused by the injury and illness. In addition, you can claim for any past and future financial losses such as:
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Past and future loss of earnings
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Delay or loss of promotion
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Pension loss
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Care costs
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Aid and equipment you might need
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Future treatment costs
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Adapted housing
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It is important to recognise that you usually only have three years from the date of the accident to claim compensation for a military accident. You CAN and should claim against the Ministry of Defence whilst still in Service and we have reassurance that this will not affect your Armed Forces career.
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“The military careers of Armed Forces personnel who claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or through the Court should not suffer as a result of that claim.” Baroness Taylor
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In addition to a civil claim for compensation you may be able to make a claim under the non-fault Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) which covers all regular and reserve personnel whose injury, ill health or death was caused by service on or after the 6th April 2005.
Success Stories
Our team has acted in over 1500 cases against the MoD, recovering in excess of £250 million in life-changing compensation.
Cases include:
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£10 million for 3 soldiers who suffered severe injuries after their Pinzgauer troop carrier hit IEDs.
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£7.2 million for navy pilot who suffered life changing injuries.
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£6 million settlement for military client (the largest ever award at the time).
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£3.3 million for soldier who suffered brain injury.
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£1 million+ for soldier shot in friendly fire incident.
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£1 million+ for soldier injured during night time reconnaissance.
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£1 million+ for soldier who suffered brain injury in military boxing match.
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£800,000+ for soldier who suffered Non-Freezing Cold Injury.
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£420,000 for soldier who suffered Hearing Loss.
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Representation for numerous military families at inquests including Afghan 500lb bomb inquest (Hilary Meredith Solicitors instrumental in changing the call codes for an airstrike on the battlefield) and Afghan Check-point 25 Blue on Blue inquest (Hilary Meredith Solicitors instrumental in changing the US definition of embedded partnering).
