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In addition to a potential pension for life (the capital value of which we shall endeavour to ascertain) amounts of up to the following can be awarded :
Level 1 - £570,000
Loss of legs and arms; brain injury; persistent vegetative state
Level 2 - £402,500
Loss of eyes; loss of both legs above the knee
Level 3 - £230,00
Loss of both arms at or above the elbow
Level 4 - £172,500
Loss of both legs below the knee; burns on 70% of the body
Level 5 - £115,000
Loss of both feet; loss of both kidneys
Level 6 - £92,000
Total deafness; loss of one hand
Level 7 - £63,825
Loss of both thumbs
Level 8 - £48,875
Loss of one foot; infertility
Level 9 - £34,100
Permanent and inoperable cataracts in both eyes; complex injury covering all or most of the hand
Level 10 - £23,100
Loss of both big toes; loss of one kidney
Level 11 - £13,750
Fractured pelvis; high velocity gunshot wound
Level 12 - £9,075
Partial loss of two or more fingers
Level 13 - £5,775
Dislocated jaw; lung damage due to toxic fumes
Level 14 - £2,888
Blast injury to ears; traumatic injury to genitalia
Level 15 - £1,155
Fractured nose
We'll also endeavour to establish what you'd get from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for similar injuries
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