Last Updated 12th September 2025. Hip injury claims are a form of legal action that can compensate individuals for their physical pain and psychological suffering, as well as related financial losses. To make a claim, you will need evidence that shows how another party was at fault for your hip injury, such as medical records and accident reports. As you only have 3 years from the date you sustained your injuries to begin claiming, our excellent panel of solicitors can help you get started as soon as possible.
Throughout our guide, we will explain what type of accident could entitle you to compensation and how to claim. We will also look at how compensation payouts are calculated for hip injuries.
Finally, you will learn how long the process can take and how long you could wait to recover any financial losses. We’ll also explain how a No Win No Fee solicitor could help you with your claim.
Whether you had an accident at work, a road traffic accident, or even suffered an injury in a public place, we might be able to help. If you would like to learn more about Public Interest Lawyers and how we can help, call our advisors today for a free, no-obligation consultation.
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- How Much Compensation You Could Claim For A Hip Injury.
- Am I Eligible To Make A Claim?
- Types Of Hip Injuries You Can Claim For.
- Common Causes Of Hip Injuries.
- How To Start Your Claim.
- Why Choose Public Interest Lawyers For Your Claim?
- More Information.
How Much Compensation You Could Claim For A Hip Injury
The amount of compensation that you could claim for a hip injury varies, depending on the severity of the injury. For example, if it results in a life-changing disability, the amount of compensation would be a lot higher than if you had a hip injury that recovers within weeks.
Compensation is split into both general damages and special damages. General damages cover your pain and suffering, including any mental anguish. We will discuss special damages in more detail in the next section of this guide.
The details of your injury could be confirmed by an independent medical professional who will, in turn, provide a medical report confirming if you require any further treatments and/or assessments, as well as the severity of your injuries and the prognosis.
When valuing your general damages, we use your medical report and a document known as the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). The JCG provides guideline compensation brackets for different types of injuries.
The table below provides a few brackets from the JCG. Please note that they are only guidelines, and the first row has not been taken from the JCG.
| Injury | Severity | Guideline |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple severe injuries + special damages, such as lost earnings | Severe | Up to £300,000 + |
| Back injury | Severe (i) | £111,150 to £196,450 |
| Severe (ii) | £90,510 to £107,910 | |
| Severe (iii) | £47,320 to £85,100 | |
| Pelvis and hip injury | Severe (i) | £95,680 to £159,770 |
| Severe (ii) | £75,550 to £95,680 | |
| Severe (iii) | £47,810 to £64,070 | |
| Moderate (i) | £32,450 to £47.810 | |
| Moderate (ii) | £15,370 to £32,450 |
Factors Considered When Calculating Your Payout
- The type and severity of your hip injury.
- Has your hip injury prevented you from doing daily activities?
- If you take any time off work, it could result in a loss of earnings.
- Medical expenses (prescriptions, medical assessments, physiotherapy).
- The need for any specialist care.
- The psychological and/or emotional impact.
If you would like to know more about how much compensation you could claim, call our advisors today for your free, no-obligation consultation.
Claiming For Special Damages
Special damages are compensation paid out for any financial losses that you may have incurred as a result of your accident. Under special damages, you could recover money for any lost earnings, medical treatments or even home help. Whilst they are not always recoverable, we do recommend bringing a claim for them, especially if we have evidence to support our request.
Am I Eligible To Make A Claim?
To be eligible to make a hip injury claim, you must prove a duty of care has been breached. This is a legal obligation that a party owes to another party to avoid causing foreseeable harm.
Multiple parties could owe you a duty of care:
- An employer owes a duty of care under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure your safety while carrying out your work duties.
- The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 requires that those in control of public spaces, or occupiers, take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of their visitors.
- Road users owe a duty of care to one another and must follow the rules in the Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure their safety and that of others.
However, for hip injury claims to be considered valid, you must meet the personal injury claims eligibility criteria:
- An employer, occupier, or road user owed you a duty of care.
- This duty of care was breached.
- The breach of duty resulted in you suffering an injury.
If you believe you meet the criteria and would like more information on how to make a hip injury claim, call us today.
Types Of Hip Injuries You Can Claim For
There are many different types of hip injuries, such as:
- Stress fractures: A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over a period of time. Landing on the hip area due to a slip, trip, or fall can also cause a hip fracture.
- Soft tissue injury: If you have had an accident at work, a road traffic accident, or slipping in a supermarket, this could cause a fall, resulting in soft tissue damage. This can include swelling and bruising.
- Hip dislocation: The head of the femur can come out of the acetabulum in the pelvis, which can happen in any type of accident where you have fallen on your hip.
- Avascular necrosis of the hip: Occurring when the femoral head’s blood supply is disrupted, causing bone tissue to die. For example, a particularly bad fracture can result in avascular necrosis.
Contact our team today using our live support chat, which is available 24/7, to discuss the damage to your hip and for further information about hip injury claims.
Common Causes Of Hip Injuries
In the following sections, we will provide examples of accidents that could result in hip injuries.
Accidents At Work
An employee is moving heavy boxes despite not having received the correct manual handling training. The movement has strained the employees’ hips, leaving them injured because the employer breached their duty of care by not providing sufficient training.
Road Traffic Accidents
The driver of a vehicle has been hit by another vehicle. The at-fault driver is under the influence of drink and/or drugs, breaching their duty of care. The collision crushed the side of the vehicle, resulting in a hip injury.
Public Place Accidents
A member of the public is walking in a public park, and due to a lack of maintenance by the council, they tripped on an uneven paving slab. This resulted in knee and hip injuries.
If you would like to learn more about types of accidents, call our team today to see if you are eligible to make a claim. They can discuss the exact circumstances of your accident and evaluate whether you have good grounds to launch a claim.
How To Start Your Claim
To start a hip injury claim, you could contact one of our advisors, who will take you through a series of questions to confirm the eligibility of your claim. Once this has been completed, one of our advisors will put you in contact with our solicitors. They will, in turn, begin working with you on starting your hip injury claim. We’ve included some of the steps a solicitor from our panel could help you with below.
Gather Evidence
To make a successful hip injury claim for compensation, your case will require evidence that confirms your injury and proves how a third party caused it.
Examples of items that could be submitted to support hip injury claims include:
- Medical reports and/or records – including scans, X-rays and A&E attendances
- Wage slips – for any loss of earnings
- Accident reports
- CCTV footage
- Witness details so they can be contacted later on for a statement
- Photographs of the defect/location/injury
- Receipts and/or bank statements to support recovering special damages.
How Long Do I Have To Make My Claim?
There is a time limit of 3 years from the date of the accident to start hip injury claims. This is known as the limitation period under the Limitation Act 1980.
However, there are some exceptions to this time limit, such as for children and those without the mental capacity to manage a personal injury claim. Get in touch with an advisor to find out more about the limitation period for personal injury claims.
How Long It Can Take To See A Payout
It is difficult to put a time frame on when a payment will be made following a successful hip injury claim. However, the following factors can impact how long it could take to reach a settlement:
- The severity of the hip injury.
- Acquiring expert opinions, such as having to attend medical appointments to assess your prognosis.
- Evidence strength.
- Negotiations. For example, if the settlement you are offered doesn’t fully compensate for the severity of your injuries, you may instruct your solicitor to negotiate with the defendant.
Call our advisors today, who will help answer any additional questions you may have about hip injury claims.
Why Choose Public Interest Lawyers For Your Claim?
If you are eligible to work with Public Interest Lawyers, a solicitor from our panel could represent you on a No Win No Fee basis, under The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013.
The benefits of this are:
- No upfront or ongoing service fees for your solicitor’s work on your claim
- If the claim isn’t successful, you will not be asked to pay any solicitor fees at all.
You’ll need to pay your solicitor a success fee if your claim wins, deducted as a capped percentage from your compensation. As such, you’ll benefit from services like the following without the worry of paying rising solicitor fees:
- You will receive the expertise of a solicitor on our panel. Our panel boasts decades of collective experience in personal injury claims, including those involving hip injuries.
- Our panel will arrange any medical appointments and reports.
- We will negotiate a settlement with the defendant.
- Your solicitor will also explain any legal jargon and advise on evidence.
Contact our advisors today for your free, no-obligation consultation. If it seems like you meet our eligibility criteria, you could be connected to a personal injury solicitor from our panel.
- Phone: 0800 073 8803
- Contact us online
- Live chat support team
More Information
Here are some more of our guides for you to look over:
- See whether you get full pay if injured at work
- Learn about crush injury claims
- Details on making a leg injury claim
Further resources:
- Find out more about a broken hip – NHS
- Read more on road collisions and incidents | Police.uk
- More details about hip pain in adults – NHS
We thank you for reading our guide on hip injury claims and hope it has been useful.