Can I make a claim?

The following people may be able to claim, under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, if they were dependant on the person who died:

• the wife or husband or former wife or husband of the deceased;
• the civil partner or former civil partner of the deceased;
• any person who:
  1. was living with the deceased in the same household immediately before the date of the death; and
  2. had been living with the deceased in the same household for at least two years before that date; and
  3. was living during the whole of that period as the husband or wife or civil partner of the deceased;
• any parent or other ascendant of the deceased;
• any person who was treated by the deceased as his parent;
• any child or other descendant of the deceased;
• any person (not being a child of the deceased) who, in the case of any marriage to which the deceased was at any time a party, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that marriage;
• any person (not being a child of the deceased) who, in the case of any civil partnership to which the deceased was at any time a civil partner, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that civil partnership;
• any person who is, or is the child of, a brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the deceased.

Contact Sydney Mitchell today to see if you have a claim.