Dog Bite Law

If you have suffered dog bite injuries through no fault of your own, you may be entitled to compensation.

Our personal injury team provides a quality, caring service at no cost to our clients. At Macks, clients keep 100 per cent of their compensation, without any deductions whatsoever. We recover our costs from the other side’s insurer.

Why choose Macks for your dog bite claim?

By instructing our personal injury specialists to pursue your claim, you can ensure that you receive expert legal advice and practical help from a team who recovers compensation for dog bite victims across the country.

From our earliest days, personal recommendation has been our most significant source of new work. Hundreds of clients turn to us because their family and friends have expressed delight with the service that our specialists have given them.

What we offer

At no cost to you we will seek and obtain the maximum compensation in the shortest possible time. In severe cases, our team can even recover the cost of any necessary private plastic surgery.

We can also arrange private physiotherapy, counselling and medical treatment. We will help you get back on your feet physically and financially.

Making a dog bite claim

If you would like to speak to a legal expert about the possibility of making a dog bite claim without obligation, please contact us now.

Dog bites and the law: understanding your rights

Understanding how dog bites and the law function can be a bit intimidating, especially to those who are ill informed. This may effect whether or not somebody who has been attacked by a dog makes a dog bite compensation claim against the owner. There are a number of ways by which a dog owner can break the law and this article goes through these scenarios.

The main points to remember is that if the dog has bitten you due to no fault of your own then the owner has probably been irresponsible, either because they are not keeping the dog fully supervised or because they have failed to tame a vicious pet.

Case Study: Child was bitten by a dog – Andrew’s accident

Read on for a case study on a dog bite claim arising from an incident where a child was bitten by a dog which was out of control in a public place. In the case, Macks’ personal injury team were able to secure £8000 in compensation for our client Andrew.

Dog Bite Law and Public Protection

Judge Beatrice Bolton, 57 of Rothbury, Northumberland, was recently arrested following three separate attacks carried out by her aggressive German Shepherd, Georgina. The case raises two useful points about how dog bite law acts both as a preventative measure for attacks and as an active medium in order to ensure public safety. Both of these points should present themselves as a comfort to anybody who has been the victim of a dog bite and is struggling with what can seem the vague and confusing nuances of the UK’s dog bite law.

When can you make a dog bite claim?

Knowing how to act when a dog bites you is very important when it comes to making a dog bite claim. If you are bitten by a dog then it is important to receive the medical attention you need, however, if it is possible, it is also worthwhile taking down the dog owner’s details and making sure that they are clear on what has happened. You want to make sure that your story is clear and that you know exactly why you are making a claim. You need the contact details of the dog owner in case your solicitors should need to contact them.

Dangerous dog bites young woman in Norwich

A woman was bitten twice by a Rottweiler outside a bakery in her home town, it was heard at court in March 2011. The report states that the woman bent down to say ‘hello’ to a dog, which was tied up outside a bakery and it bit her twice. The woman was obviously very distressed and this incident has come at a time when the term ‘dangerous’ when applied to dogs is struggling to become properly defined. This article will hopefully clear up a few questions about what exactly constitutes a ‘dangerous dog’ and whether the owner is always to blame. In this incident, the owner of the dog was wrong to leave it unsupervised, making it likely it would commit serious dog bites.