Cardiff is the capital of Wales - around 360,000 in the city, within a South East Wales region of roughly 1.5 million. It is the seat of the Senedd and Welsh Government, a major financial-services centre (Admiral Group, Principality Building Society, Legal & General, Atradius), home to Cardiff University and a UK broadcasting hub. Personal injury claims in Wales run under the same substantive common law as England - the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales is shared - but the NHS is devolved (NHS Wales, seven local health boards) and some Welsh-specific statutes bear on accident cases, notably the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 which shapes cycling infrastructure duties. Serious injuries across South Wales, West Wales and South Powys route through the South Wales Trauma Network, with University Hospital of Wales (UHW) as the adult Major Trauma Centre since September 2020.
Casibus connects injured people across Cardiff and South Wales with regulated personal injury specialists. Every case runs on a no win, no fee basis.
Who we help across South Wales
- Cardiff - city centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Roath, Splott, Canton, Llanishen, Cyncoed, Pontcanna, Adamsdown, Butetown.
The types of Cardiff / South Wales personal injury claim we handle
Road traffic accidents across Cardiff
M4 (Cardiff's main artery, under chronic pressure approaching the Brynglas Tunnels at Newport), A470, A48, A4232 peripheral distributor road, and Cardiff's city network. Welsh Government policy reduced the default urban speed limit to 20 mph from September 2023 - a regulatory change that matters for liability arguments in pedestrian and cycle claims. RTA coverage across car accident claims, cycle accident claims, motorcycle accident claims, pedestrian accident claims, and whiplash claims.
Cardiff Bus and Transport for Wales rail
Cardiff Bus runs the city network; Stagecoach South Wales and First Cymru cover the wider region. Transport for Wales operates the rail network including the South Wales Metro rebuild. Passenger claims against operators follow the common-carrier duty. See bus and coach accident claims.
Finance, insurance and the Cardiff office sector
Cardiff is one of the UK's major regional financial centres - Admiral Group HQ, Principality, Legal & General, Atradius, Motonovo, Hodge Bank. Manual-handling, slip-trip, and RSI claims in office environments. See office accident claims.
Construction
Central Square, Cardiff Parkway / St Mellons Business Park expansion, Cardiff Bay residential, Central Quay, Callaghan Square. See construction site accident claims.
Port of Cardiff, Barry and Newport
Associated British Ports operates Cardiff Docks, Barry and Newport as a single South Wales ports cluster - containerised cargo, steel, bulk and project cargo. Historically heavy industry (coal export, shipbuilding, iron / steel); today logistics and warehousing. See warehouse accident claims. The docks legacy is also the basis for a long tail of asbestos claims from the 1950s-1980s workforce.
Medical negligence in Cardiff - NHS Wales
Cardiff's principal NHS Wales body is Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CVUHB) - not an 'NHS Trust'. CVUHB runs University Hospital of Wales (UHW, Heath), University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Barry Hospital and St David's Hospital. Aneurin Bevan UHB covers Newport and Gwent; Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB covers the Valleys and Bridgend. Bolam / Bolitho / Montgomery clinical-negligence principles apply as elsewhere in England and Wales. See medical negligence.
Public liability across Cardiff
Slips at St David's Cardiff, the Capitol Centre, Queen Street; pavement trips against Cardiff Council / Vale of Glamorgan; hotel chain claims; venue injuries at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff International Arena. See slips, trips and falls, pavement accident claims. Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984 apply in Wales as in England.
Industrial disease - docks and South Wales industry
Cardiff's docks, Port Talbot steel (Tata), the former coalfields of the Valleys, and Swansea-area heavy industry continue to produce asbestos-related disease (mesothelioma, pleural plaques, asbestos-related lung cancer), pneumoconiosis / COPD, and NIHL claims. Date of knowledge under the Limitation Act 1980 keeps historic exposures actionable. See asbestos claims.
Where your claim could end up - local courts
- Cardiff Civil Justice Centre (2 Park Street).
South Wales Trauma Network - UHW as MTC
Since 14 September 2020, University Hospital of Wales has been the adult Major Trauma Centre for South Wales, West Wales and South Powys. The 14-bed unit was the first of its kind in Wales and, as of 2020, the hospital's new Lakeside Wing added 400 modular beds to support trauma and critical-care capacity. UHW works closely with Morriston Hospital in Swansea (Trauma Unit with a major burns and plastics centre). Paediatric major trauma is delivered at the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales, co-located on the UHW campus. Network capacity is estimated to treat around 2,000 major-trauma patients a year across South Wales, West Wales and South Powys. Air transfers come via Wales Air Ambulance; road transfers via the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.
Funding - no win, no fee
Every Casibus case runs on a Conditional Fee Agreement. No upfront fees. Success fee capped at 25% of general damages and past losses. If the claim fails, you pay nothing (subject to CFA and ATE terms). The Civil Liability Act 2018 whiplash tariff and Official Injury Claim portal apply in Wales as in England. See no win no fee explained.
