Newcastle upon Tyne is the North East's largest city - around 310,000 in Newcastle itself, inside a Tyneside conurbation of approximately 1.65 million. The city anchors a regional economy built on advanced manufacturing (Nissan Sunderland, BAE Systems Scotswood historic, supply chain), maritime and energy (Port of Tyne, offshore wind servicing), life sciences and digital (Newcastle Helix, Sage), two major universities, and a well-organised healthcare network. Serious injuries across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, parts of County Durham, North Cumbria and the Scottish Borders route through the Northern Trauma Network, with the Great North Trauma Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary as the principal adult MTC.
Casibus connects injured people across Newcastle and the North East with regulated personal injury specialists. Every case runs on a no win, no fee basis.
Who we help across Tyneside and the North East
- Newcastle - city centre, Jesmond, Heaton, Gosforth, Byker, Fenham, Gateshead, Elswick, Walker, Benwell.
The types of Newcastle / North East personal injury claim we handle
Road traffic accidents across Tyneside
A1(M), A19, A69, A167, A184, the Tyne Tunnel, and the Newcastle urban road network. Winter driving risk through Northumberland / north Cumbria, heavy lorry movements serving Nissan and the Port of Tyne, and student / city-centre pedestrian density around Haymarket and Gallowgate. RTA coverage across car accident claims, cycle accident claims, motorcycle accident claims, pedestrian accident claims, and whiplash claims.
Tyne and Wear Metro and Go North East
The Tyne and Wear Metro is one of the UK's oldest light-rail networks, covering 60 stations across Tyneside. Go North East and Stagecoach run the bus network. Passenger claims against operators follow the common-carrier duty - see bus and coach accident claims.
Nissan Sunderland and automotive manufacturing
Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK (NMUK) in Sunderland is one of the UK's highest-output car plants, supported by a substantial local supply chain - Unipres, Vantec, Calsonic Kansei, and many Tier 2 suppliers across Washington, Peterlee and Nissan-adjacent industrial estates. Factory and manual-handling claims across these sites, plus long-latency occupational disease. See factory accident claims and industrial deafness.
Port of Tyne, maritime and offshore wind
The Port of Tyne handles Nissan exports, bulk cargo and cruise passengers, and supports offshore-wind operations and maintenance at the Tyne's mouth. Container, cargo and port-logistics injuries. See warehouse accident claims.
Construction
Ongoing regeneration at Newcastle Helix (science central), Forth Yards, Pilgrim Street, Stephenson Quarter, East Pilgrim Street, Gateshead Quays. See construction site accident claims.
Medical negligence in Newcastle
Major NHS Trusts: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital - a national heart and lung transplant centre); Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT (Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington); Gateshead Health; South Tyneside and Sunderland; County Durham and Darlington; Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT (mental health). We handle clinical negligence across specialties - see medical negligence.
Public liability across Tyneside
Slips at Eldon Square, Metrocentre Gateshead, intu Eldon Square; pavement trips against Newcastle / Gateshead / North Tyneside / South Tyneside councils; hotel chain claims across the city; venue injuries at the Utilita Arena, St James' Park, Stadium of Light. See slips, trips and falls, pavement accident claims.
Industrial disease - shipbuilding, coal, chemicals
Tyneside's heavy-industry heritage - Swan Hunter, Vickers Armstrong, Hawthorn Leslie shipyards; Northumberland and Durham coalfields; chemical works at Wallsend and North Shields - continues to produce mesothelioma, pleural-plaques, asbestos-related lung cancer, pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) claims. Limitation runs from date of knowledge, so cases from exposure decades earlier remain actionable. See asbestos claims and the broader industrial disease pillar.
Where your claim could end up - local courts
- Newcastle Civil and Family Courts and Tribunals Centre (Barras Bridge).
Northern Trauma Network - RVI as a Level 1 MTC
Serious injuries across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, parts of North Cumbria and the Scottish Borders route through the Northern Trauma Network. The Great North Trauma and Emergency Centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) is a Level 1 MTC - it sees both adult and paediatric complex-injury cases and manages an emergency department of roughly 138,000 attendances a year, with transfers from across the region. James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough acts as the Network's southern MTC. Air transfers come via the Great North Air Ambulance Service; road transfers via North East Ambulance Service.
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). See no win no fee explained.
