Southampton is the South Coast's principal port city - around 260,000 in the city, within a Solent region of roughly 1.5 million. Its economy runs on the UK's second-largest container port and busiest cruise port (ABP Southampton, home to Carnival UK and Cunard, and the departure point for roughly two million cruise passengers a year), a historic aerospace and marine-engineering heritage (Vosper Thornycroft, Supermarine, GE Aviation), two universities, the National Oceanography Centre, and a substantial healthcare employer base. Serious injuries across Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight and parts of West Sussex route through the Wessex Trauma Network, with University Hospital Southampton as the principal Major Trauma Centre.
Casibus connects injured people across Southampton and the Solent region with regulated personal injury specialists.
Who we help across the Solent
- Southampton - city centre, Ocean Village, St Mary's, Portswood, Shirley, Bitterne, Woolston, Thornhill, Millbrook.
The types of Southampton / Hampshire personal injury claim we handle
Road traffic accidents across Southampton
M27 (east-west across the Solent conurbation), M3 (Southampton-London), M271 (M27 to Southampton Docks), A27, A33, A35, A3024. The Itchen Bridge and the A35 Redbridge causeway are distinctive local bottlenecks. Cruise-turnaround Saturdays produce concentrated taxi / coach / luggage-vehicle traffic near the docks. See car accident claims, cycle accident claims, motorcycle accident claims, pedestrian accident claims, whiplash claims.
Bluestar and South Western Railway
Go South Coast's Bluestar brand runs the Southampton bus network; Uni-link operates university campus services. Red Funnel and Hythe Ferry provide cross-Solent and cross-harbour services. See bus and coach accident claims.
Port of Southampton - UK's second-largest container port
ABP Southampton (Western Docks / Eastern Docks) handles approximately 1.5 million containers a year and is the UK's busiest cruise hub. Carnival UK, Cunard, and P&O Cruises are headquartered locally. See warehouse accident claims. Historic marine / shipyard work at Vosper Thornycroft (Woolston) leaves a live asbestos caseload.
Aerospace, marine and defence
Southampton's aerospace and marine heritage includes Supermarine (Spitfire), Vosper Thornycroft, GE Aviation, and current defence work at BAE Systems Portsmouth. See factory accident claims.
Construction
Mayflower Quarter regeneration, VIP Trading Estate, Centenary Quay Woolston, Bargate Quarter, Watermark West Quay. See construction site accident claims.
Medical negligence in Southampton
Southampton's principal NHS employer is University Hospital Southampton NHS FT (UHS), running Southampton General Hospital, the Princess Anne Hospital, and the Southampton Children's Hospital. Southern Health NHS FT covers mental health. Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT runs Winchester and Basingstoke. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust runs Queen Alexandra at Cosham. Isle of Wight NHS Trust covers the island. See medical negligence.
Holiday and cruise claims
Southampton is the UK's busiest cruise departure port. Package holiday cruise incidents engage the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018. See holiday accidents.
Public liability across the Solent
Slips at WestQuay Southampton, Marlands, Gunwharf Quays Portsmouth, Hedge End Retail Park; pavement trips against councils; hotel chain claims; venue injuries at St Mary's Stadium, Mayflower Theatre. See slips, trips and falls, pavement accident claims.
Industrial disease - marine, shipyard, aerospace
Vosper Thornycroft's Woolston shipyard, Supermarine / Folland Aircraft, and the Solent's maritime engineering cluster leave a long asbestos tail - mesothelioma, pleural plaques, asbestos-related lung cancer. See asbestos claims.
Where your claim could end up - local courts
- Southampton Combined Court Centre (London Road).
Wessex Trauma Network - UHS as a combined adult + paediatric MTC
Serious injuries across Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight and parts of West Sussex route through the Wessex Trauma Network. University Hospital Southampton is one of only two hospitals in the South of England providing a combined on-site adult and paediatric Major Trauma Centre. Six Trauma Units support the network: Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, Royal Bournemouth / Poole, Salisbury, Basingstoke / Winchester, St Mary's Isle of Wight and St Richard's Chichester.
Funding - no win, no fee
Every Casibus case runs on a Conditional Fee Agreement. See no win no fee explained.
