State visit
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, accompanied by the First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will visit Windsor, as the guests of The King and Queen, with preparations beginning on Tuesday 17 March 2026. Find out more.
Claims against the council
Accidents can happen for reasons outside our control.
How long will it take to deal with my claim?
For most personal injury claims handled by a solicitor the council has 40 days from acknowledgement to investigate and respond with a liability decision (this is 30 days if it is an injury claim from an council employee).
Where a claimant is not represented by a solicitor, Civil Procedure Rules do not require us to respond with a liability decision any sooner than 90 days from our acknowledgement of the claim, although in practice we usually expect to be able to respond much sooner than this.
Where a claim involves loss or damage to a claimant’s personal property, we expect to be able to respond with a liability decision within 12 weeks from the date we acknowledge the claim.