A personal injury can be a physical injury, disease or illness, or a psychological injury or illness. A personal injury could even result in death.

Examples of personal injuries are:

.an injury at work. This includes work-related illnesses such as a disease caused by working with asbestos
. a psychological illness caused by stress at work
. an injury caused in a traffic accident
. an injury received as a result of faulty goods or services
. an injury caused if you trip over paving stones
. a psychological illness suffered as a result of abuse as a child
. an injury caused by errors in hospital treatment or by vaccinations
. an physical or psychological injury sustained by a victim in the course of a crime
. a psychological illness caused by discrimination or harassment in your work-place.

There are several ways of getting personal injury compensation, through a claims assessor, taking legal action in a civil court, making a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, through a Criminal Compensation Order or through special government compensation schemes.