Hit on head caused by shop shutters – can I claim compensation?

You may be entitled to claim for personal injury compensation if you are the victim of a shop shutter accident. Shops are bound by law to comply with important health and safety rules which are there to protect people like you from being injured on their premises.

Read on to find out about your rights for making a successful compensation claim if you have been hit on the head by shop shutters.

The shop’s responsibility

The shop / shop owners have a duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent you from being injured. If they fail to do this then the law says they must compensate if you have been injured by their negligence. An important piece of legislation called The Occupiers Liability Act confirms this.

A shop shutter can be an obvious and avoidable danger – whether it has hit you because it has suddenly or slowly come down on your head, or where it is partway down and blocking your entry, you have the right to claim if it results in you being injured.

What should I do?

It helps if the accident has been reported. Either way you should call our free claims helpline for advice because it sounds like you may be entitled to thousands of pounds in personal injury compensation. You can contact our friendly team now on 0800 634 7575.

We can assess your claim over the phone and we can normally tell you in minutes if we think you have a valid claim for compensation.

No win, no fee claims

We work for you on a genuine no win, no fee basis which gives you the risk-free opportunity to seek the compensation you may be entitled to. We can fund the whole claim – including private physiotherapy – and write off the legal fees if we don’t win.