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Stairs, for fairly obvious reasons, are a common cause for accidents and potentially serious injuries if you fall down quite a considerable height. Navigating stairs and steps is made much safer with the use of handrails and banisters to hold on to in the event we lose our footing. I suffer from a condition called foot drop which means I can be fairly unstable when walking, so I’d be in a lot of hot water if there are no handrails.

But back to the question at hand here – what if you trip or lose your footing and you’re injured specifically because there is no handrail or banister to grab hold of? What if you fall down a full flight of stairs because you were not able to grab hold of anything to save yourself from falling?

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A suspended sign in a supermarket, a wall mounted sign on the side of a building, or perhaps a sign erected on a pole – if either of them fall and hit you, it’s likely you will end up with some form of injury; normally to the head.

So if you are the victim of a falling sign that has caused an injury, what are you rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation? Is there any way you can make a claim against whoever is responsible for the sign or the premises you are in?

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Toilets are prime locations for slipping accidents and people making a claim for personal injury compensation having being injured in an accident. As you can imagine, water (and perhaps other liquids!) are spilled on the floor and can naturally result in a person slipping and falling.

So if this has happened to you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?

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Winter is what I like to call “pothole season” because they’re far more likely to occur in the colder months. Generally speaking, a pothole is formed when water seeps in to cracks in the surface and then freezes and expands in low temperatures. This causes an extreme amount of pressure to build up in the concrete and can cause it to crack and break.

Over time, the hole normally will deepen and deepen. As such, cold weather is a common catalyst for the creation of pothole, divots, and other defects that cover our highways and paths.

So what happens if you trip and / or fall because of a pothole? Or what happens if you drive over a monster of a hole and end up with an injury?

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If you have been injured after tripping over a raised manhole or drain / grate cover, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Perhaps the cover was loose and had raised up, or was defective and a lip has been created. Either way, if it is not properly flush with the ground and it’s an obvious tripping hazard, there is a duty on whoever is responsible to take reasonable steps to prevent this from happening.

So what are your chances of winning a case?

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Not only is it extremely embarrassing, but the injuries that you can end up with if you sit on a chair or a stool and it simply collapses beneath you can be serious. If this happens in a public place like a shopping centre, supermarket, cafe, restaurant, bar, or pub (to name a few), you may be able to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

What we need to do is get to the bottom as to exactly how and why this has happened.

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If you’re in a shop or a supermarket, or any other public place, if you get your foot caught on something sticky on the ground, it can easily cause an accident and an injury. Perhaps standing on some spilled product in a shop could suddenly cause your foot to stick and result in you losing balance and falling to the ground, or perhaps twisting your knee.

If this has happened to you, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

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Yes – is the simple answer to this!

It’s no secret formula or magic trick as to how and why we can offer our clients 100% compensation agreements when other lawyers can’t. We’re not covering it up for some other way to make up the fees either.

Simply put, you get more compensation, and we receive less legal fees. It really is as basic as that!

So I suppose the big question to ask is why on earth are we prepared to get less money in order to let you keep more money? Surely there isn’t anything in it for us – we’re losing out!

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In the care industry, there is often a lot of work involving moving and lifting patients who are immobile or have difficulties moving themselves. This is still a form of manual handling, and as such, care workers need to perform such tasks in the right way and there is a duty on the employer to make sure it is done right.

So what happens if you are a care worker and you are injured as a result of lifting and / or manoeuvring a patient? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

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There can be many hurdles when pursuing a claim for personal injury compensation – the limitation to claim is normally one of them. But victims of gynaecologist Robert Jones known as “The Butcher” who is said to have mistreated thousands of patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH – also known as Treliske Hospital) may now be able to access the justice they deserve (Source).

An agreement has been reached with the RCH to lift the three year limitation period which should allow victims that could date back to as early as 1992 to now be in a position to make a claim for personal injury compensation. The agreed protocol is said to be a step in the right direction for helping the victims of medical negligence claims currently being made against the RCH.

Our specialist medical negligence team here at The Injury Lawyers represent countless victims of clinical negligence all on a 100% compensation AND No Win, No Fee basis.

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