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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’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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The topic of this one comes from a chat me and some of my colleagues had yesterday at The Injury Lawyers HQ when we were discussing the recent claim that one of our team has had to make. It’s a whiplash claim, and for those of you who have ever suffered from the injury, you’ll know just how bad it can be.

I myself have suffered a whiplash injury, so based on my experience and the experiences of others I have chatted to, and some official reports you probably didn’t know about, here’s a little insight in to the real whiplash injury.

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According to sources from the Manchester Evening News, seven people have been injured after a 10mx5m section of plasterboard fell from the roof on to club goers heads on the dance floor at Manchester’s Factory 251 nightclub on Princess St in the city centre.

Paramedics attended the scene of the incident, which happened at around 2:30am this morning, and seven injured victims were said to be treated for minor injuries and were taken to hospital as a precaution. Thankfully reports suggest so far that none of the injuries appear to be serious.

Police, who were also in attendance, have said that around 150 people were on the second floor of the city centre nightclub when the incident occurred, and around 850 people were evacuated from the premises.

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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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No one expects to be injured through no fault of their own – and it can be even more annoying when you’re injured at a place you’re meant to be enjoying yourself. To be fair to waiting staff, their jobs can be very stressful and an absolute nightmare. I know – I’ve worked in them myself before.

But ultimately if you are injured by a member of the waiting team, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation from the restaurant. Read on for more information.

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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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Thanks to a government scheme known as the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme, you are able to access a government funded compensation payout if you are the victim of a crime that has caused you a personal injury.

Here is a quick “what you need to know” when it comes to applying for compensation from the scheme.

Requirements

The rules that govern the scheme are very, very strict. If there is any element of you or your claim that does not match the scheme requirements, you will probably be unable to successfully make a claim.

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PLEASE NOTE: This is only for general guidance only, and you should always seek proper advice from a qualified personal injury lawyer to accurately calculate your limitation to claim period.

For the majority of cases in England and Wales, you have three years from the date of an accident in which to make your claim for personal injury compensation. What this normally means is that you must either have settled your claim or issued court proceedings before the three year anniversary of the accident.

Three years may seem like a long time, and can even feel like ages away. But it isn’t…

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