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We do get a lot of enquiries from people who have fallen down on buses because the driver has set off before they have had the opportunity to seat themselves down. It’s frustrating, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you are entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation.

But what about when it’s the case of an elderly person? Should a bus driver wait for an elderly person to be seated before setting off?
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It’s very common and we take on a lot of claims for victims who have slipped, usually on spilled fuel, on petrol station forecourts. It’s easily done and fuel is easily spilled, and the staff on site don’t always take the action they ought to when it comes to spillages or reported accidents.

So here is a quick guide about what you should do if you are the victim of a petrol station forecourt slip!
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You may not know this but it is actually very difficult to win a claim for personal injury compensation for a defect on the roads or on the pavements. In fact, when it comes to accidents in public areas, it is commonly an uphill struggle as the law is very much on the side of the local government and authorities.

But when you have our expert team of highly qualified and experienced injury lawyers fighting your corner, you can have a much better chance at winning an award.
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Did you know that there are specific regulations that govern the safety of flooring in the workplace? These are known as The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations and they say that an employer must ensure that traffic routes in the workplace are free from dangers that may cause a person to slip or fall.

Using these important regulations we have obtained just over £5,000 for a client after she slipped in an untidy workplace.
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It’s difficult to know whether your claim for a supermarket slip will be successful or not when we take it on at the start of the case. For us to be able to find out if you have a claim or not, we need to submit a claim form to the supermarket (or their insurers) and allow them time to investigate the claim.

Whether you can win depends entirely on evidence from the other side – so when can a supermarket legitimately deny liability, and what can we do about it?
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Supermarket slippers are a real common type of claim that people need to make when they have suffered injury and loss after a slipping accident. It’s easy for a victim to slip on a spilled food or drink product, or on floors where the area has been mopped and signage hasn’t been deployed.

If you slip in a spillage in a supermarket though, where do you stand on being able to make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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A mopped floor is, for fairly obvious reasons, one heck of a danger in the workplace. There are many health and safety rules and regulations that employers must abide by to keep their employees safe at work, and given how much of a clear and present danger a mopped floor can be, there ought to be no excuse for letting a slip accident happen in such circumstances.

So where do you stand, and can you make a claim for personal injury compensation for a mopped floor slip accident at work?
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The best thing to do is call our claims helpline on 0800 634 7575 for free and friendly advice about your options for claiming.

But if you are just after a little bit of an idea as to whether you may have a claim for slipping on a wet patch, read on and I’ll try and answer some questions you may have.

If you have slipped and injured yourself then you could be entitled to thousands of pounds in personal compensation.

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A clear liquid like water, certain types of soap, or petrol can be very hard to spot, if not impossible to spot, on the floor. As such, they pose an obvious but often unseen slipping hazard in places like shops, supermarkets, halls, or places of work.

So if you slip on a clear liquid, can you make a claim for compensation?

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Many people think that you need to have broken something to make a claim for personal injury compensation, but this isn’t true. Soft tissue damage, which usually categorises for any bruising, sprains, or twisting type injuries to the muscles and ligaments in the area, is a claimable injury.

Many are worried whether it’s even worth claiming for – but there’s a lot more to claiming than you might think, so read on for some useful advice about what you can claim for and how much you could be entitled to.
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