{"id":14824,"date":"2014-01-13T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=14824"},"modified":"2014-01-13T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:52:53","slug":"injured-in-a-rented-flat-landlord-compensation-claims-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2014\/01\/13\/injured-in-a-rented-flat-landlord-compensation-claims-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured in a Rented Flat? Landlord Compensation Claims Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/landlord-insurance-claims.jpg\" alt=\"landlord insurance claims\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2620\" \/>If you rent a flat, the landlord is responsible to ensure that you&#8217;re not injured through negligence. This means that if <strong>you&#8217;re injured because something was wrong or defective in the flat<\/strong>, you may have a claim if the landlord was responsible.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slips due to an unrepaired leak<\/li>\n<li>Trip on an unrepaired defect &#8211; such as a raised flooring tile<\/li>\n<li>Hit by a falling fixture that was dangerous<\/li>\n<li>Electric shocks from poorly maintained electrical goods or sockets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Landlords should have specialist insurance that will cover a tenant if they&#8217;re injured through the negligence of the landlord. But to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/\">make a successful claim for personal injury compensation<\/a>, the <strong>landlord must have breached the duty of care<\/strong> they have for you.<\/p>\n<p>The most common way you can win a claim is if a landlord fails to act on something you have reported. If you have reported a leak and the landlord does nothing about it, and six weeks later you slip, we&#8217;d argue that the landlord has notice of an issue and has failed to act on it. If you didn&#8217;t report the leak, the insurers will likely defend the claim based on them having no prior knowledge of a hazard. However, if there is a history of a problem that hasn&#8217;t been dealt with properly, this could be an argument in your favour as well.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of prior knowledge is often key &#8211; whether a claim can win or not is largely dependent on what knowledge of a risk the landlord had or ought to have had. When it comes to poorly maintained premises or electrical goods that aren&#8217;t PAT tested, our argument would be more of their failure to maintain and inspect properly.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always best to report problems by phone and email as that way you have a good record that an issue has been reported and then not dealt with, if that&#8217;s the case.<\/p>\n<p>So what should you do if you have been injured and you think your landlord is at fault? Here are the key facts about making a claim for personal injury compensation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Legally, they should be insured &#8211; we just claim form the insurers<\/li>\n<li>They shouldn&#8217;t be able to legally evict you just for making a claim<\/li>\n<li>If we think you have a claim, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/no_win_no_fee.php\">we offer a No Win, No Fee service<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our clients receive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/100-percent-compensation-4u.php\">100% of their compensation<\/a> for a landlord claim like this<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For help and advice, call our free claims helpline on 0800 634 75 75.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you rent a flat, the landlord is responsible to ensure that you&#8217;re not injured through negligence. 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