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We have all seen the TV adverts for Marks & Spencer (M&S) sexy food and are aware of the lavish price tags that accompany their seemingly forbidden food. Well how about \u00a3300,000 for a grape? Accountant, Alexander Martin-Sklan, 55, from London claimed this is what the grape cost him after slipping on one in M&S’s car park.<\/p>\n

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Mr Martin-Sklan took his case before the High Court claiming that he was seeking \u00a3315,815 in damages after the accident with the grape left him depressed, shattered his confidence and his business suffered as well.<\/p>\n

Mr Martin-Sklan lost his case against M&S. The eventual blame of the accident was laid on his own footwear for the accident and not M&S’s negligence of not tidying the car park as Mr Martin-Sklan had claimed.<\/p>\n

The one thing about the case that has not really been picked up on is the fact that Mr Martin-Sklan was representing himself. He did not have the backing of an experienced personal injury lawyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Would it have been a different outcome if he had an injury lawyer batting his side? Perhaps that’s not the right question to ask. A better question to ask is why was he representing himself?<\/p>\n

Did Mr Martin-Sklan think that he could do this under his own steam? Was his compensation claim turned down by injury lawyers \/ solicitors for not having enough hard evidence behind it?<\/p>\n

I guess the media hype of personal injury lawyers always out either chasing ambulances or headlines took a large reality check with this case. You can bet the media won’t report it this way though.<\/p>\n

The Injury Lawyers<\/a>, experience matters when you need it most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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