{"id":836,"date":"2009-10-05T15:32:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=836"},"modified":"2009-10-05T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:32:26","slug":"sports-injuries-claiming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/05\/sports-injuries-claiming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Injuries &#038; Claiming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sports-injury-claim.jpg\" alt=\"sports-injury-claim\" title=\"sports-injury-claim\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-837\" \/>If you can prove that the other party intended to inflict some sort of pain or injury on you then this will be deemed a criminal offence and it is likely you will be successful in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/100-percent-compensation-4u.php\">claim for personal injury compensation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the other party did not injure you intentionally you will have to prove that they were negligent in their actions. The standard of proof is much higher in <strong>sporting claims<\/strong> and a simple misjudgment or gut reaction will not suffice. At the very least there must have been a breach of the rules and this still may not be enough to prove negligence.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You will need to show that the other party\u2019s actions were completely unreasonable and unacceptable for the sport in play. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foul play by a team member in a game of football i.e. causing serious injury by a malicious tackle \u00e0 \u2018Condon v Basi\u2019 (1985) <\/li>\n<li>Intentionally picking up a team member or opponent and dropping them \u00e0 Elshafey v Clay (2001) <\/li>\n<li>Dangerous tactics in hockey i.e. playing the shot too high <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In most cases, schools and sporting venues should have liability insurance in place to cover such eventualities and cover the cost of any claims. <\/p>\n<p>If you think you may be entitled to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/\">make a claim<\/a>, seek expect legal advice so that they can review the circumstances and advice you as to whether or not you can make a claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can prove that the other party intended to inflict some sort of pain or injury on you then this will be deemed a criminal offence and it is likely you will be successful in a claim for personal injury compensation. However, if the other party did not injure you intentionally you will have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/05\/sports-injuries-claiming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Injuries &#038; Claiming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Claiming For A Sports Injury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/10\/05\/sports-injuries-claiming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Claiming For A Sports Injury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you can prove that the other party intended to inflict some sort of pain or injury on you then this will be deemed a criminal offence and it is likely you will be successful in a claim for personal injury compensation. 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