{"id":8969,"date":"2011-11-11T16:59:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T15:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=8969"},"modified":"2017-08-28T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:42:11","slug":"sporting-injury-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Injury Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The law provides people who have been injured as the result of someone else\u2019s negligence – a way of getting the compensation<\/a> they are entitled to for their pain and suffering.\u00a0 Accidents can happen in all sorts of circumstances, and the type of claim can affect the way that your claim is dealt with, and the rules governing when compensation will and won\u2019t be paid.<\/p>\n

If you take part in a sporting activity you willingly accept that there are some risks involved. Depending on the type of sport, there is usually always some risk that cannot be prevented, and you cannot claim compensation for these injuries. For example, someone playing rugby could not claim compensation for an injury that was could normally be expected because it is part of the game.<\/p>\n

However, in many cases, it is possible to claim compensation<\/strong> if you have been injured whilst taking part in a sporting activity where the injury was caused because of someone else\u2019s negligence<\/strong>, and the risk was not part of the risk you would normally expect when taking part in that particular activity.
\n
\nUsually you would be entitled to claim compensation where the injury was caused by the deliberate actions of another participant who was acting recklessly or dangerously.\u00a0 You may have heard about the case of Ben Collett<\/strong> who played for Manchester United\u2019s reserve team and was injured in a match against Middlesbrough FC.\u00a0 He suffered a career ending injury after a dangerous tackle by Middlesbrough\u2019s Gary Smith and he was awarded \u00a34.3 million in compensation as a result<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Of course it is not necessary to suffer such a serious injury or play professionally to claim compensation for a sporting injury.\u00a0 A person may be entitled to claim compensation for a sporting injury sustained at any level, whether for an amateur team<\/strong>, school sports day<\/strong>, or even whilst taking part in team building exercises for your employer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Injuries from playing sports may also be caused by a lack of proper supervision whilst taking part in the sport, or because of inadequate training or instruction.\u00a0 There is a legal duty on anyone arranging a sporting activity to ensure that the participants are properly trained.\u00a0 Referees and umpires are also under a duty to reduce any unnecessary risks as far as reasonably possible. In the case of Vowles v Evans & Welsh Rugby Union<\/em> the referee of an amateur rugby match allowed a player to change playing position to one that was more dangerous and for which he had no experience.\u00a0 The player was injured as a result and the referee found negligent for allowing the dangerous situation to occur.<\/p>\n

The last major cause of sporting injuries is from defective equipment and unsafe<\/strong>, or poorly maintained<\/strong>, sporting facilities. The owners of the facilities and\/or the organisers of the sporting activities have a legal duty to ensure that any equipment or facilities – whether it be a football pitch, squash court, or even the changing rooms are safe to use.<\/p>\n

Compensation claims for sporting injuries can be complicated and it is important that you obtain professional legal advice to find out whether you may be entitled to claim compensation. If you have been the victim of a sporting injury, call The Injury Lawyers<\/a> claim helpline for free legal advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The law provides people who have been injured as the result of someone else\u2019s negligence – a way of getting the compensation they are entitled to for their pain and suffering.\u00a0 Accidents can happen in all sorts of circumstances, and the type of claim can affect the way that your claim is dealt with, and … Continue reading Sporting Injury Claims<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-compensation-advice"],"yoast_head":"\nSporting Injury Claims<\/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\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sporting Injury Claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The law provides people who have been injured as the result of someone else\u2019s negligence – a way of getting the compensation they are entitled to for their pain and suffering.\u00a0 Accidents can happen in all sorts of circumstances, and the type of claim can affect the way that your claim is dealt with, and … Continue reading Sporting Injury Claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukinjurylawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InjuryLawBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InjuryLawBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6\"},\"headline\":\"Sporting Injury Claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":555,\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"Compensation Advice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sporting Injury Claims\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/11\\\/sporting-injury-claims\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sporting Injury Claims\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog\",\"description\":\"We publish everything related to peronal injury claims.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6\",\"name\":\"Author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/author\\\/matt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sporting Injury Claims","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sporting Injury Claims","og_description":"The law provides people who have been injured as the result of someone else\u2019s negligence – a way of getting the compensation they are entitled to for their pain and suffering.\u00a0 Accidents can happen in all sorts of circumstances, and the type of claim can affect the way that your claim is dealt with, and … Continue reading Sporting Injury Claims","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/","og_site_name":"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukinjurylawyers","article_published_time":"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00","author":"Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InjuryLawBlog","twitter_site":"@InjuryLawBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Author","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/"},"author":{"name":"Author","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6"},"headline":"Sporting Injury Claims","datePublished":"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/"},"wordCount":555,"articleSection":["Articles","Compensation Advice"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/","name":"Sporting Injury Claims","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-11-11T15:59:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-28T15:42:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/11\/11\/sporting-injury-claims\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sporting Injury Claims"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/","name":"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog","description":"We publish everything related to peronal injury claims.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f05e9e053baf562351f1260d760015f6","name":"Author","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8969"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20349,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969\/revisions\/20349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}