A recently settled case reminded us that any occupier of premises has a duty to keep those premises free from any defects that may cause injury to a lawful visitor. Our client was visiting his GP’s surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. As he entered the surgery he slipped on a wet and heavily worn mat. This […]
Slip and Fall in St Helen’s Supermarket leads to painful personal injuries.
Our client slipped and fell in a supermarket in St Helen’s as a result of fluid that had spilled into an aisle from a machine being operated by a member of staff. As a lawful visitor to the premises for the purposes of doing her shopping, our client was owed a duty of care by […]
Facial Injury causing scarring for Groundworker
Our client was working on site in Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire. He was standing approximately three metres from a manhole while fellow employees were pulling a mains cable through the manhole using a piece of rope attached to a dumper truck. As the cable was being pulled, the rope snapped and pinged back catching a piece […]
Supermarket spillage leads to fall and fractures of the ankle
Our client sustained serious personal injuries to her ankle when she slipped and fell whilst walking along a supermarket aisle. Staff at the Defendant supermarket had used a “Zorba Strip” to soak up a previous spillage on the floor. Unfortunately, this strip was defective. It had split and released a gel like substance onto the […]
Home Occupier owed a Duty of Care to Delivery Driver
Our client was a delivery driver lawfully visiting a property near Southampton, Hampshire to deliver food. As our client walked across the Defendant’s driveway he tripped and fell due to the uneven nature of the block paved driveway. As a result of the accident and the fall, our client sustained a nasty fracture of the […]
Compensation for a Hospital Cleaner after suffering painful hand injuries due to a heavy fast closing door and negligent colleague
Our client, a hospital cleaner from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, suffered a nasty hand injury at his place of work when a colleague let go of a heavy door as he was pushing a trolley through it. The door did not have closing control mechanism and when it was released, it swung closed quickly trapping our client’s […]
Pregnant client recovers compensation for injuries after being run down on a crossing by an uninsured driver
Our client sustained nasty injuries to her lower body, including her knees, after being run down on a pedestrian crossing near a school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Our client also suffered stress and anxiety because she was heavily pregnant at the time and was concerned for the wellbeing of her unborn child. Fortunately, although the accident […]
Example of a case where a solicitor failed to meet a deadline and prejudiced the client’s claim
The accident Mr and Mrs J and their two young children were travelling in their car along a duel carriageway in the outside lane. As they began to overtake a lorry in the nearside lane it suddenly pulled out. The car was in the lorry’s blind spot. Mr J who was driving had nowhere to […]
Careless co-worker causes nasty eye injury in accident in the workplace
Our client was acting in the course of his employment as a Warehouse Operative with the Defendant employer in Grays, Essex. A colleague opened a gate in the warehouse to allow our client through. However, he then released the cord that opened the gate allowing it to swing around and hit our client in the […]
Fatal motorcycle accident leads to a successful dependency claim for the deceased’s wife
Tragedy struck in Portsmouth in the early morning of October 2016 when our client’s husband was knocked from his motorcycle suffering multiple injuries as a result of this motorcycle accident. The Defendant pulled out of a side road into our client’s husband’s path causing the collision. He sadly died at the scene. ThetDefendant, who was acting in […]