100% compensation for slipping claims
A leak, whether it’s in a shop, at work, or perhaps as part of a rented properly, can result in accidents for fairly obvious reasons. The accumulated water / liquid poses a clear slipping hazard whether is down to the surface liquid or perhaps from it forming in to ice – making it even more of a slipping hazard!
So can you make a claim for personal injury compensation if you slip as a result of a leak? Read on for more advice.
Firstly, I’ll break this down in to three sections – one for public claims, one for work accidents, and one for accidents on rented property.
Public Claims
In places like a shop, supermarket, restaurant etc, the law that applies is called the Occupiers Liability Act. This puts a duty on whoever is in control of a premises to take all reasonable steps to prevent someone from having an accident. Preventing a slip hazard is certainly something they need to do to uphold the law here.
So if there is a leak, and they’re aware of it, and no steps are taken to either clear the area or warn people / cordon the area off, you may have a winning claim for personal injury. Failing to take any reasonable steps can be classed as a breach of the law here.
Work Accidents
Work accident health and safety regulations are actually a lot more robust, and have a lot of specific regulations for different hazards that can arise in the workplace. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 state that:
(2) (a)the floor, or surface of the traffic route, shall have no hole or slope, or be uneven or slippery so as, in each case, to expose any person to a risk to his health or safety;
So they have a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent a slipping hazard as well. Proving that they have failed to do so can constitute a direct breach of the above regulation.
Rented Property
These can be a lot more difficult to win because it’s normally all about what notice the landlord or whoever is responsible for the area had of the leak. If they had no knowledge of it, they can argue that they couldn’t have taken reasonable steps to prevent an accident. But if they have been told about the leak and nothing has been done about it, that’s when they can be liable.
100% Compensation for slipping claims
Most law firms will ask for 25% from your payout if the claim succeeds, but we don’t. We can still offer our clients 100% compensation agreements for slipping claims, so call now on 0800 634 75 75 for advice today.
