You walk through a door to a shop, or a supermarket, or a pub, or perhaps to your place of work – and as soon as you walk through the door you slip on the floor. It can be as painful as it is embarrassing – and it may mean that you have a claim for personal injury compensation if this happens to you.
So can you claim? If so, how much does it cost?
Can I claim!?
It all depends on why you slipped and what you slipped on. If you slipped because of a spillage, or perhaps because water has come from rain or similar wet weather from outside, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.
Whether you can win a claim or not will normally come down to whether whoever is in charge of the area has breached their duty of care for you. The duty of care they should take is to take all reasonable steps to prevent someone from slipping on the premises. So reasonable steps could be many things, such as:
- Inspection systems to check for hazards and clear them away at regular daily intervals
- Deploying wet floor signs or cordons to warn or guard of a hazardous area
- Having mats to soak up water at entranceways and prevent slipping hazards
- Training staff to watch out for such hazards and take action where applicable
What should I do?
It’s a good idea to report the accident to make those responsible for the area aware. It’s also good to start a claim for personal injury compensation as soon as possible because vital CCTV footage may be able to help prove that you have a valid claim. A lot of entranceways for places have footage covering the area for security, but a lot of footage is only retained for a few short weeks.
CCTV could literally save your claim! So take action quickly.
How much does it cost?
We should be able to offer you a No Win, No Fee agreement which means you won’t be charged if the claim doesn’t win. If the claim does win, we can normally offer 100% compensation agreements for slipping accident claims so you can keep all 100% of your payout.
BE WARNED THOUGH – most lawyers will take 25% from your payout due to legislation changes from April 2013 so speak to us first because we can potentially save you thousands of pounds in not taking a deduction from your claim.
