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Walls – as a principle, they’re there to protect us from danger. But if they are not safe, they can quickly become a danger. Common examples of accident claims involving walls could be as follows:

• A piece of a wall falls off and hits you / a wall collapses on you.
• A low wall you are sitting on collapses or breaks beneath you.
• A wall is dangerously low causing a trip and / or fall over it.
• A wall you are leaning on collapses or breaks, causing an accident.

So if any of the above happens to you, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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We have taken on plenty of claims for personal injury compensation when it comes to collapsing chairs; but equally a collapsing table can result in a person sustaining an injury. What if you are leaning on it and it collapses? You’re likely to go down with it. Even if it collapses in general it could hit you and cause an injury.

So if you are the unfortunate victim of a table collapsing injury, what are your rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Burns can be as annoying as they are painful. It can often take a long time for the pain of a burn to stop. On top of that, you may end up with some unsightly scarring which could last weeks, months, or even years. If you don’t know something is hot, people often have a delayed reaction which serves only to cause the burn to be worse due to prolonged contact.

So what are you rights when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation if you are suddenly burned by something when you are out an about? Perhaps in a shop, or a supermarket?
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Building sites are subject to a large amount of health and safety rules and regulation. They are inherently dangerous places and the employees working on a site need to go to great lengths to ensure they are not injured on a site. You’ve probably seen “Hard hats must be worn” signs and “Do Not Enter” warnings on the entrances of sites.

But what happens if you are not working on a building site but walking past it and you end up injured? Can you make a claim for compensation?
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It’s one of the ultimate embarrassing situations to be in – you sit down on a chair and it gives way under your weight, causing you to fall down with it to the ground. Whether it’s at work or in a public place, it not a nice situation to be in.

So if you are the unfortunate victim of an accident where your chair has given way and injured you as a result, can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?
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Working in a warehouse or manufacturing environment can often mean a lot of packaging is opened up and storage or work spaces can become cluttered and untidy. Cardboard is a primary culprit for causing slipping accidents; you step on a piece of it and you can easily end up slipping and falling down.

So what are your rights when it comes to making a work injury claim for slipping on cardboard in the workplace?
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Ramps, especially for the less able, are useful for access when steps are too much to negotiate. I like a good ramp as I have a leg condition that can limit my movements sometimes, and we all expect a ramp to be secure to ensure that we can safely use it.

But what if it isn’t secure? What if it moves when you step on it causing you to fall and inure yourself? Or what if it isn’t stable and wobbles and causes you to fall? What if it just breaks? If this happens to you, you may have a claim for personal injury compensation.

Your Rights

If the ramp wobbles or moves causing you to fall, and this is a ramp at a public place like to a shop for example, you may have a claim against whoever is in charge of the ramp. Under the Occupiers Liability Act they are duty bound to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure you are not injured on their premises.
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You’re walking around a supermarket or a shop when suddenly you are hit by shelving units that have fallen off the wall. The weight of the shelves, particularly if they are full of heavy items, can easily knock you to the ground and cause some fairly serious damage. So if this happens so you, what are your rights for making a claim for personal injury compensation?

Firstly, given the circumstances, we’d more than likely be able to investigate this for you on a No Win, No Fee basis and a 100% compensation basis as well. Shelving units should not just fall off walls, and we would argue that the Defendant has failed to take all reasonable steps to look after your health and wellbeing whilst visiting their premises. That’s their duty under the Occupiers Liability Act.
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Tripping on a raised edge can be an easy thing to do. We don’t often stare at our feet when walking around; if we did, we’d be prone to walk in to anything in front of us.

So can you make a claim for personal injury compensation for tripping on a dangerously raised edge? To make this easier, I’ll split this article in to two parts: raised edges on public land which would be against the council or highways authority, and raised edges on private ground where you have access to, like a supermarket.
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Missing grate covers can result in a lot of accidents and consequently a lot of injuries. Fortunately, in most cases you will be entitled to bring a claim for compensation for the injury you have suffered and any consequential losses arising from this. For example – if you suffer an injury such as a broken leg, you may not be able to work for a couple of months and therefore suffer a loss of earnings; this is something we would always strive to claim back for you.

Claims arising from missing grate covers may appear straightforward on the surface but unfortunately this isn’t particularly true, as they can be quite difficult.  There are two areas where these accidents commonly occur; on somebody’s property or property within the jurisdiction of the local highways authority.
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