Potholes are a common feature on public highways all over the country. They come in all shapes and sizes; whilst some are only a few inches deep they can grow to a number of feet in width! If you have ever suffered a personal injury as a result of a pothole in a public place, you could be entitled to make a claim.

The Law

Whether you can win a claim predominantly boils down to what is classed as reasonable. This can be difficult to interpret and often leaves potential claimants confused as to whether they have grounds for a successful claim. It is useful to have knowledge that the duty is to maintain the highways and take action if a defect is dangerous enough.
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Have you ever questioned whether you are eligible to submit a claim after suffering an injury at a supermarket? Perhaps you have slipped on liquid coming from a broken fridge or freezer after no wet floor sign was displayed? Or slipped on fruit left in an aisle? Supermarket injuries can leave you at a physical and financial disadvantage. If you have been the victim of a serious injury and cannot go to work for a long period of time your suffering may extend financially resulting in a potential loss of earnings and a lot of hardship.
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Have you recently had a slip or a trip in a shop or your local supermarket? Whether it was food, liquid, or loose packaging that caused your accident, you may be able to claim for compensation under the Occupiers Liability Act 1984.

The Occupiers Liability Act 1980 states that places like supermarkets must take all reasonable steps to prevent someone from being injured on their premises. Although accidents in shops are very common when it comes to personal injury, the Occupiers Liability Act also covers other places of interest such as theme parks, cinemas and restaurants. So basically it applies to anywhere people are likely to visit in their spare time.
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Recent changes in the law regulating the way in which personal injury claims are run have resulted in the introduction of a new protocol. Claims occurring after the 31^st of July 2013 for employers and public liability claims valued between £1,000 and £25,000 are now dealt with via a new online portal system. The idea of the online portal system is to make your claim process easier, faster and more efficient, than claims previously run under the pre-action protocol.

It is similar to the one already used for road accidents since April 2010.
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There are loads of health and safety rules and regulations that employers must adhere to in order to ensure their employees are not injured in the line of duty. Generally speaking, if they fail to stick to the rules and an employee is injured, the employee has a right to make a claim for work injury compensation from their employers insurance.

So when it comes to you having to work with sharp edges, perhaps inside a machine or with some kind of cutting instrument, your employer has a duty to provide you with gloves to ensure that you do not sustain an injury.
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Whilst it may sound like something out of a slapstick comedy sketch, falling down an open trapdoor is no laughing matter and can result in serious injuries for the victim involved. You’re liable to break at least one bone, or perhaps end up with significant muscular, tendon, and / or ligament damage. You may end up injuring your back quite badly as well.

In general, the prospects of winning a claim for personal injury compensation for falling down an open trapdoor are good. For a public place like a bar or a restaurant, those in control of the premises must adhere to the Occupiers Liability Act. This means they must take all reasonable steps to prevent someone from being injured.
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Whilst they may only protrude just a few centimetres or less, tripping on a protruding screw, nut, or bolt can easily end up in an injury. So what happens if you are the victim of such an incident? Can you make a claim for personal injury compensation?

To help you, I will split this in to two sections – one for those who have tripped at work, and the other for those who have tripped in a general public area.
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One of the last things you expect when you’re driving along is for something to fall off a vehicle and cause an injury. Perhaps a piece of the vehicle like the bumper comes off, or a bike falls off of a bike rack; or an object falls off the back of a lorry or trailer.

If this happens to you, where do you stand when it comes to making a claim for personal injury compensation?
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In the line of duty, as an employee, we are often asked to do things that may not form a part of our role specifically. I usually take the post as I can drive past the box to drop it in. I don’t mind as its no skin off my nose!

But what happens when you are asked to do something potentially dangerous? What happens if you do something that at the time may seem fine, but you actually end up injured? Well if you are asked to do something that breaches health and safety regulation, you may be entitled to make a claim for personal injury compensation if you are injured as a result.
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The Occupiers Liability Act places an important duty on those in control of a premises to take all reasonable steps to ensure visitors to their premises are not in any danger. Reasonable steps can be all sorts of things – like risk assessments to stamp out tripping hazards, and making sure there is no way something could fall and injure somebody.

Advertising signs and hoardings, widely used in today’s heavily commercialised society, can actually pose quite a danger if health and safety isn’t considered. We have seen circumstances in the past where:
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