In January 2010, a Leicester City Council worker slipped and injured his neck, back, arms and wrist whilst displaying health and safety notices for the public, warning of snow and ice. He pursued a claim and it is said that the authority has set £70,000 aside to compensate the unnamed park warden for an accident that could (and should) have been prevented. As a precautionary result, the council has ordered ...

Accidents in a public place can happen to anyone and if someone else is to blame you have a right to seek compensation. Wherever you have suffered a personal injury because of another person’s negligence or irresponsible or illegal behaviour you might be able to make a claim. Just because you were in a public place does not mean that someone or a company did not have a duty of care towards you. This means t ...

Making a claim for a slip, trip or fall may seem a bit frivolous, but the bottom line is if you have been hurt in an accident that was not your fault you are right to seek compensation. Slips, trips and falls can happen anywhere – in the home, at work, in a public place, while out shopping and so on. You can only consider making a claim if the incident was a result of someone else’s negligence or irresponsi ...