If you or someone you know has suffered an individual injury as a direct result of a faulty pavement or pot hole in the walkway or road, then you must seek legal advice as you may be entitled to claim compensation for the wounds you have sustained.
One of the most typical causes of tripping claims is either due to raised paving slabs or cobblestones in the city centres, housing estates, college or maybe in local parks maintained by the local council or authority.
If you have been unfortunate and this has happened to you and you wish to pursue a claim for personal injury you must take clear footage demonstrating the measurement of the depth or height of the defect.
For the defect to be presumed dangerous the depth or height of the defect must be at least an in., if you don't have a ruler to hand then a 50 pence piece is about an inch so place this next to the defect and take a picture and date the image on the back.
It would also be beneficial if you could build whether there had been any other similar accidents in the area and how long the area had been in a bad state of decay prior to your accident.
Pursing a claim for personal injury following a fall against the local council can be quite hard and so you will need as much evidence as feasible to prove their laxity so if you can provide details of any witnesses to the event this is going to help and support your statement of events.
To substantiate any injury you sustain you have to have medical evidence to support any injury claim you may need to make Therefore please seek medical guidance as soon as possible after the event and counsel them as to how and where you sustained the injury.
To be successful in a claim against the local council or roads agency your solicitor must be in a position to prove they were culpable for failing to maintain or repair the public path and/or road, and so will request sight of their upkeep records.
If you've been injured in as a result of a trip or fall and feel you have entitlement to make a claim for injury you need to obtain information as quickly as possible as all legal claims are subject to time constraints.
One of the most typical causes of tripping claims is either due to raised paving slabs or cobblestones in the city centres, housing estates, college or maybe in local parks maintained by the local council or authority.
If you have been unfortunate and this has happened to you and you wish to pursue a claim for personal injury you must take clear footage demonstrating the measurement of the depth or height of the defect.
For the defect to be presumed dangerous the depth or height of the defect must be at least an in., if you don't have a ruler to hand then a 50 pence piece is about an inch so place this next to the defect and take a picture and date the image on the back.
It would also be beneficial if you could build whether there had been any other similar accidents in the area and how long the area had been in a bad state of decay prior to your accident.
Pursing a claim for personal injury following a fall against the local council can be quite hard and so you will need as much evidence as feasible to prove their laxity so if you can provide details of any witnesses to the event this is going to help and support your statement of events.
To substantiate any injury you sustain you have to have medical evidence to support any injury claim you may need to make Therefore please seek medical guidance as soon as possible after the event and counsel them as to how and where you sustained the injury.
To be successful in a claim against the local council or roads agency your solicitor must be in a position to prove they were culpable for failing to maintain or repair the public path and/or road, and so will request sight of their upkeep records.
If you've been injured in as a result of a trip or fall and feel you have entitlement to make a claim for injury you need to obtain information as quickly as possible as all legal claims are subject to time constraints.
About the Author:
Mark Duffy is the founder of PICA a injuryclaims managing company that is a specialist in road tripping claims.
