Slips, trips, or falls happen every day. But if you’ve sustained an injury following a slip, trip, or fall because of someone’s negligence, you might be able to claim. Our solicitors have helped thousands of people to get the compensation they deserve.
Our team will take time to understand what’s happened to you and advise you whether you can make a claim. Contact us to start your claim.
We can also help you if you’ve had a slip, trip, or fall at work. Our specialist accident at work team will be available to manage your claim.
How serious does the fall need to be for me to make a claim?
Although a slip or a trip might seem like a minor incident, it shouldn’t be taken lightly. Injuries caused by falling over can be serious if they last for a few weeks or more. Examples might include:
- Sprained wrist or ankle
- Torn ligaments
- Broken bones
- Pulled muscles.
Even mild injuries can have a serious effect on your day-to-day life. You might have to take time off work to recover or get extra support to help you with everyday things. It can be debilitating, costly, and time-consuming.
Why choose Irwin Mitchell to handle your slip, trip, and fall claim?
Our lawyers are experts in claims involving slips, trips, and falls. We handle hundreds of cases every year and know exactly what it takes to get you the compensation you deserve.
We’ll always talk to you in plain English and avoid using legal jargon. We do this to make sure you’re always making fully informed decisions at each step of your claim.
Our team of personal injury specialists have secured more than £1.5 billion in compensation for clients in recent years. This puts us far ahead of any other law firm in the UK. This compensation has then been used by clients to get the right support and rehabilitation to aid their recovery.
We’ve a group of trained medical experts in our Support and Rehabilitation team that can help you access the support you could benefit from. This could be physical, emotional, or financial support - all of which will be local to you.
When you receive your compensation, you might have questions about making sure the money is there when you need it. Our Asset Management team are financial experts who can offer tailored advice on managing and investing your money.
Whenever you need to meet with any of our experts, we’ll work in a way that’s best for you. This could be coming to one of our UK offices or us coming to you at an appropriate location. We can also arrange phone or video calls if you’d prefer this.
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Slips, trips, and falls - More Information
The compensation you’ll receive can be used for several things, and everyone will use it differently, depending on their needs.
Often, compensation will be used for:
- Your pain and suffering
- Rehabilitative therapy and support
- Counselling support
- Loss of earnings
- Expenses (such as travel costs to hospital or therapy appointments).
When you first contact us, we’ll organise a free initial consultation where we’ll learn more about your slip, trip, or fall. We’ll be able to tell you at this point whether you can make a claim and if we think you’re suitable for a no win no fee agreement.
If you decide to use our services, we’ll start by gathering evidence to build your case. The evidence we can gather varies from case to case but can include:
- Medical reports
- Witness statements
- CCTV (if applicable).
We might also use an independent medical expert to examine your injuries and advise us on how they’ll impact your life in the future. Their opinion can be key to your claim being successful.
Once we’ve gathered all the evidence, we’ll take your claim to those responsible. If they accept fault and agree with the compensation amount, we’ll work to get you interim payments. These can help cover any medical expenses and loss of earnings but will be taken from your final amount.
If they don't accept fault, or disagree with our compensation figure, we can take your claim to court. We’ll always try to avoid going to court to avoid any added stress to you, however, we’ll be with you every step of the way.
Claims can still be settled even when a court date is set. Throughout your claim, we’ll always work under your instruction, offering our expert advice.
You’ve three years from the date of the accident to make a claim.
There are some exceptions to this, these are:
- Claiming on behalf of a child – you’ve until their 18th birthday party to claim for them. They have until they are 21 to start their claim.
- Claiming on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity – there are no limits in these circumstances.
Please don’t hesitate to ask any time-limit questions you have when you meet with our specialists.
Most of the slip, trip, and fall claims we handle are on a no win no fee basis. Once we know more about your claim, we’ll know if you’re suitable for a no win no fee agreement.
Sometimes there can be other, more suitable funding options available to you through things like your home insurance. We’ll go into more detail about funding options when we’ve discussed your slip, trip, or fall.
There’s no set amount of compensation for an injury caused by a slip, trip or fall. The reason for this is that it depends on how the injury has impacted your life.
Two people can have an identical injury but be affected differently. For example, a person who has a job involving manual work may not be able to return to work as quickly as an office worker.
Our lawyers have years of experience and will help you claim the maximum compensation available for your injuries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who’s responsible for slips and trips?
Publicly maintained spaces and buildings with public access must be safe for anyone using them. Councils, local authorities, and building owners all have a duty of care to the public.
If you’ve been injured because the proper safety precautions weren’t in place or surfaces weren’t properly maintained, you could be able to claim compensation.
Common examples of negligence include:
- Loose pavement slabs or uneven surfaces
- No guardrails or markings to prevent falls from elevated surfaces
- Poor use of warning signs such as wet surfaces
- Not following applicable health and safety laws
- Slippery surfaces are insufficiently gritted in icy conditions.
It can be easy to think a trip or fall is your fault, but you shouldn’t assume that you’re to blame, as that may not be the case. Our personal injury lawyers have helped secure compensation for thousands of people whose accident was due to someone else’s negligence.
Who can I make a claim against?
If your injury is the result of someone else’s negligence, we could help you make a claim. We could help you make a claim against:
- Building owners (where the building has public access)
- Councils
- Local authorities
- Other persons or organisations responsible for public pathways.
Related Information - Slips, Trips and Falls Claims
All Scottish cases will be handled by the Scottish law firm with which we are associated, Irwin Mitchell Scotland LLP. The law relating to funding is different in Scotland and you will receive separate advice about what that means as well as a separate funding agreement.
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