Charlotte Rankin
Senior Associate Solicitor, Serious Injury Claims
English
Our expert Personal Injury Solicitors offer clear and straightforward legal advice to people who’ve had an accident in a public place.
These include: Supermarkets, Shops, Parks, Car Parks, Bars, Restaurants or Nightclubs
Our experienced team has helped many people claim high levels of compensation for their injuries.
For a free consultation and legal advice, get in touch with our specialist Personal Injury Solicitors.
Fill in the form below to get in touch with one of our dedicated team members, or call our team today on: 0800 260 5010
We're rated‘Excellent’At Simpson Millar we want to help you. We are proud of our track record and the comments from our clients which is at the end of the day why we do the work we do.
We have some of the leading Personal Injury Solicitors and Litigation Lawyers in the UK, with many of them independently recognised in leading legal directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers UK
We’ll always talk to you using straightforward language, without legal jargon so you’ll always understand what’s going on with your claim.
We can help you get the care and rehabilitation support you may need after your accident
We’ll give you a highly personal service, tailored specifically to your individual case
We’ll keep you up to date regularly and you’ll have a named person you can contact at any time
We want to make the claims process as easy as possible for you. Here is the process in 6 easy steps.
We’ll talk to you about your accident in more detail, find out about your injuries and how they’ve affected you. We’ll tell you if you have a compensation claim and how we can help you.
They will manage your claim. They’ll keep you up to date on your claim, and support you throughout the whole claims process.
We’ll find out who it is and get in touch with their insurance company. We’ll ask them to admit responsibility, also known as liability, for your accident. Most businesses and public bodies have public liability insurance in place to deal with accident claims.
We’ll pull this together and it could include witness statements, independent medical expert evidence and, if possible, photographs of where the accident happened and CCTV footage.
Either completely or partially, we could ask for an interim payment to help pay for any urgent medical treatment, rehabilitation or financial pressures. You won’t need to wait for your claim to be settled to get the support you need.
We’ll push to get you the best amount of compensation. Once your claim is settled, we’ll get the money to you as quickly as possible.
Most accident in a public place claims can be funded through a No Win, No Fee agreement, known as a Conditional Fee Agreement. Please ask us for details.
You have three years from the date of your accident to make a claim. But, we recommend you get specialist legal advice as soon as possible. This often makes it easier to get supporting evidence for your claim, such as witness statements, photos and CCTV footage.
A public place is anywhere that can be accessed by the general public. This includes parks, shops, pavements, roads or restaurants.
There are many different organisations that could be responsible for them. This includes councils, property owners and businesses. All of these organisations must take reasonable steps to make sure they’re safe. For example, local authorities are responsible for the upkeep of roads and pavements. As part of their duty of care, they must regularly inspect them and maintain them so they are in good condition. These duties can help us to understand who is responsible for your accident.
Common accidents in public places include:
It’s not always immediately obvious who is responsible for accidents that happen while you’re out and about. That’s why it’s so important to get specialist legal advice from a Personal Injury Solicitor.
We regularly track down the organisations responsible for injuries to our clients, and we’ll do all we can to help you get the best outcome possible for your compensation claim. Even if you’re partly to blame for your accident, we could still help you claim compensation.
When someone goes about their daily life, the last thing they would think about is being involved in an accident – but sadly, accidents in public places can and do occur. Public liability is the term used to summarise the duty of care in which a company that owns a public space has towards people that use it.
Tracey Richardson tripped over an indent and stone in a car park when returning to her car after work. She fell and landed on her wrist and suffered injuries to her left wrist and left foot.
Our client was visiting a hospital when she fell over on a floor causing her a fracture injury. The hospital had not taken reasonable steps to ensure their cleaning company was carrying out their work correctly, and we secured £25,000 for the client in compensation.
Fill in the form below to get in touch with one of our dedicated team members, or call our team today on: 0800 260 5010
