Graduate Solicitor Apprentice
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates workplace health and safety in Britain. Its aim is to prevent work-related injury, fatal accidents and ill health. But, the latest statistics show that it is still a common occurrence for slips, trips and falls at work.
Workplace accidents are more common than you would think. According to The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 565,000 working people sustained an injury at work during 2021/2022.
Our client was visiting her mother at a hospital in Bolton when she slipped on a wet floor, causing her to sustain a fracture. Because it had been raining outside, she had used the doormat to dry her feet and had not walked excessively quickly down the corridor however, this was not enough to prevent her fall Along with this, she claimed that there were no wet floor warning signs present. After her fall, it was found that the floor was indeed wet, but the cause of the water could not be identified. Luckily for our client, her accident was caught on CCTV.
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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.
Jacqueline Wilde tripped on an uneven pavement outside a Co-op store and fell flat on to the floor. She hit her head and suffered multiple injuries, including lacerations to her face above the eye and concussion.
The family of a teenage girl who was hospitalised with horrific head injuries following an incident at a Manchester fairground last year have issued an appeal for witnesses to come forward with information about what happened.
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Amy is a Graduate Solicitor Apprentice within our Personal injury department, based in our Manchester office.
She helps clients who have sustained injuries resulting from accidents at work and accidents in public places to recover compensation for the injuries they have sustained.
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