If you have suffered an injury from slipping, tripping or falling in a public space such as a shop, an office or even walking down the street, you can claim compensation if the accident was not your fault. You have the right to expect that any public place you enter or even any private building or home is safe from slippery surfaces and things that you can trip over such as wires, raised paving stones or damaged carpet.

Mendell Solicitors are experienced at winning public liability compensation claims for slip, trip and fall accidents.

Common causes of slip, trip and fall accidents are defects on the ground such as broken paving slabs, uneven ground or something protruding from the pavement. Usually slipping and falling accidents on a public road or footpath will be the responsibility of the local Council.

You can also make a public liability claim if you are in a supermarket, a restaurant or a shop and you slip and fall on a wet surface or receive injuries from tripping over an obstruction. However, you must be able to prove that the proprietor was aware of the problem and did not take the appropriate steps to fix it.

As with any personal injury compensation claim, you must prove that another party was at least partly responsible for your slip and trip accident. If you can, you should take photos of the ground where you slipped or the object which caused you to trip. You will also need to prove that somebody was aware of the hazard and that no steps were taken to warn people to be careful or to correct the problem.

You can recover damages for your injury, pain and suffering together with any other losses, such as prescription charges, medical treatment, loss of earnings and any other expense incurred as a result of the slipping accident and your injury. Typically, you may have been off work as a result of your injury or been unable to go on a holiday that you had planned or you may have had to pay for prescription charges or painkilling medication out of your own pocket. Your solicitor will recover all of these losses for you.

If you've had a slip, trip or fall accident within the last 3 years, please contact Mendell Solicitors on 0844 800 2427 for a free consultation and expert legal advice.