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| COMMERCIAL PROPERTY  RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING DEFENCE ADVOCACY FAMILY & CHILD CARE PERSONAL INJURY WILLS & PROBATE CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE DRIFFIELD OFFICE 
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Types of Claims The most common types of claim are as follows, but should you be in any doubt regarding the nature of your claim, then please do not hesitate to call us for a free without obligation assessment or Talk to us Now. 6. Clinical/medical negligence 10. Fatal Accidents 11. Overseas/holiday accidents If you have been injured in a road traffic accident, whether you were a driver, a passenger, a cyclist/motorcyclist or a pedestrian and the accident was entirely or partly the fault of another person, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, together with other financial losses. By Law employers must provide employees with a safe environment in which to work, ensuring that all staff are adequately trained and are fully aware of and can deal with any possible hazards or dangers in the workplace. Failure to do so will leave the employer liable to compensate any employee who suffers an injury in the workplace. If you have suffered injury as a result of a slip, a trip or a fall whilst you are visiting premises such as shops, offices, factories or pubs and clubs, then you may be entitled to claim compensation against the “occupier” of these premises, who has a duty to ensure your safety and is responsible for any accidents caused by their negligence. Likewise your employer has a duty to ensure that the workplace floor is kept free from slipping and tripping hazards and the local authority also has statutory obligations to maintain and repair public highways e.g. pavements and roads. In many cases if an animal has injured you, the owner or keeper of that animal may be held responsible and you may be able to claim compensation from them. If you are injured whilst using a defective product, you may be entitle to compensation from the supplier or manufacturer of the product. A claim might arise for example from defective appliances or equipment, a child playing with a defective toy, injuries to the hair or scalp suffered in a hairdressers or faulty drugs and medicines. Clinical negligence can have a devastating effect on the lives of patients and their families. Cases can range from relatively straightforward injuries to those of the utmost severity and can include mis-diagnosis, substandard surgery (including cosmetic surgery), prescribing/dispensing errors and dentistry. For further information contact Clinical Negligence.
Compensation awards are made available via a Government funded scheme operated by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. To qualify for an award, you must have suffered an injury arising from a crime of violence. You must have reported the incident promptly to the Police. Awards may be reduced or refused if you are not the innocent victim or if you have a criminal record. The general position is that applications must be submitted to the CICA within 2 years of the incident. Industrial disease and illnesses can be caused by the conditions in a particular working environment such as fumes and dust, exposure to asbestos or exposure to high levels of noise. Ailments can include asbestos related diseases, breathing and respiratory problems, industrial deafness, skin conditions and work related upper limb disorders. Compensation may be paid where it can be proved that employers have exposed workers to conditions that have caused or contributed to their ill health. Participants of organised sports have a duty to act with reasonable care to other participants, as do those who organise and supervise such activities. If you have been injured because of another participants simple error of judgment or lack of skill, then this is unlikely to be considered negligent. However, you may be entitled to compensation if you have been injured deliberately by another participant, or were inadequately instructed or supervised. You may also be entitled to compensation if the facilities were unsafe or if the sports equipment provided by the organisation was defective. At Williamsons fatal accident claims are dealt with with the utmost compassion and sensitivity and we fully appreciate that claiming compensation may not be the first thought in the minds of people who have lost a loved one as a result of an accident. However we are able to give full advice and representation in such matters, as certain dependents may have a claim for financial losses and a surviving spouse or other family member may also have a claim for “bereavement damages”. Accidents that occur abroad can be very complex and often involve an array of difficulties such as language barriers, foreign legal systems and the difficulty of proving what happened. However, if you have been injured whilst on holiday, it may be that you can pursue your claim against the UK tour operator, should you have booked a package holiday.
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