TRIP ACCIDENT CLAIMS

A trip accident is an accident that has occurred whilst walking on the public highway (pavement) if you have tripped over a raised flagstone, or a defect on the pavement and suffered a slip injury as a result of it, you may be able to make a claim against the local council, the council have a duty of care to the general public, any defects on the pavements are the responsibility of the local council, and it is the local council who are responsible for the repairs, in any event if you have been involved in trip related accident the first step to making a successful claim is to contact Hamilton Douglas Legal, we offer a free initial consultation and using our Personal injury calculator we can give you an approximate valuation on your claim.

After speaking to one of our  friendly trip slip accident injury claims specialists, we will put you through to one of our expert solicitors, they will discuss the claim further with you and will answer any questions you may have, the No Win No fee agreement will be explained to you in simple terms and your claim will then be set up. Your solicitor will then make contact with the at fault insurance company and initiate the claim. The solicitor will keep you updated throughout the claim process, until the claim has been settled, and you are satisfied with the outcome. This is all free.

SLIP ACCIDENT CLAIMS

A slip accident is an accident that occurs on a slippery surface, this could be at work or  a public place such as a supermarket, hospital or shopping centre. A slippery floor that has been cleaned should always have an appropriate wet floor signs. A company may be held liable if the slippage is not cleaned up in an appropriate amount of time and/or they have failed to warn the public that the floor is wet by way of displaying a wet floor sign.