Case studies

• Settlement for elderly woman who tripped on car park drain cover
  We recently secured £13,825 in damages for an elderly client who sustained injury as a result of tripping on a depression where a drain cover was sited in a car park of a private premises.
• Pub customer awarded compensation for injuries caused by fall on icy car park
  Our personal injury team acted on behalf of a young man who sustained injuries as a result of slipping on an untreated icy car park when leaving a public house late one evening.
• Pedestrian hit by falling metal hoarding wins damages
  We recently secured damages for a pedestrian who sustained injury while walking past a building site.
• Serious fall from roof wins damages from both employer and corporate occupier
  Our specialist personal injury lawyers recently concluded a complex claim against two defendants, an employer and occupier, as a result of our client sustaining serious injury following a fall from a roof upon which he was working.
• Damages for security guard who fell down an uncovered manhole
  Our client, a security guard, fell down an uncovered manhole while patrolling his employer’s premises one evening. He suffered upper limb fractures and soft tissue injuries to his whole body from which he made a protracted recovery.
• Student wins compensation from landlord for injuries caused by broken window
  We have recently agreed damages on behalf of a young student resident against his landlord following a significant laceration to his wrist resulting from the unsafe state of a broken window.
• Successful claim against hotel chain
  Our client, a hotel guest, was walking through a North London hotel car park at night when she tripped over a lowered parking bollard which was camouflaged by the paving stones.
• Settlement for elderly woman injured in hotel room
  Our client was an elderly lady who had been holidaying in Devon. On the day of her departure, she emptied her wardrobe and as she did so the wardrobe, which had been placed in an unstable position before her arrival, toppled over.

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