Occupier’s Liability | Lime Solicitors

How our Occupier's liability specialists can help

Being injured in an accident at a supermarket, nightclub or other non-public location can be serious. We’ve helped many people who have suffered injuries in these environments, and understand the impact these situations can have on people and their families.

Call us free today to see how we can help you understand your options on 0808 164 0808, or request a call back if you’d like one of our no-win, no-fee experts to call you.

Examples of occupier’s liability claims toggle accordion

Slips in supermarkets or nightclubs due to a spillage not being cleaned up;
Injury that is sustained due to someone failing to tidy up or make safe an area of a building;
Trips/falls as a result of badly fitted or damaged flooring;
Being struck by a falling object.

These types of claim are mainly governed by The Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 and/or The Occupiers Liability Act 1984. These laws state that the occupier of a building must make sure that people are kept reasonably (not completely) safe when visiting the premises and, therefore, to succeed in an occupier’s liability compensation claim we must be able to prove that the owner or occupier of the building had not taken these reasonable steps. This can take many forms, some examples of which are:

A failure to have in place a reasonable system of inspection and cleaning;
Ensuring that their employees act in a safe manner whilst in the building;
Keeping the premises in a good state of repair;
Ensuring that there is no build-up of ice, snow or other debris in car parks.

No win, no fee personal injury legal advice

We are usually able to offer no win, no fee agreements (also known as Conditional Fee Arrangements (CFAs)) to our personal injury clients. In ‘no win, no fee’ agreements there are no up-front costs for you and if you don’t win, we don’t get paid.

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What about court fees and expert’s fees? What happens if I lose my case?

In most cases we will arrange ‘After the Event’ (ATE) insurance on your behalf to cover expenses such as court and expert fees and any legal costs awarded against you should you lose your claim. However, if you have a ‘Before the Event’ (BTE) insurance policy included in your home, car or credit card insurance then we will look to use that insurance to cover the legal costs and an ATE policy should not then be needed

What happens when I win my case – who pays the costs?

When we win a claim, some of your legal costs are likely to be paid by those responsible for your injury or illness, and this liability is often covered by an insurance company. Our agreement with you will usually state that a percentage of your compensation, which we will agree with you at the outset, will be paid to us to contribute to the work that we have done for you. We will also charge a success fee for taking the risk of not being paid if the claim isn’t successful. For certainty we will give a guaranteed cap as to the percentage of compensation that we will charge.

Financial support for serious injury patients

Where appropriate, we will seek to secure early payments to help people where they are suffering financial hardship, to fund rehabilitation and to assist with employment issues.

We are also able to arrange trusts to ensure that benefits are protected and offer assistance with any court of protection issues, for those who are unable to manage their own financial affairs following their accident.

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Vicky Blodwell

Partner

Personal Injury

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Other Personal injury claims we can help with

Brain and head injury → Accidents in public places (public liability) → Serious injury → Accidents at work →

Disclaimer

In general you have three years from the date of injury or reasonable knowledge of injury to bring a compensation claim. There are some exceptions to this rule for instance where the matter involves a child in which case the child has three years from the date of their 18th birthday to bring a claim, therefore expiring on the individual’s 21st birthday.

It is important to speak to a legal team as early as possible to avoid any issues with limitation dates.

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