Slips Trips Falls
NoWinNoFee.com is a claims management company that helps people claim compensation for an accident or injury that wasn't their fault
With no win no fee agreements (also known as a Conditional Fee Arrangements, or CFAs), there are no upfront legal fees, which means anyone who has been involved in an accident that wasn’t their fault can gain access to justice without any financial risk. Your solicitor only gets a fee if your claim is successful. If your claim isn't successful, you won’t pay your solicitor any legal fees.
If your case is successful, typically you will pay 25% (including VAT) of your compensation to your solicitor, although they will discuss any fees before starting your case. To ensure your claim is risk free, your solicitor may take out an insurance policy on your behalf. If you terminate the agreement, you may have to pay fees for the time already spent on your claim, or due to: lack of cooperation, misleading your solicitor, missing medical or expert examinations, or not attending court hearings.
There are some instances where you are not required to use the services of a claims management company, and are able to claim yourself, for free, directly via the relevant ombudsman/compensation scheme. These include:
- Criminal injuries: The Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (England, Wales, and Scotland) or the Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme (Northern Ireland)
- Minor road accidents: The Official Injury Claim Portal
- Accidents involving uninsured drivers: The Motor Insurers' Bureau
Slips, Trips & Falls Compensation
Falling and landing awkwardly can result in problems such as broken bones, severe bruising and permanent injury. Indeed, slipping and banging your head could be every bit as dangerous and traumatic as being involved in a road traffic accident.
If the fall was caused by the negligence of another – be it a company, individual or town council – then you have every right to pursue compensation for your injuries.
Call now on 0800 234 6438
I’ve been injured after tripping in a public place. Can I claim?
The public place in question could be anywhere from a train station or supermarket to a shopping centre or airport. It may be that you slipped on a wet floor which hadn’t been sufficiently signed, some litter which ought to have been cleaned away or a patch of oil from a leaking machine. No matter what the specific circumstances, if the people responsible for the space have not taken reasonable steps to make it safe then they are to blame for your fall and thus any injuries sustained.
Can I claim for a fall at work?
Many people hesitate when it comes to making a claim against their employer and, in some ways, this can seem understandable. The days of having to put up with unsafe working conditions, however, are long gone. The very least any employee can expect is a safe working environment and, if this hasn’t been provided, then it’s only fair that you should seek compensation.
It is against the law for your employer to penalise you in any way for such a claim, and any compensation awarded will be covered by insurance and not be taken from your boss’s pocket. If you fall and hurt yourself at work and it wasn’t your fault, seeking redress in the form of compensation is only just and proper.
Who is responsible if I’ve slipped on any icy pavement?
It is the legal duty of your local authority to keep the roads and pavements safe at all times. In winter, this can often involve ensuring that they are free from ice and snow. If they have had sufficient time to clear such ice but have failed to do so, they are failing in this duty. If you then slip on the ice, thus injuring yourself, you have every right to ask a personal injury lawyer to put together a case for compensation.
Will I be able to make a no win, no fee claim?
Virtually all of the cases injury solicitors pursue are taken on a no win no fee basis. Put simply, this means that you usually don’t have to pay anything up front to engage their services. If you should be unlucky enough to lose your case then any fees owed will still be covered by insurance, meaning that there is little risk of you being out of pocket. The main advantage of such a system is that it means cases can be pursued purely on the basis of fairness without having to weigh up any financial risk.
If you feel you’ve been injured in a slip or fall which wasn’t your fault then simply fill out the short form at the top of this page or call free on 0800 234 6438 and, if you have a good claim, a personal injury expert will pursue it using every ounce of their know-how and experience.
