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Council Accident Compensation Claims

Councils are responsible for providing an extensive array of services related to the upkeep and maintenance of all public spaces and properties, from roads and parks to schools and leisure centres. According to the law, councils and local authorities have a duty of care to ensure that these publicly owned areas are properly maintained and safe to use. If they fail to meet this duty of care, and you are injured as a result of their negligence, it could be grounds for a council accident compensation claim.

Services That Councils Are Responsible For

Essentially, councils are responsible for maintaining all spaces that are considered public property. This includes:

  • Roads and highways;
  • Public pathways and pavements;
  • Public transport;
  • Schools;
  • Public parks;
  • Sports and leisure facilities;
  • Social care;
  • Waste disposal.

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    What Could You Make A Council Accident Compensation Claim For?

    When you consider the range of services councils cover, it’s not surprising that there are several different types of accidents that can be attributed to council negligence for which you could make a council accident claim for compensation. Some of the most common of these might include but are not limited to:

    • Slip and trip accidents caused by loose paving slabs, damaged curbs or cracked surfaces on pavements or pathways;
    • Road accidents as a result of unfilled potholes and badly maintained highways;
    • Slip and trip accidents caused by loose debris or fallen trees on pavements or pathways;
    • Slip and trip accidents due to icy pathways;
    • Public transportation accidents caused by poor maintenance of buses, trains or ferries;
    • Road accidents caused by broken streetlights or incorrect road signs;
    • Public playground injuries caused by a faulty or broken playground equipment;
    • Slip and trip accident due to loose carpeting, broken bannisters or debris-filled pathways in a council owned house or property;
    • Burns or electrical shocks due to faulty electrical appliances or electric cookers in a council owned house;
    • Water-borne illnesses brought on by contaminated water in a council swimming pool;
    • Any type of accident in a public school that can be attributed to poor maintenance and failure to put up hazard signposts to warm students and visitors to the premises.

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      Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

      Who will pay the compensation?

      It is very rare for the employer concerned to actually shoulder the payment of industrial disease compensation. In the vast majority of cases compensation comes from your employer's "Employers Liability Insurance". It is a legal requirement for all UK employers to have a policy of this type.

      Furthermore, in the event that you are still employed by the defendant there are a number of legal safeguards in place to protect you from unfair dismissal or discrimination made on the basis of your claim.

      Can I claim compensation following work in Scotland, if I now live outside of Scotland?

      Yes. Many of our claimants now live abroad in locations such as France, South Africa and Australia. If you worked in Scotland before you moved overseas, you can bring a claim for compensation in the usual way.

      If a family member has died as a result of an industrial disease, can we make a claim?

      It is possible to claim compensation on behalf of a deceased family member. However, the claim must be brought within three years of the date of death. Similarly, if the claimant dies during the course of the case, the family can continue with the claim on his or her behalf.

      However, if your family member has an industrial disease and later dies from an unrelated incident, you would have three years to claim in respect of the work related illness from the date they knew or ought to have known they were suffering from the condition, not from the date of the unrelated death.

      What are the time limits for industrial disease claims?

      You can make a claim up to three years from the date the you knew or ought to have known that you were suffering from a work-related illness, or three years from the date of last exposure to any substance or process which has caused the condition (whichever is the later date).

      Given that many industrial diseases take a long time to develop, it may be that you need to make a claim decades after the firm responsible for your illness has ceased to trade. But, as long as it is within three years of diagnosis of an industrial disease, it may still be possible to claim compensation when retired or no longer work for the former employer responsible for causing your illness.

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