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Schools, colleges and nurseries have a responsibility to take all reasonable steps to provide a safe environment for children, teachers and other employees, parents and other visitors to the school. They are not expected to prevent every minor mishap that a child experiences as they go through school, but they are required by law to reduce the risk of injury from accidents that reasonably can be foreseen.

What are accidents in school?

Children are vulnerable to accidents on, around or involving school transport, in carparks, drop-off and pick-up zones, or whilst walking, cycling or crossing roads within the school grounds or outside the school gates. Where the accident takes place outside school, the responsibility may lie with another organisation or driver. Drivers are expected to take extra care around schools and be aware of children walking, running or cycling into the road.

School injury claims are not limited to children. Employed adults, such as teachers, parents or other visitors who are injured as a result of dangerous premises and equipment, poor health and safety practises, or negligence of other staff at the school may be entitled to claim compensation.

Children may not recognise hazards or danger. The younger the child, the greater the responsibility on the school to keep them safe. This applies whether they are in class, in the playground, on the sports field or out and about for sports events, after-school clubs or school trips.

Starting your accident in school claim

Where the school, its staff or contractors fail to comply with safety standards and guidelines or their negligence results in serious injury, the injured child or adult may be entitled to claim compensation.

We strongly advise parents of children who have been injured at school to speak to our expert lawyers before accepting any offer of compensation they receive directly from a school or other organisation or their insurers. You risk irrevocably settling your child’s claim for substantially less than the child’s full entitlement to compensation. Claims for children’s injuries should always be handled by experienced solicitors, and their settlements must be approved by the court

Boyes Turner’s personal injury lawyers have over 20 years’ experience of helping injured children and adults rebuild their lives after serious injury, through claims for compensation. Our clients benefit from:

  • free, confidential advice to get started, when considering making a claim;
  • no win no fee (conditional fee agreement) funding for the claim;
  • early, funded immediate needs assessments by experienced case managers;
  • personalised rehabilitation;
  • interim (advance) payments to pay for urgent needs and ease financial hardship;
  • educational support (SEN);
  • help with specialist equipment, care and support;
  • where necessary, adapted accommodation.

We have helped countless families obtain the help they need to ensure that their child’s home environment, education and care meets their needs after an accident results in disability. Client families who have trusted us to help them through these difficult times often tell us that it was our caring, professional and personal support that carried them through.

 

 

Accidents in schools claims frequently asked questions

Who can claim compensation after a school or nursery injury ?

Schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for children to learn and play, and for teachers and other employees to work. They must also take reasonable measures to prevent foreseeable injury to parents and other visitors to the school.

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Who do I claim from in a school injury claim?

Our experienced personal injury claims lawyers investigate each client’s accident and injury thoroughly to ensure that compensation is claimed from the correct defendant(s).

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What types of accidents or negligence leads to school injury compensation claims?

Boyes Turner’s personal injury team specialise in recovering compensation for clients with permanent disability arising from severe injury.

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What types of school injury can lead to compensation claims?

When an accident or injury is caused by the negligence of the school, its staff, contractors or visitors, we help the injured child, adult or family claim compensation for the lifelong impact of severe injury including:

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What compensation can be claimed for school injuries?

Each individual’s compensation claim is calculated carefully to ensure that it reflects the severity of the injury, and that it meets our client’s lifelong needs arising from their disability. A reduced amount of compensation may be paid where the injured person’s own actions partly, but not totally, caused the injury. 

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Support for the child ad their family

We understand the physical, practical, emotional and financial challenges that parents face when their child needs extended hospital treatment followed by changes to homelife, daily activities and school.

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Meet your specialist team

Our specialist Accidents in schools claims team are considered leaders in the field and have a significant amount of expertise.
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Kim Milan

Senior Partner

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Claire Roantree

Partner

Martin Anderson

Martin Anderson

Associate Solicitor

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Beth Hatton

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Roshni Patel

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"Exceptional"

Kim at Boyes Turner was recommended to me after I had received ineffective service from another company. From the outset, Kim has been professional, reassuring and supportive. I have always had faith in her ability to get the best outcome, not only financially, but also in helping my rehabilitation from a traumatic brain injury. She is friendly and empathetic, with unquestionable professional integrity. She was quick to grasp the important issues in my case, was meticulous in her investigating the details and analysing them, realistic in what the outcomes were likely to be and achieved a successful outcome.

I would not hesitate in recommending her and Boyes Turner.

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Almost 5 years ago my sons suffered a life changing brain injury accident. A new life for everyone, so many unknowns so many difficult decisions. I met Claire and the team shortly after the accident. So many questions answered but more than that, amazing lovely people. Claire has been guiding me and the family throughout this ordeal with such compassion, there every time I needed her we couldn’t of asked for a nicer person. I have met many others with in Boyes Turner and all have been genuine lovely people, I’m now working with Ruth and Lindsay from the court of protection. Again, I can't say enough about them amazing lovely people. They truly do won't the best for my son and they did and continue to do so.

Barry Williams

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Claire is exceptionally knowledgeable in the personal injury legal domain, especially in the specific area of my injury. From our very first conversation, she was clear in explaining the potential different routes that the process could take and provided me with expectations of what I could expect along the journey.

She ensured that all bases were covered, organising meetings, discussions and necessary specialist appointments, in order to bring together the case and take it forward. Claire was then able to use her extensive pool of contacts, to appoint an "area leading" barrister, to represent me.

Overall, I was very pleased with appointing Claire and Boyes Turner to act as my solicitor for the legal claim that I pursued. Thank you for all of your support.

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I approached Claire Roantree of Boyes Turner in regards to making a claim about a workplace burns injury. It was something that had scarred me physically and mentally and taken a huge toll on the lives of me and my family. Claire wasted no time in finding out what happened and made sure I was treated by known experts and quickly finding an answer to my burns scarring and how I could be treated to help manage my pain. Claire also helped me by appointing a psychiatrist to understand my situation and help me cope with post traumatic stress disorder. As well as taking as much stress of the claim away, she was thorough in every situation, making sure I had the best possible claim, and handled it all expertly, I am so very grateful to her and her team. They have helped guide my life back into a positive direction and I can't thank her enough!

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Excellent service from Claire and her team at all times. We were kept up to date at each stage of our claim. The outcome was much better than we expected and we would not hesitate to recommend Boyes Turner to family and friends.

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