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Sports and physical activity should increase fitness and mental health, whilst allowing for some personal challenge. Players accept that accidents can happen and that there is always a risk of sprains, knocks, and bumps from physical exertion or competitive sport.
Where the sport or activity is run by a school, club, employer or commercial organisation, players, participants, and spectators are entitled to expect that all reasonable steps have been taken to reduce the risk of serious injury to both adults and children. If the event organiser or owner of the sports or leisure facility fails to provide a safe sports or leisure environment, and this leads to severe injury, the injured person may be entitled to compensation.
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It costs nothing to talk to us to find out about making a sports or leisure injury claim for yourself or a member of your family. You can contact us by telephone or by email for free, confidential advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor. In serious injury cases, we often visit our clients in the hospital or at their home if they are unable to get to our offices.
We will ask you to tell us briefly about the accident and injury. We will advise you about any time limits that may apply and whether we can help you make a claim. Your solicitor will discuss with you how your claim will be funded and advise, fully and clearly, how that works and what it will mean for you. We offer a range of funding options, but most of our clients’ claims are handled on a ‘no win no fee’ basis.
We will put your claim to the defendant individual or organisation whose negligence caused your injury, and we will handle all communication on your behalf. The defendant’s insurers will usually handle the claim on the defendant’s behalf and will be responsible for paying any compensation. Once we are in contact with the defendant’s insurers, we can begin to secure the necessary rehabilitation and specialist support to meet the injured person’s immediate needs whilst we proceed with the claim.
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Our personal injury solicitors secured a £550,000 settlement for a man who suffered a proximal tibial plateau fracture (above/into the knee) and developed complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) when he slipped in some vomit which had been left on a pub floor.
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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.
Kim handled my personal injury claim after a car accident with immeasurable expertise and compassion. Boyes Turner arranged every part of my private rehabilitation, which greatly improved the speed and quality of my recovery. Each stage of the litigation process was dealt with efficiently and succinctly. This was then always explained without using unclear legal jargon. On both health and financial levels, I would be in a far worse position without Kim’s invaluable input. I cannot recommend this firm enough.
Kim and team at Boyes Turner were a patient and stabilising force though a multi-year case. This case was littered with trauma and upset from the beginning, and exacerbated by mis truths and rewriting of the demonstrable facts from the opposition. Kim guided me carefully through the process and helped to neutralise the negativity coming from the opposition throughout.
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!
The last 6 years since my incident have been so difficult for my mental health and general life When I chose Boyes Turner, I was expecting just a solicitor to take my case forward. What in fact I actually got is a solicitor who genuinely cared about what had happened to me and wanted to help me get justice. Without their support I would have probably given in and accepted what happened. I am so glad that I didn’t, now it’s over I am now feeling empowered knowing it wasn’t my fault. They have given me hope for the future. It is more than a job for Claire, she is caring and kind, and wants the best for clients. Thank you.
If the provider or organiser of a sports, leisure, or entertainment facility or event fails to provide a safe environment and their negligence results in an accident or severe injury, the injured person may be able to claim compensation.
Severe sports-related injuries can have a devastating impact on every aspect of the injured person’s life, affecting their ability to get around, or to work, look after themselves and their children, or participate in sports and social activities. Major trauma, such as head injury or spinal cord injury, from a dangerous rugby tackle or fall from a height, can cause permanent disability which leaves the injured person dependent on others for care and help with everyday activities.
If you have been injured in a sports or leisure accident which was caused by negligence, our specialist personal injury solicitors can provide practical advice and support, and help you access rehabilitation whilst we work on your claim to ensure that you receive the help that you need straight away.
Safety failures during any organised sporting and leisure activities or at public or commercial facilities can result in accidents which cause serious injury. Sport and leisure compensation claims for serious injury often arise from accidents involving:
Sport and leisure injury claims often involve failures in one or more of the following areas:
Our personal injury claims solicitors are experts at securing funded rehabilitation and compensation for clients who have suffered severe injury and disability from:
We help bereaved, dependent family members claim compensation after an accident causes the death of a parent or partner. We also recover compensation and rehabilitation for secondary victims who have suffered PTSD as a result of witnessing the traumatic death or injury of a loved one. We are also experienced in acting for multiple claimants, such as groups or families who were injured in the same accident. Each client or family’s claim is handled by an experienced solicitor with compassion and sensitivity.
Injuries from sporting accidents, leisure activities or corporate events can be caused by safety failures by more than one person or organisation. It is important that compensation claims for these injuries are directed towards the correct defendant for the injured person to succeed with their claim.
Where the injury was caused by the negligence of an individual employee (e.g. a sports teacher or a lifeguard) or by a representative or agent (e.g. in the travel or holiday industry), the individual’s employer or another organisation may be responsible for the employee or agent’s mistakes and the claim will be handled on their behalf by their insurers. If the injury was caused by defective or poorly maintained equipment, there may be multiple potential defendants, including those responsible for supplying, checking, repairing or maintaining the equipment.
Sports injury claims and leisure activity injury claims are often made against:
Depending on the circumstances of the accident, a severely injured person may still be able to claim substantial compensation for their injuries, if the accident was someone else’s fault, but they were also partly to blame for the extent of their injury.
Find out more about claims involving contributory negligence or talk to an experienced solicitor, free and confidentially, by contacting our team.
Sports and leisure accidents can lead to a wide range of injuries, including severe disability, which affects every aspect of the injured person’s life. We work closely with our clients and our experts to ensure that their claim includes full compensation for their injury, which will also cover their financial losses and meet their needs arising from their disability throughout their lives.
Claims for severe injury in sports and leisure accidents can include compensation for:
Where the accident resulted in fatal injury, the deceased’s partner, dependents, and estate may be able to claim compensation for the loss to the family of the deceased’s income or ‘services’, such as childcare, housework or DIY, as well as funeral costs and expenses arising from the deceased’s death, and a statutory bereavement award.
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