If you are the victim of injury resulting from negligence in a public space you may be entitled to compensation if there is a person who has a duty of care to maintain a safe environment where you were injured and if there is demonstrable evidence that they were negligent in the performance of their duty of care. Award of compensation is only possible if there is sufficient evidence that both a duty of care exists at the site where an injury occurred and that the person with the duty of care was negligent. The value of compensation awarded will depend on the evidence that the injury cost the victim financially. It follows that gathering evidence for public liability claims is extremely important.
Types of Evidence in Public Liability Claims
After your injury, you should take every possible step to document the circumstances surrounding the incident, regardless of if you are aware of the presence of a duty of care and negligence at the site where you were injured. Photographs of the exact site where the injury occurred, including evidence of detritus or environmental features that caused the accident must be collected. Eyewitness testimony should also be collected – a voice recording on your phone will suffice, just be sure to get the name and contact number of the person who saw the injury take place so that a written statement can be obtained later. In the aftermath of the accident, medical bills, travel expenses to medical clinics, any accommodation expenses accrued during treatment, any counselling fees required to address trauma you experienced and, indeed, any fees related to treating the injury at all must be documented in preparation for your claim.
Proving Negligence of a Duty of Care Caused Your Injury
If there was a person responsible for maintaining health and safety measures at the site where you sustained your injury, your personal injury lawyer will make sure that it is documented in the lead-up to your claim. Your personal injury lawyer will also ensure that any evidence of neglect of a duty of care, for example, forgetting to put out a ‘slippery floor’ sign, lack of maintenance of loose structural fittings or failing to leash an animal is documented. This will prove your case to be legitimate and all that follows is for the Judge to decide how much compensation to award based on your expenses after the accident.
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If you have been injured due to negligence, get in touch with Tony Love Lawyers. You must contact us within three years of notification of the injury. We are a team of lawyers you can trust, with over 25 years of experience in injury litigation.