Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child Accident Injury pursed by solicitors for compensation against a school or local council falling down a hill.

The injury and child accident example claim would be against the school and or the owners or occupiers of the school in question that caused the child fall down a hill on a  playground for instance.  The falling accident was caused due to steep hill at the school’s playground.  Solicitors would then advice the school in question by way of a letter  of claim setting out the accident particulars, the time of the accident, what happened, if there were any witnesses and set out full details of why the solicitors and the litigation
friend on behalf of the infant child consider the School was to blame for the accident and the injuries sustained both physical and emotional.

The blame particulars that the child solicitors letter of claim would contain would look something like this:

The child’s accident was caused by the negligence of the school their employee or agents in breach of statutory duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957:

• The school caused or permitted the child children in play in the area when the school know or ought to have known that the area by the steep hill was hazardous

• Failing to  alert all children that the area was out of bounds

• Failing to provide suitable warning notices

• Failing to provide railings or banisters for the steps.

• Failing to provide a guard or fence at the said area which

• Failure to cordon off the said area

The above is only a brief outline of the possible blame in negligence on behalf of the child and the child’s parents in respect of a slipping accident at school. school.

Child’s Accident and Injury Claim

The letter of claim would then specify the nature of the child’s injuries such as a ankle sprain injury, fractured or broken are or leg and shock etc.

Settlement of Child Injury Compensation

Once the case is settled and the case in won, the compensation will be payable until the child reaches the age of 18 years which is the age when the law determines that a child can act for himself/herself without the need for a parent or guardian.  Up until the time the child who has been injured on the trampoline reaches 18 years of age the child must always act through a parent or guardian.  If the child needs money for education, welfare or benefit before reaching 18 years, the child’s trampoline injury solicitors will request from the court a payment  out of the compensation fund on account.

The compensation payment to the child following a trampoline accident claim will be invested on the child’s behalf at the Court Funds Office special court bank account which gains interest and is invested on behalf of the child until the child reaches the age of 18 years of age.

It is important once the case has been finalised that the parents and the child keep a note of the court case number and the address of the court.  If the family move address they should also remember to let the court know of the new address so that the court will be able to keep track of the family and remind the child when he or she reaches the age of 18 years that the compensation plus interest will be paid so that the final compensation claim for the injured child victim will finally come to an end.

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Child injury accident solicitor claim against a school or local authority or council due to a slipping accident.

The injury and child accident example claim would be against the school and or the owners or occupiers of the school in question that caused the child to slip.  The slipping  accident could be caused by a water leak or some substance of the floor. Solicitors would then advice the school in question by way of a letter of claim setting out the accident particulars, the time of the accident, what happened, if there were any witnesses and set out full details of why the solicitors and the litigation friend on behalf of the  infant child consider the School was to blame for the accident and the injuries sustained both physical and emotional.

The blame particulars that the child solicitors letter of claim would contain would look something like this:

The child’s accident was caused by the negligence of the school their employee or agents in breach of statutory duty under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957:

• Causing or permitting water leakage or causing it to be left on the floor

• Failing to clean and mop up the water leakage in time or at all to avoid injury to the child or children

• Failing to warn the child or children in the school of the danger presented by the wet floor to avoid injury to the child or children

• Failing to devise or enforce any or any adequate system for the inspection or maintenance of the premises which would have ensured the prevention and or  detection of the  escape of water to avoid injuries to the child or children

The above is only a brief outline of the possible blame in negligence on behalf of the child and the child’s parents in respect of a slipping accident at school.

Child’s Injury

The letter of  claim would then specify the nature of the child’s injuries such as a ankle sprain injury, fractured or broken are or leg and shock etc.

Settlement of Child Injury Compensation

Once the case is settled and the case in won, the compensation will be payable until the child reaches the age of 18 years which is the age when the law determines that a child can act for himself/herself without the need for a parent or guardian.  Up until the time the child who has been injured on the trampoline reaches 18 years of age the child must always act through a parent or guardian.  If the child needs money for education, welfare or benefit before reaching 18 years, the child’s trampoline injury solicitors will request from the court a payment  out of the compensation fund on account.

The compensation payment to the child following a trampoline accident claim will be invested on the child’s behalf at the Court Funds Office special court bank account which gains interest and is invested on behalf of the child until the child reaches the age of 18 years of age.

It is important once the case has been finalised that the parents and the child keep a note of the court case number and the address of the court.  If the family move address they should also remember to let the court know of the new address so that the court will be able to keep track of the family and remind the child when he or she reaches the age of 18 years that the compensation plus interest will be paid so that the final compensation claim for the injured child victim will finally come to an end.

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Child accident and injury solicitors