Articles On: Public Liability

Faulty shower causes holidaymaker to slip

Posted: 4 April 2016

A package holidaymaker has been awarded £22,000 after sustaining injuries following a slip in her hotel bathroom.  The claimant broke her arm and tore ligaments after slipping on water leaking…

Improved safety required following third pond death

Posted: 9 November 2015

A teenager from Pembroke is the third person to die in a pond in Pembrokeshire this year. Robert Mansfield had been out with his friends celebrating his 18th birthday when…

12-year-old killed in fatal river swing fall

Posted: 2 October 2015

A 12-year-old boy from Llangollen, Denbighshire has died following a rope swing fall in the Dee Valley. Ethan Rainey had been playing on the rope swing beside the River Dee…

Steward wins £5,500 compensation following pitch invasion

Posted: 30 July 2015

A safety steward has been awarded £5,500 in compensation after seriously damaging his Achilles tendon during a pitch invasion at the Millennium Stadium. 48-year-old Mark Day suffered the injury while…

Inquest into 20-year-old death

Posted: 19 March 2015

In inquest has been opened into the death of a 20-year-old man from Ross-on-Wye. It was heard that Ollie Floyd got trapped underwater in a lake at Newport’s Celtic Manor…

Slips, trips and falls

Have you slipped on an icy pavement or fallen over wiring in a shop? Have you had a similar experience with a different hazard? Did it cause an injury? If…

Swansea council pays out £58k in personal injury claims

Posted: 25 January 2015

In the past three years alone Swansea Council has paid out almost £60,000 to personal injury claimants. A total of seven claimants have suffered severe injuries after falling on the…

Sky swing accident at Cardiff winterwonderland

Posted: 9 December 2014

The sky swing ride at Cardiff’s winterwonderland had to be shut down last week after two of the chairs crashed into each other mid-air. The accident happened last Friday while…

Hepatitis-A outbreak in Cardiff Schools

Posted: 11 October 2014

Three children in Cardiff have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A over the last week, despite having all gone to different schools. Public Health Wales is currently investigating the outbreak with…

Surfer suffers serious brain injury

Posted: 25 September 2014

One of Britain’s top female surfers suffered a life-threatening brain injury in 2008 and continues to battle for compensation.  22-year-old Gwen Spurlock had been testing a new wave simulator at…

Walker falls 20ft due to loose rock

Posted: 20 September 2014

Loose rocks have been recognised by a mountain rescue worker as an increasing problem on Snowdonia’s peaks as yet another walker has fallen as result of them. The man had…

Unsafe path kills snowdon walker

Posted: 31 July 2014

An inquest into the death of a man who after falling 600ft (180m), died on Mount Snowdon earlier this year, has found the unsafe path to be the problem.  A…

Football club admits failures following death

Posted: 26 July 2014

Caersws Football Club has pleaded guilty for the safety failures that led to the death of a 12-year-old boy.  Casey Breese had been playing football with some friends when the…

£800k compensation to schoolchildren

Posted: 18 July 2014

New figures have revealed that in the last five years the local authorities in Wales have paid out more than £800,000 in compensation to injured schoolchildren and legal fees.  Successful…

Football club in court for health and safety breaches

Posted: 1 December 2013

Caersws Football Club is to attend court after a goalpost fell and killed a 12-year-old boy. Nine of the football club’s officials are due to attend the hearing at Mold Crown…

Four airlifted to hospital after boat capsizes

Posted: 21 October 2013

After a boat capsized off the Gwynedd coast over the weekend, its four crewmembers were airlifted to hospital.  The alarm was raised by a member of public who witnessed the…

Snowdonia climber loses leg

Posted: 13 October 2013

A rock climber who had been tackling an area of Snowdonia’s mountain range has had to have his leg amputated after a large rock gave way under him, causing him…

Football club faces charges over death of young boy

Posted: 8 October 2013

Managers of a Powys football club have been accused of breaching health and safety laws after a goalpost fell and killed a 12-year-old boy.  Casey Breese from Powys had been…

Wales sees £800,000 worth of compensation claims for school injuries

Posted: 12 September 2013

Recent figures have revealed that during the last five years, Wales has handed out over £800,000 worth of compensation to the families’ of children that have sustained injuries at school. …

Sports Injury Compensation

Although most of the time playing sport is extremely enjoyable and is good for the health, it sometimes leads to sports injuries. Although such injuries may simply be caused by…

Accidents Abroad Lawyers

If you have been injured in an accident whilst you were abroad, regardless of whether you are away on holiday or on business, then you could be entitled to bring…

Women rescued after cries were heard from Snowdon

Posted: 20 June 2013

A 21-year-old woman is believed to have spent more than 20 hours on a ledge before a café worker heard her cries from the summit of Snowdon.  After slipping at…

Public Place Accidents in Cardiff

How to Claim for a Slip, Trip or Fall in Cardiff Every day a wide range of accidents occur in public places. These range from minor slips on poorly maintained…