School Accident Claim

When your child leaves your side and enters the school grounds, responsibility for their well being shifts over from you to the school. Your child’s school has a level of care that must be upheld to keep your child safe and to avoid them falling victim to an accident. The younger the child, the higher the level of care.

Children have an inquisitive nature and fear little for what is around each new corner, however they have a much lower pain threshold than an adult; an accident at school could not only harm your child but also affect their general happiness. Every child will fall and injury themselves at some point in their childhood but injury due to someone else’s negligence can be avoided.

The most common accidents that occur on the school premises involve:

• Using playground equipment – the equipment installed in the playground of a school must take into account the age of the children that will be using it. Imagine a child is using a climbing frame and falls, breaking their arm, the school can argue that the child should know how to use the equipment properly, meaning it is unavoidable danger. However a climbing frame shouldn’t be too high and should have a surface underneath it to break a child’s fall, such as a rubber surface.

• Slips/trips on school premises – if your child falls due to a hole in the ground or a floor is wet/slippery the school becomes liable as they haven’t taken the right steps to ensure the child is safe.

• Accidents on a playing field – schools have to take proper precautions to keep playing fields safe and free from danger. If a child is cut by glass whilst playing a sport as part of the school team the school is again liable as the field should have been checked via the game.

Compensation claims involving injury to children whilst at school require detailed analysis and investigation, meaning you need expert advice, well look no further than Accident Consult.

With many years of experience in all types of no win no fee personal injury claims, including accidents involving children at school; Accident Consult can help you win the compensation you are entitled to.

Get in touch with one of our advisors today for more information about claiming on a no win no fee basis.

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