How To Make An Accident At School Claim?
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If you or your child was harmed on school grounds, you may be eligible to start an accident at school claim with the help of our excellent solicitors.
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If you or your child was harmed on school grounds, you may be eligible to start an accident at school claim with the help of our excellent solicitors.
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We place a great deal of trust in schools to ensure that those who attend are safe and well cared for. Therefore, if you or your child was harmed or injured at school, as they are failing to follow safety protection laws, you may wonder if you can start an accident at school claim. To your benefit, this may be possible with the support of our excellent solicitors at No Win No Fee Solicitors Co.
Key Takeaways
- Schools are educational institutions attended by students, staff, and visitors, including parents, caregivers, contractors, and social workers.
- Students, employees and visitors of schools may start an accident at school claim if they can prove the school was responsible for their injuries.
- If a child was injured at school, a parent or carer may act as a litigation friend and claim compensation on their behalf.
- Our excellent personal injury solicitors may help you start an accident at school claim on a No Win No Fee basis.
If you would like to start an accident at school claim today, please contact our advisors by:
- Visiting our ‘contact us’ page
- Calling them on 0333 091 8598
- Messaging them on our live chat
How Can A No Win No Fee Solicitor Help My School Accident Claim?
A No Win No Fee solicitor can help with your school accident claim by guiding you through the claiming process, offering support and their services on a No Win No Fee basis.
At No Win No Fee Solicitors Co, we recognise that you may never have been through legal proceedings before. Therefore, if you would like to start an accident at school claim, you may benefit from seeking the legal support of our experienced solicitors.
They understand that you may be worried about the financial implications of seeking legal representation. Therefore, to alleviate some of your concerns, they offer their services on a No Win No Fee basis through a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA). As such, you can seek legal support without paying any upfront costs for their work or time.
If your solicitor settles the claim in your favour, they will take a small success fee that is legally capped from your compensation. This will be taken at the end of the claims process for the time and effort they put into your claim. On the other hand, if your claim is not successful, they will not request any payments for their services under a CFA.
If you have any questions about No Win No Fee agreements, please contact our advisors.
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Can I Make An Accident At School Claim?
You could make an accident at school claim if you were injured due to a school’s negligent actions.
Claims could be made by or for a student, staff member or visitor of the school. However, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- The school operator owed you a duty of care
- The school operator was negligent and breached this duty
- This resulted in your injuries
A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on specific individuals who must take actions to ensure the reasonable safety of those in their care.
The negligent acts or omissions of a school operator may constitute a breach of this duty. If this results in injuries to students, staff, or visitors, they may start an accident at school claim.
If you would like to start an accident at school claim today, please reach out to our advisors.
Could I Claim On Behalf Of My Child?
If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child who was injured at school, you may be eligible to start a claim on their behalf.
As those under the age of 18 cannot start a claim themselves, you will take on the role of a litigation friend and go through the claims process for them. Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Making legal decisions on their behalf
- Signing legal documents on their behalf
- Consulting with the solicitor working on the claim
- Paying any legal costs that the court has ordered
Claiming As A Teacher Or School Worker
If you are a school employee, such as a teacher or caretaker, you are also owed a duty of care by the school under HASAWA. As such, you may be eligible to start an accident at school compensation claim if you were injured at work.
Claiming As A Visitor
People visit schools for many reasons, such as to drop off or pick up their children or to teach extracurricular classes. However, they are owed a duty of care by the school. As such, if you were visiting the school and sustained an injury, you may be eligible to start an accident at school claim.
If you have any questions regarding who can start a school accident claim, please contact our advisors.
What Are Some Examples Of School Accidents And Injuries?
There are numerous ways school accidents and injuries may arise if a duty of care is not followed. Here are some examples of such incidents:
- Failing to complete health and safety checks. For example, a school operator may have failed to complete a hazard inspection on the physical education climbing equipment. As such, they did not realise that the metal had started to rust and it was unstable. If a student then climbed up this during their lesson, but it collapsed, causing them to sustain a leg injury, a parent may claim compensation on their behalf.
- Failure to provide teachers or students with protective equipment. For example, a science teacher may not have been provided with protective equipment. So, while preparing chemicals for the students’ experiments, the teacher may sustain chemical burns on their hands, causing pain and scarring. As such, they may be entitled to compensation.
- Failing to maintain the premises of the school. For example, a parent may be visiting the school premises for parents’ evening. However, the school failed to fix a leaking pipe and clean up the water that leaked onto the floor. As there was no warning sign, the parent may have fallen and broken their ankle, which they may claim compensation for.
If you or your child suffered from a school accident, discuss this with our advisors to find out if you are entitled to compensation.
Should I Report An Injury Or Accident That Occurred On School Premises?
If you or your child sustained an injury during a school accident, you should report this to the school. This is so that an official log of the injuries can be made in an accident report book.
The school should also report some accidents to the Health and Safety Executive under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).
Any reports that are made regarding injuries or accidents may support an accident at school claim, so it is worth making one.
If you have any questions about reporting school accidents, please ask our helpful advisors.
Calculating Compensation For An Injury At School
Compensation for injuries sustained at school is calculated under the head of claim general damages and typically varies in each claim.
The solicitor appointed to your claim will determine an appropriate amount for this by reviewing an independent medical assessor’s report of the injuries sustained. They will then review this alongside compensation guidelines created by the Judicial College (JCG). The JCG is an extensive list of injuries and illnesses associated with their suggestive compensation brackets.
To see an estimation of how much you may be awarded for injuries sustained at school, you may access our free compensation calculator below. You simply click on the type of injury you or your child sustained and the severity of it. You should then see a suggestive compensation figure from the JCG. However, this amount is not guaranteed.
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Can I Claim For Financial Losses?
If you or your child’s school injuries led to you losing money, you may be reimbursed for them through special damages. Some examples of the losses you may claim for include:
- School relocation expenses, if this were necessary
- Lost wages, if you stayed off work with your injuries or to care for your child
- Private medical costs or prescription payments
- Travel costs for getting to and from appointments
- Childcare costs if your injuries prevent you from looking after your child
- The cost of special equipment or home modifications for support
You must collect evidence for this head of claim, such as bank statements, receipts and payslips.
What Will Happen To My Child’s Compensation?
If your child’s claim is successful and they are awarded compensation for their injuries, this will be held by the Court Funds Office until their 18th birthday. If a litigation friend started a claim for this, they are responsible for ensuring details are up to date.
If you incurred financial losses due to your child’s injuries, some of this compensation may be used for immediate medical costs. However, this must be approved in court.
For more specific examples of school accident compensation payouts or if you have any questions about them, please reach out to our advisors.
Who Will Be Liable For Paying My School Accident Compensation?
In most successful school accident claims, the operator of the school is held liable as they owe students, staff and visitors a duty of care and must adhere to safety laws.
Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSAWA), school operators owe a duty of care to their employees, including teachers, safeguarding officers and caretakers. As such, they must take reasonable steps to ensure that the school’s employees are safe while working.
Further, under Section 4 of the HASAWA, anyone in control of a non-domestic premises has a duty to ensure it is as safe as reasonably practicable as it is to do so. This means that schools have a duty of care to ensure the school’s grounds are safe for students and visitors.
The school would pay any compensation out of its insurance.
To find out who may be held liable for your or your child’s school accident injuries, please contact our advisors today.
What Else Do I Need To Support An Accident At School Claim?
To support an accident at school claim, you must obtain evidence. This is a collection of facts and documents that illustrate how the school or its staff breached their duty of care, causing you or your child’s injuries. As it helps to establish third-party liability, it is essential to collect as much evidence as you can.
Examples of evidence that may support a school accident claim include:
- Student documents that show your child attends the school
- Employment records if you work at the school where you were injured
- Visitor documents if you were injured while visiting the school
- Documents of the school’s health and safety reports
- Copies of medical records stating the injury or illness
- Copies of medical prescriptions and scans, such as an X-ray
- Photographs of the injuries and the accident scene
- CCTV footage of the accident, if possible
- Copies of complaints made to the school and any correspondence
- A copy of the incident in the accident report book
- The contact details of any witnesses to the accident
If you require assistance in obtaining evidence, our excellent solicitors may help you.
It is also worth noting that you have 3 years to start a school accident claim from the date the injuries were sustained. This is a requirement of the Limitation Act 1980. So, it may be worth starting to collect evidence and starting a claim with our advisors as early as you can.
For more examples of evidence that may support a school accident claim, please ask our friendly advisors.
Get Help From No Win No Fee Solicitors UK Co
If you or your child was injured in an accident at school, you may benefit from seeking legal representation with No Win No Fee Solicitors Co. We offer an exceptional standard of customer service as well as excellent legal support to help you claim the compensation you deserve for you or your child..
Our solicitors have obtained extensive experience in personal injury claims and may support their clients by:
- Explaining the accident at school claims process
- Utilising their experience, legal skills and knowledge
- Helping them obtain the highest possible compensation award
- Helping them gather evidence to establish third-party liability
- Setting them up with medical assessments, treatment and mental health services
- Helping them apply for interim payments to cover imminent medical costs
- Negotiating compensation settlements with third parties
- Offering their services on a No Win No Fee basis
Regardless of the circumstances of your claim, our solicitors will utilise their skills, time and resources to try to help you reach a settlement in your favour.
Contact Our Solicitors To Get Started
If you would like to start an accident at school claim today or have any questions regarding the claims process, do not hesitate to reach out to our advisors by:
- Visiting our ‘contact us’ page
- Calling them on 0333 091 8598
- Messaging them on our live chat
More Information
If you would like to learn more about personal injury claims, you may read the useful guides that are linked below.
- A guide explaining the personal injury claims process
- Learn how personal injury compensation is calculated
- Information on how long you have to claim compensation
References:
- Access information about schools, GOV.UK
- Information about health and safety in schools, GOV.UK
- Find a treatment centre close to you, NHS.UK
We appreciate you taking the time to read this guide, which explains how to start an accident at school claim. We hope this was useful.