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Playground & Fairground Accident Claim Specialists
fairground and playground claims
Do you require a solicitor to help you claim for a playground or fairground accident? If so, then contact PSR Solicitors. Our Personal Injury Solicitors can help you.
If you, your son, or your daughter has been injured, whether at the local playground, the swimming baths or at a fairground, we understand how traumatic an experience it can be for you or your child and appreciate how resentful you must feel.
If the injury involves your child, we realise how upsetting this must be for you and knowing that the injury itself will be causing your child pain and suffering will be distressing for the whole family. If it is you that has suffered the injury, you may need to take time off work to recover, or, if it’s your child who was injured, you may need to take extended time off to care for them while they recover, all of which will affect you financially and add further strain to your situation.
Our specialist Playground Accident Solicitors can help you with everything, from claiming for your or your child’s injury, as well as recovering your financial losses; losses such as loss of earnings, travel expenses, private medical treatment, and rehabilitation to assist in you or your child’s recovery and get your and your family’s life back on track. Pursuing compensation for your or your child’s playground injury is not something you have to do on your own, you need specialist advice.
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Often these days' public and school playgrounds are very safe areas where children are free to play and enjoy themselves. Local Councils have fitted most of their playgrounds with soft rubber flooring to minimise injuries if a fall occurs. Councils should also regularly inspect their equipment to ensure it is safe and is not in a state of disrepair. The same is true for public playgrounds, fairgrounds and water parks where children ought to be safe.
Unfortunately, accidents do still happen which can be equally as distressing for the parent as for the child. While most accidents are just that - accidents, some are down to the negligence or incompetence of those who have a duty of care to ensure the playground is maintained and safe for children to use. In instances where an accident occurs due to broken, poorly maintained or poorly installed playground equipment then you are entitled to make a claim on your child’s behalf. Similarly, if you or your child are injured by an item that should not be found in a children’s play area, such as a broken bottle or used syringe or your child trips on a build-up of uncollected litter, then you are again entitled to pursue a claim against the playground operator.
Fairground accidents can be more difficult to succeed with as fairgrounds are often temporary and they travel around the country. Finding the person responsible for an accident can therefore be difficult however Local Councils should demand that such fairgrounds produce confirmation of their insurance and their safety procedures before allowing sites to be erected in their area.
Theme parks, such as Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Alton Towers are static and as such their owners and insurers are much easier to trace. They do tend to have very high safety standards however as any injury to a child at their site can have an adverse effect on publicity especially as they often advertise themselves as family-friendly.
If you are looking to claim compensation for a personal injury from an accident in a playground or fairground and you want free advice from a fully qualified solicitor then please contact us now.
Using one of our specialist solicitors ensures that you have a better chance of winning your claim and receiving all of the compensation and help that you are entitled to all on a No Win No Fee basis.
This means that you won't have any legal costs to pay if your claim is unsuccessful so No Win No Fee = No Risk To You.
As with any form of personal injury claim your total playground & fairground injury compensation award will consist of two key components, General Damages and Special Damages.
General damages are calculated based on the nature and severity of your or your child’s injuries and are designed to recompense you or your child for the pain, suffering and loss of amenity that you or your child have endured as a result of the injury, and will consider three key factors:
The general damages figure of your or your child’s playground injury compensation claim is determined by the specific circumstances of the incident and the nature and severity of the injuries suffered. This element of any personal injury compensation award is variable although there are established guidelines set out by the Judicial College, to which the courts and insurance companies will often refer.
The special damages element of your or your child’s playground & fairground compensation claim relates to any financial losses or financial costs incurred as a result of the injury and will include:
Special damages are relatively straightforward to calculate because they specifically compensate the victim for any playground or fairground injury-related costs, as well as reimbursing them for any anticipated injury-related expenses in the future, a figure that your expert solicitor will calculate with support from the appropriate medical professionals.
The vast majority of playground accidents involve children but legally, children are prohibited from making personal injury claims until they reach the age of 18. It is therefore normally down to the parents or a legal guardian to make a claim on their behalf. A parent or legal guardian making a personal injury claim on their child’s behalf is referred to as their ‘litigation friend’ and as such, they have the legal right to make decisions in court on their child’s behalf. If you decide that you would like to make a claim on your child’s behalf, then it is a legal requirement that you pursue the claim within three years of the incident occurring.
Alternatively, if you have been injured as a child due to a playground or fairground accident, you are entitled to make a claim as soon as you reach the age of 18, at which time you will have 3 years from the date of your 18th birthday in which to make a claim for your injuries.
If you are injured as a parent in a playground accident, you could still be entitled to make a claim, but it would depend on the nature of the incident. If you are injured by faulty or broken playground equipment, you could still pursue a compensation claim, so ring one of PSR Solicitors’ playground and fairground claims experts for advice on the eligibility of your claim.
As any parent knows, children are forever bashing into things and falling over, that is part and parcel of being a child and something that parents accept. But in instances where children are injured in a playground or fairground accident, due to the negligence or incompetence of the facility’s operator, then that is unacceptable, and you are entitled to make a claim on your child behalf.
Common causes of playground accidents include but are not limited to:
Faulty of damaged playground equipment poses a serious risk to children’s safety. It is up to the playground’s operator, whether that be a council or school, to ensure that their playground’s equipment is maintained on a regular basis and that it is safe for children to use. Play equipment should be inspected regularly and damaged or broken equipment should be either replaced, repaired, or removed to prevent any potential injuries.
All playground equipment needs to be installed by a competent person, in accordance with EN1176. Poorly installed play equipment can pose a significant risk to a child’s safety. If an untrained or negligent contractor incorrectly installs a piece of play equipment, then there is potential for significant injury. Following the installation of any new play equipment, playground operators should arrange for a post-installation inspection to be carried out by an independent body.
Falls are the most prevalent form of playground accident and although many falls are unavoidable, steps can be taken to minimise the potential for serious injury, Failure to install soft flooring around swings, slides and other play equipment makes it more likely that a child will suffer a serious injury in the event of a fall.
Playgrounds should be inspected on a weekly, quarterly, and annual basis. Inspections should be carried out by an appropriately trained individual and the annual inspection needs to be carried out by an independent specialist. Any issues found in the inspection should be resolved swiftly, either through repair, replacement or in situations where that is not possible, the playground needs to be shut until the remedial work can be carried out.
Playgrounds are required to show suitable safety signage in prominent positions where they can be easily seen. The sign should explain the intended target age of the equipment in the playground and should state whether adult supervision is required when using the equipment.
Playgrounds are often targeted at a particular age group and as such, the equipment within the playground should be age-appropriate. Installation of play equipment intended for an older age group poses a significant risk of injury, with bigger steps and wider openings all posing a risk to younger, smaller children.
Playgrounds should be designed by a suitably trained professional. They will ensure that the equipment is age-appropriate, they will consider the overall layout and will make sure there is sufficient safe space between the various pieces of equipment, so if there is a fall, the child doesn’t fall from one piece of equipment and land on another one.
Playgrounds should be kept clean and free of hazards. It is a regrettable fact that many playgrounds become home to hazardous items such as broken bottles, used syringes, and other unsanitary items. Litter that has been allowed to build-up is likely to pose a dangerous trip hazard and could cause injury to a child. It is the responsibility of the playground’s owner to ensure that the playground is cleaned up to reduce the risk of a playground accident.
At PSR Solicitors, we guarantee that your playground accident compensation claim will be handled by a dedicated, fully qualified Personal Injury Solicitor, which is why we secure our clients higher value compensation awards than our rivals. Unlike PSR Solicitors, not every legal firm employs qualified solicitors to deal with personal injury claims, and sadly, that is often reflected in lost or significantly reduced settlement amounts.
Our credentials speak for themselves. We are proud to be accredited by the Law Society for our expertise in handling personal injury claims and have been recognised by the Law Society for our outstanding client service, being awarded the Lexcel Practise Management Standard.
With offices in Colwyn Bay, Wrexham, Rhyl, Shotton (Deeside), Ellesmere Port and Wallasey, PSR is a leading Personal Injury Law Firm in Wales and Personal Injury Lawyers in Cheshire.
We regularly act for clients on Fairground and Playground Accident Claims across North Wales, Cheshire, Merseyside, and Liverpool. As accredited Personal Injury Solicitors, we can support your needs wherever you live in Wales, England & Northern Ireland.
We deal with all personal injury claims on a No Win No Fee Claim basis, meaning that if your Fairground Accident Claim proves to be unsuccessful, there will be no legal fees to concern yourself with, so No Win No Fee = No Risk To You.
By instructing PSR Solicitors, you are guaranteed an exceptional team of personal injury specialists that you can trust to get the results that you deserve.
If you have been involved in an accident or been injured in any way in the past three years, through no fault of your own, contact us today and speak to one of our team so that we can help you get your life back on track.
Richard Layfield
Solicitor - Head of Personal Injury
I've been a Solicitor at PSR Solicitors since March 2013 and now take full responsibility for leading the Rhyl Office.
I completed both my Law LLB and LPC degrees at Cardiff University, graduating in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Thereafter, I completed my 2-year training contract at a firm based in Cardiff, then retained by this firm as a Criminal Defence Solicitor until I decided to relocate up to North Wales, for the countryside and the people..
As an experienced personal injury and civil litigation Solicitor, I represent Claimants in all manner of personal injury case work including injuries as a result of Road Traffic Accidents, Accidents at Work, and Occupiers Liability Accidents. I handle all types off personal injury claims from the minor right through to complex, serious injury claims.
Outside of work I'm a keen rugby fan, who enjoys running and travel.
Shotton Office, Rhyl Office, Ellesmere Port Office, Wallasey Office
Paul Rossiter
Managing Director
All Offices
I am the Managing Director of PSR Solicitors. After working in various law firms, both small high street firms and a larger practice in Manchester, I saw a gap in the market for a high quality practice that had the same core high street values of being personable and approachable and combining them with the efficiency and professionalism of a larger practice. PSR Solicitors was therefore established in 2009 in Shotton, Deeside with this aim. Since then PSR Solicitors has provided high quality legal services to local clients throughout North Wales and Cheshire.
I live in Chester with my young family and 2 dogs and enjoy regular holidays along the coast of North Wales.
I have recently been asked to join the board of trustees at Platform For Life, a mental health counselling charity in Chester. Good mental health is the foundation of a more fulfilled, happy and healthy life, yet many families struggle to access the help and support they need to achieve it. Platform for Life offers free local counselling and play therapy for families who would otherwise not be able to afford it.
Mark House
Solicitor - Head of Litigation
Shotton Office, Wrexham Office, Colwyn Bay Office, Wallasey Office
I completed my law degree and legal practice course at Nottingham Law School, before qualifying as a solicitor in 2004. I then worked at a specialist personal injury firm in the East Midlands and a leading regional firm, before joining PSR in 2017.
With PSR I've continued to specialise in acting for Personal Injury claimants and have developed a keen understanding of the procedures and tactics involved in pursuing a claim, as well as the difficulties and concerns faced by people who have suffered as the result of an accident.
Since 2014 I've been proud to help hundreds of people. I've represented the public in all manner of injury claims, including serious orthopaedic injuries, brain damage, and psychological trauma. I was instructed to deal with claims for clients in the aftermath of the Potters Bar rail crash and the Penhallow hotel fire.
In addition, I represent clients in relation to all manner of disputes. I have dealt with professional negligence claims, such as those against solicitors and builders. I have helped clients recover money which is due to them and to dispute invoices which have been sent to them. I have helped business defend claims against them. I have tackled neighbour and boundary disputes.
I live locally to the Colwyn Bay office, and outside of work, I enjoy taking advantage of the coastal and mountain outdoor activities which are available on the doorstep. I'm also heavily involved with an outdoor pursuits charity, which I find an enjoyable and rewarding way of using my free time.
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