Where did it happen?

Accidents can happen anywhere.

Perhaps you hurt your back lifting something too heavy at work? Burnt your hands when your brand new toaster exploded in the kitchen? Or maybe you had a car accident while travelling abroad?

The rules that apply to a personal injury sustained at work are different to those that apply to an accident in the home - and different again to the regulations that apply to road traffic accidents abroad.

Health & Safety legislation is the most widely known of these type of rules. It is designed to minimise the risk of injury in the workplace, but there are many other rules and regulations that may be relevant in a claim for personal injury or illness, depending on where the accident or exposure took place. Our personal injury solicitors can advise on which rules apply to your particular compensation claim.

The question of 'where' is also important in working out 'who' was responsible: for example, if you slip on a wet supermarket floor and break your wrist, then the supermarket will be a likely target for any  claim.

That is why it is very important, when in the process of making a claim for personal injury, to be very clear about where the accident happened.

Usually this is easy - but sometimes it is not. Take the case of an industrial disease, such as mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos, but it may take decades for the actual symptoms to appear. It can be hard, looking back 40 years, for a mesothelioma sufferer to pinpoint exactly where and when he was exposed to the asbestos.

Our personal injury compensation lawyers can investigate and advise you on the best way to proceed.
 

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