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A cyclist who was injured on an unsafe cattle grid has won £10,000 in damages. The woman was cycling over the cattle grid when her front wheel became wedged in a gap in the bars. Despite having slowed down, she was thrown off her bicycle. She...
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A parish council has paid out compensation to two people who sustained injuries on its property. A man who was visiting Waterwells Sports Centre in Quedgeley made a claim for compensation after injuring his thumb when it became trapped in an outside door...
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Many local authorities have experienced an increase in the number of claims for compensation they receive. Whilst a large proportion of these are successfully defended, dealing with such claims is nonetheless time consuming and, together with the cost of...
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Following a lengthy court battle, a shopper who was injured when she slipped on some grapes on the pavement has been awarded £111,859 in damages. Samira Hassan, 57, was looking at the fruit stall outside a High Street grocer’s shop in 2005 when...
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A young boy who received an electric shock from a faulty hairdryer at a leisure centre has won £1,750 in compensation. Harley Sutton-Dormer was in the changing rooms at Belhus Park, a leisure centre in South Ockendon, Thurrock, when the accident...
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A pensioner who slipped on a wet floor at a Tesco store in Worcester has received a four-figure sum in compensation for an injury to his foot. Ronald Fryer, 80, was taken to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital where X-rays showed that that he had fractured a...
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A shopper who was injured when he tried to lift a faulty box containing flat-pack furniture has won £11,000 in damages. The man was shopping at a major supermarket when the accident happened. He wished to buy the furniture and was attempting to remove...
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A grandmother has won substantial compensation for injuries she sustained when she slipped on a spillage at an ASDA superstore. Patricia Hill, 73, was shopping at the Rivergate store in Peterborough when she slipped on what was thought to be vegetable...
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A man who tripped on a raised paving stone in the pedestrian area of a high street has won £5,000 in compensation for his injuries. The area was paved with small granite blocks, one of which was standing proud of the others. The man tripped over it...
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A shopper who tripped over a pothole in the pavement has won £3,100 in compensation. Terence Wakefield, 78, was walking through a local market in June last year when he tripped over the pothole. He reached out with his hands to try to break his fall...
