QLD Slip and Fall Lawyers for Compensation Claims

When you are injured in a slip, fall or trip accident due to the negligence of another party, you may be eligible to claim against public liability insurance. A Splatt slip and fall injury lawyer can provide compensation legal advice for a slip and fall claim on a 100% no-win, no-fee basis.

Both minor and significant fall injuries can mean time off work. When you experience a financial loss, slip and fall lawyers can explain the legal process of a slip-and-fall compensation claim.

Public Liability Law

Public liability law covers incidents like slip and fall accidents. These laws apply to injuries acquired in public areas like shopping centres, car parks, private properties (including rental properties), footpaths, parks, and other council-owned properties.

Splatt Lawyers has a legal team of public liability solicitors who explain your rights regarding slip, trip, or fall compensation on a 100% no-win, no-fee basis. Pay when you win and zero if you lose. It’s free to know your options. Call 1800 700 125

Your Right to Make a Slip and Fall Injury Claim

The Civil Liability Act 2003 governs damages for slip-and-fall cases (PIPA) in Queensland. Consequently, if an injured person can prove that a third party caused their accident, the legal system allows them to seek compensation for their injuries.

Seeking compensation for a slip or fall injury under public liability can be complex. Sometimes, more than one party is to blame, and it is challenging to establish liability. Splatt Lawyers offer free initial personal injury legal advice to explain your rights and options. Call 1800 700 125

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Experienced personal injury lawyers can explain the legal process and your rights.

100% No Win No Fee Guarantee

You could be concerned about the cost of seeking legal advice when you have been harmed in a slip, trip or fall accident and can’t work. But, Splatt Lawyers offer a No Win, No Fee, No Risk guarantee, which means the following:

  • It’s free to start
  • You pay no legal fees or costs until settlement
  • You pay when you win and zero if you lose
  • We fund your assessment and reports until settlement
  • We fund rehabilitation costs (for eligible clients)

Our compensation lawyers can explain our legal cost agreement that outlines our 100% No Win, No Fee, No Risk guarantee during a free initial case review. It’s free to know if you qualify. Call 1800 700 125

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Can I Make a Slip and Fall Claim?

After a slip-and-fall accident, you can seek legal advice from personal injury lawyers with knowledge of public liability law. However your accident occurred, an experienced public liability lawyer can advise you of your right to claim personal injury damages and receive a lump sum compensation payout.

The public liability claims process can be complex. Our compensation lawyers can explain legal proceedings for wrongful and negligent acts.  Call 1800 700 125

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How much for a slip and fall compensation payout?

The value of a personal injury claim payout is based on a series of calculations that aim to restore your financial position to the one before your injury. Calculating a personal injury settlement for a slip, trip, or fall can consider the following:

  • Future and past medical bills
  • Future and past lost wages
  • Future and past lost superannuation
  • Pain and suffering (lost of enjoyment of life)
  • The cost of domestic assistance, either paid or unpaid

During a free case review, a solicitor or lawyer can diagnose your case, explain your rights, and provide a settlement estimate. Call 1800 700 125

The general time frame to lodge a common law claim for slip and fall damages is three years from the fall incident date.

What to do After a Slip and Fall Accident in a Public Place

When you are harmed in a slip and fall accident on private or public property, your steps will determine eligibility for a public liability claim. Here are some recommended actions:

  1. Immediately notify the store, local authority, or management about the accident and your injuries.
  2. Visit a doctor, disclose any damage, and get medical treatment.
  3. Retrieve copies of your medical and treatment records.
  4. Document the scene where the fall occurred with photos and videos
  5. If possible, get witness statements for your accident.

Making a personal injury claim against a public liability insurer requires expert medical evidence. You should focus on treatment for your injuries in the days immediately after your accident and save the receipts for any out-of-pocket costs for reimbursement from an insurance company.

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The Legal Process of Slips and Fall Claims

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Proving Slip, Trip or Fall Liability

To have a successful slip and fall injury case, you must demonstrate the following:

  1. The other party owed a duty of care, which means they had to take reasonable care to prevent injury.
  2. The owner knew there was a risk and failed to take reasonable precautions.
  3. You were harmed and endured a financial loss.

Our slip and fall lawyers provide a free case evaluation that explains the proof required to claim public liability damages.

All Queensland employers are legally responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace, so they must take reasonable steps to prevent work-related slip and fall accidents.

In Australia, you can be eligible to make a workers’ compensation claim if your injury occurred at your workplace or during a work-related activity. You could also receive a lump-sum payout for a severe injury that prevents you from working again. Our solicitors can explain your eligibility for free.

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Local councils oversee maintenance to keep public areas and properties safe for use. Essentially, they are responsible for keeping people safe when on council property. Sadly, they may occasionally neglect their duties and harm someone.

Hence, you could be entitled to compensation if you were hurt on a council-owned property or in a public area. Council insurance claims include mishaps, slips, and falls on shared pathways, council-owned parking areas, and open spaces like playgrounds and parks.

Supermarket and Shopping Centre Slip and Falls

It is reasonable to expect to shop in a safe environment when visiting your local stores. Therefore, you might have a public liability claim if the store doesn’t take reasonable care to ensure safety and prevent a slip-and-fall incident.

Supermarket slip-and-fall accidents can occur due to poor housekeeping. There are numerous opportunities for something to go wrong inside a large grocery store. Slippery surfaces can happen when items:

  • Fall off shelves
  • Products get spilled; liquids leak
  • Fruit and vegetables are squashed on the floor

The longer it takes to remove these hazards, the greater the potential for harm. Generally, the business owner must ensure your safety in these situations.

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4 Common Shopping Centre and Supermarket Accidents 

  1. Wet or slippery floors: Staff fail to clear a spill or alert customers to a slip hazard, causing a slip-and-fall incident. This hazard frequently occurs in supermarkets and shopping malls, where a spilled liquid or a freshly washed floor has inadequate signage. 
  2. Tripping Risks: Poorly placed or curled doormats, packages blocking doorways, unexpected steps, and products on the floor can all create tripping hazards and injuries.
  3. Poor Maintenance: You can be hurt when a store or shopping centre fails to properly maintain its escalators, lifts, stairs, and rails.
  4. Dangers for Children: A child was hurt because the store didn’t take sufficient precautions to create a kid-safe environment.

Common Slip, Trip, and Fall Accidents

You can be eligible to make a public liability claim for injuries sustained by slipping and falling in a store, on council property, or in any other public place. Public liability insurance policies frequently cover:

  • Supermarket injuries
  • Parking lot injuries
  • Injuries acquired in a rental property
  • An injury suffered on private property
  • Shopping mall injuries
  • Amusement Park Injuries
  • Injuries at school
  • Injuries at sporting events

Common Injuries from a Slip, Trip or Fall

The severity of injuries from a slip-and-fall accident depends on age, general physical condition, and the circumstances of the incident. Here are some common injury types from a slip, trip, or fall:

  • Back and Spine injury
  • Soft-tissue damage
  • Broken bones
  • Fractured pelvis or hip
  • Eyesight damage
  • Torn muscles and ligaments
  • Neck and shoulder injury
  • Fractured limbs – arms and legs
  • Severe sprains and bruising
  • Permanent scarring
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QLD Slip and Fall Lawyers for Slip and Fall Claims

A Splatt slip and fall lawyer can provide legal support 100% no-win, no-fee basis when injured a wrongful or negligent act. Our public liability lawyers can explain your right to claim compensation during a free case review. Our team will help you identify the following:

  • The liable party
  • If you have a valid case
  • Your legal options
  • The approximate settlement value
  • Which insurance company is responsible for funding compensation
  • An approximate settlement timeframe

Our Queensland slip and fall lawyers can explain our no-win, no-fee, no-risk policy and the next steps for fall compensation claims. Call 1800 700 125

QLD Slip and Fall Lawyers Near Me

Splatt’s slip and fall personal injury lawyers offer legal advice from ten locations across QLD.

Slip and Fall Compensation Claim FAQs

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If a council footpath is not properly maintained, for example, it has large cracks, gaps, or uneven concrete, and you trip and injure yourself, you may be able to make a trip claim.

Local councils maintain public areas, including parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields. Local governments are responsible for ensuring that public spaces are frequently maintained and secure to keep people safe while they are there.

But on occasion, they might be negligent in their duties. In such cases, you could be eligible for injury compensation.

Accidents like slips and falls often occur in supermarkets and stores where staff may be too busy to maintain safe premises, such as Coles and Woolworths. Similar concerns can arise in public buildings and shopping centres like Westfield.

Experienced lawyers can explain how it works.

Local councils usually maintain bike paths. You could be entitled to sue the council for negligence if they neglected to patch a reported pothole and you fell and hurt yourself while out riding, walking, or jogging. That’s because they breached their obligation to maintain the bike path in a safe condition.

Queensland CTP compensation should cover you if your bike accident involved a motor vehicle on a public road.

Fall settlements can take from nine months to two years. The time it takes to pay out a fall claim depends on:

  • The severity of injuries
  • If one or more parties were at fault
  • The complexity of proving liability
  • Settlement size. Larger payments are strenuously disputed by insurers.
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