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All you need to know before making a compensation claim following a slip trip or fall  resulting in personal injury

On this page I have listed a complete summary to all the pages that answer the typical questions that you are likely to have before contacting an accident lawyer to start your compensation claim following a slip trip or fall on a pavement or road in the UK.

To assist your ease of use - headings are used to group pages under the part of the legal process they describe.  At the end of each page I have also provided a link to the next page I recommend.

If are considering making a claim and have just been involved in a slip trip or fall I suggest you follow each heading in order so you will be taken through everything you need to know to make a claim: from what you should do imgimmediately following your accident and ending with how to instruct an accident claim expert at no cost to yourself.

If you are already involved with your claim for compensation you will still find the information on this site useful, but I recommend you read through each heading below and click on the link that is of most interest to you to find all the answers to your questions.

The Immediate Steps Following Your Accident

The immediate steps you should take following a trip, slip or fall on a pavement or other UK public highway before making a compensation claim

Find out the practical steps you should take immediately following an accident involving a trip, slip or fall as a result of a defect with a pavement or other public highway - giving you as much evidence as possible to support your compensation claim.

The types of defect with a public highway which can lead to your trip or slip accident claim for compensation

Click here to discover what a public highway actually is and the different types of defect which can cause you to have a UK trip slip accident claim for compensation.

Showing The Council  Is Responsible In The Eyes Of The Law

How to show the council is responsible for your UK highway trip slip compensation claim

Discover how to succeed in your highway trip slip compensation claim and how to defeat the council's defence that it had in place a proper system of inspection.

How Much  Compensation You Can Claim

The amount of slip trip personal injury compensation you are entitled to claim

On this page you will learn how your accident solicitor calculates the amount of money your slip trip personal injury is worth, the most common types of injury you are likely to suffer - examples are given of how much compensation you can expect to receive.

Choosing The Best Accident Lawyer To Start Your Claim

How to choose the best personal injury lawyer to make your compensation claim

Discover what a specialist personal injury lawyer actually is, how to check a lawyer's level of expertise and the things you should be careful of before signing an agreement.

The best ways to fund the legal cost of your compensation claim including no win no fee agreements

Click on this link to find out about the legal costs involved in making a compensation claim, where to look for insurance policies that you may already have in place to meet these costs and ways of funding them when you have no insurance - including no win no fee agreements.

This page gives you the benefit of my 10 years + experience as a specialist personal injury solicitor by guiding you through the complete process of making a claim for a slip trip or fall - from the initial steps you should take immediately following your accident to choosing the best accident lawyer. 

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Click here to find out the immediate steps you should take before making your trip slip or fall compensation claim