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Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims Explained

If you’ve been injured due to third-party negligence at an activity centre, you may want to find out about activity centre personal injury claims. Learn how to claim compensation with a No Win No Fee solicitor in this guide.

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Legislation is in place to reduce activity centre harm. We explore what activities are covered and where there might be exemptions. In addition, we look at what legislation governs health and safety in the workplace. Activity centres owe a duty of care to their users and their employees. If the duty of care is breached and someone is injured, that person could claim compensation.

Examples of potential compensation for injuries and costs you could recover are included in this guide. In addition, we look at what evidence you could use to strengthen a potential claim. We also break down how a No Win No Fee arrangement works. Hiring legal representation may benefit your claim, we explain why.

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  1. What Are Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims?
  2. Where Do Most Activity Centre Accidents Happen?
  3. Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims Time Limit
  4. Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims Calculator 
  5. How To Make Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims

What Are Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims?

Outdoor activity centre injury compensation claims are personal injury claims that could be made against any outdoors centre for injuries sustained by customers during the activities or on the grounds.

While there are some specific legislations governing safety at these types of centres which we will examine later, in general terms, the activity owes a duty of care to all visitors under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. This act stipulates that steps must be taken to ensure the reasonable safety of those visitors while they are on the premises. Also, owners of such activity centres need to ensure that they comply with Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 and the Activity Centres (Young Persons’ Safety Act 1995.

As An Injured Employee At An Activity Centre, Can I Make A Claim?

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HASAWA) sets out the duty of care all employers owe their employees. Reasonable steps to reduce workplace risks must be taken by your employer. If your employer neglects their duty of care and you are injured, you might be able to make an accident at work claim.

Examples of what your employer should supply include:

  • Free training where appropriate. This could include health and safety training.
  • Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) where necessary. This should also be provided for free.
  • Equipment that’s safe to use. Required equipment checks should be carried out. These could include inspections of large equipment. Also, teaching staff how to spot check equipment, such as inspecting floatation devices in a waterpark for holes.

You can read on for more detailed information about activity centre personal injury claims. Or, to get a free assessment of your eligibility to seek compensation, contact our advisors today using the number provided above.

Where Do Most Activity Centre Accidents Happen?

Accidents leading to injuries occur in different ways. This depends upon the activity and the location in which it is taking place. A gym accident may have a different cause than a soft play accident. The nature of the injuries may be different as well. However, both the gym and soft play centre could be at risk of a wet floor resulting in a slip, trip and fall injury.

Activity centre personal injury claims could occur when staff or a member of the public is injured due to the centre’s negligence. If you’ve been injured, either as a staff member, or a member of the public in an activity centre, our advisors could discuss your potential claim.

 Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims Time Limit

You might want to file for compensation if you or your child has been injured due to the activity centre’s negligence. Users and employees could make activity centre personal injury claims. You could also file on behalf of your child as a litigation friend if your child experienced an injury.

If a claimant is under 18 years old, a litigation friend would need to claim on their behalf. However, they could have 3 years to start a claim from the date of their 18th birthday if nobody does this on their behalf when they’re a minor.

Some accidents — such as slips, trips and falls — leading to injuries could happen anywhere if the activity centre neglects its duty of care. However, some injuries are going to be specific to the type of activity. A theme park accident claim, for example, may involve a faulty rollercoaster, whereas a waterpark could involve an injury relating to waterborne disease.

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If you decide to claim compensation, you may notice that your compensation could be divided into two heads. These are general damages and special damages. We further explain each below.

General Damages

To compensate for your injuries and any emotional distress, you claim general damages. Solicitors refer to a document titled the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) to help assign value to injuries. Injuries are listed alongside potential compensation brackets. We’ve included examples from the JCG in the table below.

Compensation Table

It is important we point out that this table has been included for guidance purposes only. The top entry is not a JCG figure.

InjurySeverityGuideline Compensation Amount
Multiple Very Serious Injuries with Additional Financial LossesVery SeriousUp to £500,000 and above.
Brain Damage Moderate (b)(i)£183,190 to £267,340
Moderate (b)(ii)£110,720 to £183,190
Chest InjuriesTotal Removal of One Lung and/or Serious Heart Damage (a)£122,850 to £183,190
Traumatic Injury to the Chest£80,240 to £122,850
Back InjuriesSevere (a)(ii)£90,510 to £107,910
Severe (a)(iii)£47,320 to £85,100
Other Arm InjuriesSubstantial and Permanent Disablement (b)£47,810 to £73,050
Less Severe injury (c)£23,430 to £47,810
Less Serious Leg InjuriesSimple Femur Fracture Without Damage To Articular Surfaces (c)(ii)£11,120 to £17,180

Special Damages

Special damages is the head of claim that recovers costs related to the injury. In order to claim under this head, however, you must supply evidence, such as payslips or receipts.

Examples of costs you could recover include:

  • Lost wages. Payslips could help you recover loss of earnings. This could include future loss of earnings too.
  • Cosmetics. Plastic surgery that the NHS couldn’t cover or specialist makeup could both be included. Other devices to reduce scarring could also be recovered.
  • Medical expenses.  Also, medical bills could be recovered, including therapy costs and renting medical aids if the NHS couldn’t cover this.

For details of what evidence you could supply to claim under special damages, contact our advisors.

How To Make Activity Centre Personal Injury Claims

Legal representation could make the activity centre personal injury claims process seem easier. The costs associated with a solicitor could be prohibitive. There is another way, however.

A No Win No Fee arrangement, such as a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) offers a way to have legal representation with reduced financial risk. There are no upfront solicitor fees with No Win No Fee arrangements. The awards of successful claims will have a legally capped success fee taken from them.

Estimates of potential compensation based on your injuries are available from our advisors. They can also advise on what evidence you could submit to strengthen your claim. If your claim seems eligible, our advisors can connect you with our personal injury solicitors.

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