Injuries in private or publicly owned places
People injured while away from their homes are often unsure of their right to make a claim for compensation for their injury. One of the main problems you may encounter if you are injured in a public or privately owned place is determining who was responsible for your injury.
At NSW Compensation Lawyers we can advise you on whether you can make a claim for personal injury and who was responsible for the place where you were injured. Our personal injury lawyers have twenty years experience in acting for clients who have been injured in private or publicly owned places and we strive to achieve the best results for our clients as quickly as possible.
Whether you suffer an injury in a private or a publicly owned place it is necessary to establish that a duty of care has been breached by the person who owns or controls the land. To determine whether there has been a breach of duty it is necessary to consider whether or not a reasonable person in your position exercising reasonable care would have been injured.
Our expert personal injury lawyers will consider the place you were injured and the circumstances surrounding your injury to ascertain if there was a breach of the duty of care of the person who owns or controls the land. In the event that we consider there has been a breach of the duty of care we will explain to you the procedure for making a claim for personal injury compensation, the amount of compensation you are entitled to receive and the legal costs involved in making a claim for personal injury.
There are many ways in which you may be injured in a publicly owned place and there have been numerous cases in which councils and other public authorities have been found liable for injuries to a member of the public, for example:
- In 2006 a NSW Council was held to be liable for failing to fence off a starting ramp and the first hump on a BMX track so as to prevent inexperienced riders using that part of the track.
- In 2006 the RTA was held to be liable for failing to maintain fencing or erect new fencing to prevent members of the public from crossing a busy freeway.
There are also many ways in which you may be injured in privately owned places whether you are injured whilst a tenant in residential premises; injured while a guest at a private home or injured on commercial premises such as a shopping centre.
At NSW Workers Compensation Lawyers we are experts at assisting people who have been injured in private or publicly owned places to receive just compensation for their injuries.
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NSW Compensation lawyers
Level 3, 7 Secant Street
Liverpool NSW 2170, Australia
Phone + 61 2 9601 0088
Fax + 61 2 9601 0588
1800 Compensate
(1800 2667 367 283)
Liverpool Office
(02) 9601 0088