Personal injury lawyer

Yorkie1

Look for a lawyer which has an accreditation mark.

e.g. the Law Society PI accreditation
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/accredited-specialists/personal-injury/

or APIL
http://www.apil.org.uk/accreditation

[Deleted User]

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

I was just thinking was it a silly idea to use them in wet weather?

Exactly. Just because someone owns some pavement or stairs or an escalator doesn't make them responsible if you fail to take note of the obvious danger - i.e. that conditions are wet because it is raining.

dacouch

DELETED USER wrote:

Exactly. Just because someone owns some pavement or stairs or an escalator doesn't make them responsible if you fail to take note of the obvious danger - i.e. that conditions are wet because it is raining.

Although they should take into account risks and take reasonable precautions

keithdc

aetbaar wrote: »

it was sheer incompetence from the facility manager to have a metal escalator in the rain and I want to ensure this doesn't happen to someone else

Any advice on where to find a good no win no fee lawyer would help

If you main concern is ensuring it doesn't happen to anyone else, then a meeting with people from the organisation is likely to be more successful than legal action.

If you are just interested in the cash then legal action is the way forward... But don't dress it up as a noble act.

Crazy_Jamie

DELETED USER wrote:

It's probably a waste of money. There is no obvious negligence here, clearly the escalator will have been there for years and will have been designed for outdoor use in the rain. You were just unlucky, but it was your own fault and if you pay a solicitor they will either tell you that or waste more of your money trying to sue the shopping centre's owners.

I'm not sure which part of 'no win no fee' you're struggling with in particular, but a claim of this nature would ordinarily be funded by way of a Conditional Fee Agreement. It may well be that on looking at the claim a solicitor determines that the OP does not have reasonable prospects of success, at which point the OP would probably be wise not to pursue the claim any further, but there is unlikely to be any need to spend money in finding that out.

aimzee84

I'm not a fan of the claim culture that goes on... Why did you use a metal escalator in the rain? You must have been aware of the slip hazard that could impose? Sometimes common sense is a much under-rated skill..

I am sorry to hear of your injuries and wish you Good luck if you do go ahead, but please remember that for every ridiculous claim costs of everything else are put up for us all! Would you sue for tripping over a paving slab? Would you sue if you had been walking down outside stairs in the rain? Think about it carefully.. As another poster said, if it's to stop it happening to someone else maybe chatting with the owners would be better. If it was something that happened a lot I'm sure it would have been looked into by now..