We are personal injury solicitors specialising in claiming compensation for injured children. Catherine Smith has experience with these types of injuries, and introduces our services in this short video.

Read more about child accidents below, or use our free legal advice service opposite to ask us a question or to get started making a claim.

Compensation Awards For Child Accidents

Children are particularly susceptible to both physical and emotional pain, and the principle concern of all parents following an accident will be the well being of their child. For this reason all cases involving children are handled by specialist solicitors with extensive experience of child accident compensation claims, and the associated services which an injured child may require. Compensation awards vary widely depending on the extent of the child's injuries sustained in an accident.

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Case Study: Child Cut Foot On Broken Glass In Car Park

We recently represented a child who was injured by broken glass in the car park of her local community sports centre. The 4 year old was leaving the centre with her mother, who was talking on her mobile phone at the time, and by her own admission not paying full attention to what was going on around her. The child was wearing a pair of furry suede-style boots at the time with relatively thin soles. She stepped on medium-sized shard of glass which penetrated her boot, causing a deep laceration to her foot. Both child and mother were distraught, and the wound was bleeding quite heavily. Staff called an ambulance which transferred them both to hospital. The child required 7 stitches in her foot, along with a course of antibiotics to safeguard against infection.

Her mother contacted our company and asked; can I claim compensation for a child accident? We offered her a no win no fee agreement for a child accident and started the compensation claim against the sports centre. We wrote to them arguing that they had a legal obligation under the Occupiers Liability Act to provide safe premises for visitors, and that they had breached this duty of care by failing to notice or clean up the broken glass. It later emerged that the glass had probably been smashed in the car park the night before, and originated from a pub nearby. The centre admitted liability, and the case did not therefore proceed to court. Our client received £3,500 in compensation, along with a further sum to cover her medical costs. Our fees were paid by the centre's insurance company, and our client therefore kept 100% of her compensation.

Case Study: Child Injured On Amusement Park Ride

Our client was a 8 year old boy on a family day out at a well-known amusement theme park. While enjoying one of the thrill rides with his older sister, the child slipped in his seat causing him to slide under the safety barrier which was supposed to secure passengers. Fortunately each pair of seats formed an individual compartment, and there was therefore no risk of the child falling off the ride altogether. The incident took place on the ride's final descent, and as it came to a halt the child was thrown against the front of the compartment at considerable speed. He sustained a fractured rib, bruising to the body, mild concussion and considerable psychological trauma.

The family were referred to Bartletts Solicitors by a friend who found out that we had handled several cases previously against the same theme park. The minimum height requirement for the ride was 1.2 metres, and the child we were representing was only 1.1 metres tall. We contacted the theme park arguing that lack of supervision on the part of the ride's attendants had been the primary cause of the accident. The claim was contested on the grounds that the height restrictions were clearly marked, and as such it should have been the parents responsibility to prevent their child from using the ride. The court found that the attendants in question had not received proper training and had failed to provide adequate supervision. Our client was awarded £10,000 in damages, along with a further significant sum to cover medical and legal costs. The compensation was placed in a court-administered investment account, to be paid once the child has reached the age of 18.

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