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Compensation for Slipping Accidents in Pubs, Bars and Clubs

Slips, trips and falls cause the most amount of claims for accidents in bars, pubs and restaurants, with the vast majority of such accidents being caused by wet and slippery floors. Such establishments often serve drinks to hundreds of customers over the course of an evening, and inevitably breakages and spilled drinks are regular occurrences.

Food may also be spilled and trampled into floor surfaces, creating a similar slipping hazard for customers. Even when spillages are cleaned up, floor surfaces may not be dried properly, leaving them wet, slippery and dangerous.

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To avoid being sued for a personal injury it is critical that bars and similar public establishments have efficient systems of inspection and cleaning, as well as sufficient numbers of staff on duty to monitor the safety of the premises and take actions to eliminate spillages within what UK law defines as a ‘reasonable time-frame’. In practice this means that staff should always be on the lookout for spilled food and drink, and should take immediate action once a spillage is identified. Where a floor surface is temporarily wet from cleaning, such as an establishment’s toilets and bathrooms for example, cones and warning signs must be in place to prevent customers from accessing the slippery area.
Any area of a pub, bar, nightclub or restaurant may become slippery and dangerous, including bar areas, stairs, dance floors, bathrooms, fire escapes, entrances and exits. In winter, rain and slush may be trampled inside venues, and management should provide anti-slip matting or similar in areas where it is unavoidable that floor surfaces will become wet and slippery. Poor lighting in sections of venues can also add to the risk of customers slipping or tripping and injuring themselves. Proper maintenance of a premises therefore is equally as important as an efficient system of inspection and cleaning in terms of minimising the risk of accidents, and reducing the number of injured customers suing bars for personal injury.

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Every year we help over a thousand injured people make claims for compensation on a no win no fee basis. Many of these claims are for slips and falls.

Our service is designed to be easy to use: meetings by phone & email, local medical appointments, sign documents online, or visit our city centre offices.

Our solicitors are very experienced in slips claims having worked at the firm for an average of 18 years.

Bartletts Solicitors was managed by John Bartlett for over 40 years, the last 25 of which he was assisted by Trevor Morris. Trevor is now the managing director, representing continuity for the firm’s traditional values and customer satisfaction ethos.


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