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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 accidents at hotels.
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 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.
- Compensation for Accidents at Hotels
- Slips, Trips and Falls at Hotels
- Other Causes of Hotel Accidents
- Food Poisoning and Hygiene Issues at Hotels
- Case Study: Compensation for Falling Down Hotel Stairs
- Case Study: Compensation for Slip on Spillage at Hotel
- Case Study: Compensation for Slip on Wet Ramp at Hotel
- Case Study: Compensation for Trip Over Cable at Hotel
- Solicitors Claiming Compensation From Hotels
All these dangers are usually the result of poor maintenance routines and systems of cleaning, inspection and supervision.
Ms B’s husband was with her and filed an accident report with the hotel stating that the stone steps had been recently cleaned and not dried properly prior to his wife falling down them. Ms B suffered upper body pain and weakness for weeks following her fall, and her much-anticipated holiday was effectively ruined.
Ms B got in touch with Bartletts Solicitors, and we agreed to represent her on a no win no fee basis in a compensation claim against the hotel’s owners. We wrote to them and their insurers, pointing out that the stone steps should have been clean and dry before the health spa admitted guests on the day in question.
Under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 the hotel had a responsibility to provide safe premises for its guests. In this case the negligence of the hotel’s cleaning staff, and by extension its owners, had directly caused Ms B’s injuries and she was therefore entitled to compensation. The hotel and its insurers admitted liability for the accident, and Ms B received £3,000 for her injuries, as well as loss of enjoyment of her holiday.
Ms B’s husband had filed an accident report with the hotel and complained to its management, which refused to accept responsibility for the accident, despite several other guests confirming that the spilled juice had been on the floor for some time prior to Ms B slipping on it.
Ms B got in touch with Bartletts Solicitors after reading about our experience of successfully suing hotels for accidents involving guests. We wrote to the hotel’s owners stating that, in this instance, they had not taken the necessary ‘reasonable’ measures to protect guests from the risk of injury.
It was later confirmed that the hotel’s restaurant had been short staffed on the morning of the accident, and the normal system of inspection and cleaning in the dining area had broken down. The spillage that caused Ms B’s injuries should have been cleared up within a reasonable time frame, and the hotel had negligently failed in this regard. After further correspondence, the hotel’s owners accepted liability for the accident and Ms B received £2,600 in compensation.
Mr A was assisted by other guests and driven to a nearby hospital’s A&E unit, where he was attended to by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. Mr A was on crutches for two weeks after the accident and was unable to work for over a month. He also required extensive physiotherapy sessions to regain full mobility in both his ankle and shoulder.
Bartletts Solicitors went on to represent Mr A in a no win no fee personal injury claim against the hotel’s parent company. In correspondence with the company and its insurers, we maintained that the hotel should have had measures in place to ensure that fixtures like the access ramps outside the courtyard toilets were kept free from rainwater, or else were covered in anti-slip material to prevent them from becoming slippery and dangerous.
The hazardous condition of the ramp was a breach of the Occupier's Liability Act 1957 and the duty of care the hotel owed Mr A as a visitor. We were able to gain an admission of liability from the hotel within a few months confirming the fact that the establishment’s negligence was the primary cause of our client’s injuries. Mr A later received £4,750 in compensation.
Her weekend break was effectively ruined because of her injuries, but she met with an unsympathetic response from the hotel’s deputy manager (the full-time manager was away that weekend), who told her that she should have noticed that the floor was being cleaned at the time of the accident, and would not even offer a refund on the couple’s stay.
Mrs V’s husband contacted Bartletts Solicitors a few weeks later having read online about a similar case we handled previously. Our lawyers advised him that his wife had strong grounds for making a personal injury claim against the hotel, and subsequently agreed to represent her on a no win no fee basis.
We sent a letter of claim to the hotel’s insurers, arguing that the hotel had breached the duty of care that they owed Mrs V as a legitimate visitor because the trailing electrical power cable was an obvious tripping hazard, and cleaning of this kind should not have been carried out while guests were checking in. The hotel’s parent company acknowledged responsibility for the accident, and we were able to negotiate a compensation settlement for Mrs V totalling £2,750.
How Can Bartletts Solicitors Help You?
A free no obligation quick case assessment, followed by a No Win No Fee claim.
We help you recover whatever you have lost financially whilst injured.
Get back on your feet as quickly as possible with expert medical care.
We take all the stress out of the claim and ensure you recover everything you are entitled to.
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