SLIPS AND FALLS AND OTHER INJURIES
There are many events in which a person may be injured and which do not stem from motor vehicle accidents or workplace accidents governed by the abovementioned legislation.
Our firm has handled a myriad of such claims. Our accredited specialist in this area is able to help you with establishing the prospects of success of claims stemming from the more common slip and fall accident claims to chemical injury claims and electrocution claims and covering injury claims from moderate injury to serious injury.
It is extremely important to check the time frames within which a notice of claim must be delivered under section 9 of the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act. Part 1 of the formal notice of claim under that Act must be given within the period ending on the earlier of the following days:
- The day 9 months after the day the incident giving rise to the personal injury happens, or if symptoms of the injury are not immediately apparent, the first appearance of the symptoms of the injury;
- The day 1 month after the day the claimant first instructs a lawyer to act on the persons behalf in seeking damages for the personal injury and the person against whom the proceeding is proposed to be started is identified.
Part 2 of the notice must be given, to the person to whom Part 1 of the notice was given, within 2 months after the earlier of the following to happen:
- The person to whom Part 1 of the notice was given complies with Section 10 (1);
- The person to whom Part 1 of the notice was given is, under Section 13, conclusively presumed to be satisfied Part 1 of the notice is a complying Part 1 notice of claim.
As you can see, there are several hurdles which one has to get through in order to process a claim under the above legislation.
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