Oooooeeeeeeerr, am i in trouble?
11 August 2005, 11:23 AM
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Oooooeeeeeeerr, am i in trouble?
...just had a penshioner knock on my door because he fell over in my driveway.
he was delivering a leaflet to my door and says my uneven drive caused him to trip over, and i am liable
i'm not ..............am i?
it was junk mail that i didnt want and i never asked him to post it, what do i do
he was delivering a leaflet to my door and says my uneven drive caused him to trip over, and i am liable
i'm not ..............am i?
it was junk mail that i didnt want and i never asked him to post it, what do i do
11 August 2005, 11:25 AM
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Those crafty pensioners! 
Prolly in this crazy world you will be liable! just make sure it's a long drawn out court case, hopefully he won't last the duration
Prolly in this crazy world you will be liable! just make sure it's a long drawn out court case, hopefully he won't last the duration
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11 August 2005, 11:27 AM
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i used to work at a swimming pool.....we had to lock internal doors because if someone broke in the main building we had to try to stop them from getting access to the pool area because if they did it would be unlit and no lifeguard - so if they fell in we would be in trouble!
11 August 2005, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
easy to get out of,
what pensioner?
I wasnt at home,
Gate was locked
etc etc
what pensioner?
I wasnt at home,
Gate was locked
etc etc
some sharp legal minds on here......bet Sadam Hussein would love you. "what war, iraq? never heard of it...scud? what scud?"
11 August 2005, 11:37 AM
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just say he should have taken the proper path to the door...it's his own fault for tackling the obstacle course....now go and make a sign and put it up at the front saying 'obstacle course this way £10 a go'....take a photo of it, and send it to the police, and claim he didn't pay you.
11 August 2005, 11:39 AM
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Tonight, go outside and put up a little sign warning of the uneven driveway. Make sure no one sees you. Then you can just say that the dozy old git failed to see the sign 
11 August 2005, 11:40 AM
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"A pensioner was knocked down and killed today in a hit and run incident in the Herts area. Police are asking for witnesses who saw a bright yellow car leaving the scene."
11 August 2005, 11:42 AM
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that takes the ****, your on your own private property he has no right to even walk on your drive. If you so wished you could have a big pile of sand, bricks, toys, all sorts of crap on your drive as its yours. tell the old coffin dodger to **** off and not try and squeeze a few quid out of you. make sure he didnt trip and headbutt the scooby, red blood on yellow wouldnt go.
11 August 2005, 11:43 AM
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its not your responsibility to have a smooth flat pensioner friendly drive as its not public property. you could have a hill and steps with bits to climb over if you wanted.
11 August 2005, 11:47 AM
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"Accidents on private property
- the owner of property has a duty to those coming on to the property (surprisingly this includes trespassers). Therefore if you have an accident due to defective premises, and this would include slipping and tripping, then you are likely to have a claim."
Key word here is defective. If he tripped on a curbs edge, or step for example then no case, if he tripped on a broken slab, cracked drive or something that should/could have been fixed then you need to fix it quick
Ooops did I say that guv
Jules
- the owner of property has a duty to those coming on to the property (surprisingly this includes trespassers). Therefore if you have an accident due to defective premises, and this would include slipping and tripping, then you are likely to have a claim."
Key word here is defective. If he tripped on a curbs edge, or step for example then no case, if he tripped on a broken slab, cracked drive or something that should/could have been fixed then you need to fix it quick
Ooops did I say that guv Jules
11 August 2005, 11:51 AM
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Private places.
If you have an accident on private property for example in someone’s home as a result of negligence on behalf of the occupier, then the occupier or owner of the premises can be liable to pay compensation. Home owners are often insured against these liabilities under their household contents insurance. If you have slipped as a result of something spilled, or fell over toys or other objects on the floor or stairs or tripped on the doorstep you may be able to make a slip trip fall accident claim against the insurers.
If you have an accident on private property for example in someone’s home as a result of negligence on behalf of the occupier, then the occupier or owner of the premises can be liable to pay compensation. Home owners are often insured against these liabilities under their household contents insurance. If you have slipped as a result of something spilled, or fell over toys or other objects on the floor or stairs or tripped on the doorstep you may be able to make a slip trip fall accident claim against the insurers.
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11 August 2005, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by eClaire
That is SO unfair!!
Oh, I need to put a link in for that 2nd quote above as they've got "Do not copy" all over it
http://www.legal-claim.co.uk/trip_slip_fall_claim.html
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11 August 2005, 11:58 AM
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OK I have a question then. I have on my DRIVEWAY a massive crack thats gone across it where 1 half of the driveway sits higher than the other causing a "step" as such.... but next to the driveway there is a path... surely tripping over the driveway bit is their own fault for not mine as I have provided a path to the door?