Accident Claims at Leisure Centre

Visiting a Leisure Centre, Gym or Swimming Pool should be a safe and fun experience, visitors should be protected from harm by the robust and well planned and implemented safety measures most have in place.

Unfortunatley, such safety measures are not always followed as carefully as they should be and a trip to the local Leisure Centre, Swimming Pool or Gym can end up in an accident and injury.

The owners of the premises (often the Local Authority or Council) have a duty of care to their visitors. If an accident happens as a result of their negligence it is very likely the injured victim can make a claim for personal injury compensation.

Some of the most common accident claims are:

  • Slips, Trips & Falls on uneven surfaces, such as Tennis Courts, Astroturf Football Pitches, Skate Park Ramps and other outside areas.
  • Accidents in Swimming Pools, such as slips in wet areas with no warning signs or incidents in areas left unsupervised by a Lifeguard.
  • Injury following a slip in Showers or Changing Area.
  • Accidents involving Children at a Leisure Centre or Swimming Pool.
  • Gym injuries on faulty or dangerous equipment.
  • Accidents that occur when no instruction or induction how to use gym equipment has been given.
  • Ice Skating accidents, often serious injuries with broken bones occur at an ice rink.
  • Injuries caused by stray objects, such as being hit by a ball, racket or other sports equipment causing an injury.
  • Accidents in Gyms on treadmills and running machines.

This is just a summary of the most common types of accident that happen at Leisure Centres, Gyms and Swimming Pools, there are obviously many others.

If you are involved in an accident you should immediatley seek medical attention, depending on how serious the injury is you may need to attend hospital or visit your GP.

When you are well enough to do so, make sure the incident is reported and recorded by the Leisure Centre, Gym or Swimming Pool. If you want to make a compensation claim for your injury it will make matters easier if there is a record of the incident.

Depending on the type of accident it may be prudent to obtain photographs of the scene, for example photographs would be very useful if there was a tripping incident on a ripped astroturf football pitch or a fall on an uneven tennis court as they would provide excellent evidence that the defect in the surface existed.

It is important that you seek professional legal advice from an injury claims Solicitor as soon after the accident as possible, by speaking to an expert who has experience of claims against Leisure Centres, Swimming Pools and Gyms you will be sure to get the right advice on the best way forward.

As well as advising you about making a compensation claim for personal injury, a specialist Solicitor will have access to rehabilitation experts, such as Physiotherapists and other private medical professionals who will help you make a full recovery from the accident as quickly as possible.

A Solicitor will also be able to make a claim for any other losses you have suffered as a result of the accident, this could be compensation for people who have had to care for you, time off work, travel expenses and various other out of pocket costs.

You should not be charged for using a Solicitor, normally all of their fees will be paid by the insurers of the Leisure Centre, Gym or Swimming Pool – in the unlikely event that you don’t succed in your claim the legal fees would be paid by an insurance policy taken out on your behalf.

Pinto Potts Solicitors are specialists with experience of claims against Local Authorities, Councils and Swimming Pools, Gyms and Leisure Centres. If you have been involved in an accident please call for free, confidential advice about making a personal injury claim for compensation.

You can call Pinto Potts Solicitors Free on 0800 316 4434.