By Nick Parr

Mr K is a retired gentleman approaching his 70th birthday. To keep himself active and to make a contribution to the community Mr K had a small part time job working as a verger to his local church. Mr K’s duties included the performance of small maintenance and repair tasks within the church. In particular on a number of occasions he was asked to clean the church’s Oriel window which was quite high up on the church.

Unfortunately the church did not provide Mr K with the proper facilities and support to enable him to safely reach up to clean the Oriel window. In fact he was left to use a small domestic ladder and in due course the inevitable happened; Mr K was up the ladder struggling to clean the Oriel window when the ladder slipped from underneath him and he fell.

Pinto Potts Solicitors have occupied their flagship office in Aldershot, Hampshire since 2001.

We also have a Solicitors office Fleet, Hampshire and have had a presence in the town since the seventies

Well done to Paul Martin, who completed the Great North Run in under 2 hours on Sunday (30th September).

He has been using the staff gym here at Pinto Potts as part of his training regime.

The team at Pinto Potts Solicitors wish the best of luck to employee Paul Martin, who is helping raise funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal by taking part in the Great North Run on 30th September.

A two-year-old girl was bitten in the face by a dog that had been tied up outside a Tesco supermarket. Another man and a security guard were also bitten outside the Tesco store.

A spokesman for the police said the dog was thought to be a five-year-old Alsatian or Labrador cross. She said the girl, who was with a child minder at the time, needed stitches and was left with a bite mark on her face.

“It was a nasty bite.” The toddler had five stitches to her lip and nose.

The opportunity for foreign travel has never been so good and every year thousands more people are taking the opportunity to benefit from budget airlines.

Unfortunately, accidents do happen abroad. Many people might not be aware of their entitlement to pursue a claim for compensation when the accident occurs outside of their own country.

By Barbara Bentley

With more emphasis on sports, fitness and leisure, it is not surprising that we are seeing an increase in compensation claims arising from these activities.

Previously, it was generally assumed that injuries sustained whilst playing sport were just part of the game, but this is not always true.

School teachers have been awarded an estimated £20 million in compensation for personal injuries, employment disputes and criminal suits over the past 12 months.

National Union of Teachers (NUT) members who won compensation include a teacher from Liverpool who dislocated her hip using a toilet designed for primary pupils. She was awarded £13,958 in compensation.

Here at Pinto Potts we have a team of Personal Injury Lawyers who specialise in making compensation claims for all kinds of accidents and injuries.

Some of the more common personal injury claims our lawyers handle are:

Road Accidents (Passenger, Driver, Pedestrian, Cyclist)

Slips, Trips & Falls (Supermarkets, Pavements, Kerbs)

Accidents at Work (Factory, Office, Shop, Supermarket)

Industrial Illness (Hearing Damage from Noise, Vibration White Finger, Asbestos Exposure)

We also handle the less common Personal Injury compensation claims, such as:

From 1 August 2007, every home put on the property market with four or more bedrooms will need a Home Information Pack, which includes a home energy efficiency rating.

Home Information Packs or HIPs include an Energy Performance Certificate, containing advice on how to cut carbon emissions and fuel bills as well as a sale statement, searches and evidence of title.