7 Top Tips to help you win your slip or trip and fall claim against a supermarket such as Sainsbury’

Wednesday September 28, 2011 at 6:07am

If you have been injured as a result of a slipping or tripping and falling accident in a supermarket such as Sainsbury’s you may be entitled to claim compensation for your pain, suffering and other losses.

You have a right to make a claim to be compensated for the pain you have suffered and any other losses you have incurred such as loss of your earnings. Let no one confuse you about your rights.

Insurance companies are stepping up their propaganda campaigns with headlines such as “Compensation Culture” and “Ambulance Chasing Lawyers.”

The purpose of the propaganda is to discourage injured people like  yourself from making legitimate personal injury claims. By not making a claim you indirectly help the insurance company to increase its profits and to pay bigger bonuses to its managers.

We have prepared this simple Guide to help you exercise your right to claim compensation against a supermarket such as Sainsbury’s.

For your claim to be successful, you need to prove the following:


• That employees of a supermarket such as Sainsbury’s failed to take any reasonable care to see that you would be safe in using their supermarket as a customer.

• That Sainsbury’s staff caused or allowed the shop floor to become or to remain slippery and a danger to you and other shoppers using the supermarket.

• That Sainsbury’s staff caused or allowed the milk, water, yoghurt or other slippery substance or obstruction to be present on the shop floor.

• That employees of Sainsbury’s failed to cause the milk, water, yoghurt or other substance to be cleaned up and the floor dried or obstruction removed quickly.

• That Sainsbury’s Managers failed to put in place or enforce any proper system for the inspection and cleaning of the floor.

• That employees of Sainsbury’s failed to give you proper warning of the presence of the milk, water, yoghurt or other slippery substance or obstruction on the floor.

• That Sainsbury’s cleaners failed to place any barriers around the wet or moist area of the floor where you slipped and fell or their staff failed to place any barriers around the obstruction where you tripped and fell.



Balinda & Co have many years experience and have helped a lot of people who have suffered slip and fall injuries to get compensation.

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Want help with your slip and fall injury claim? Please contact us or call 0800 321 3287 and let us talk it through Free of charge.


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The information on this blog is provided as a general guide only. It is not intended to be a complete and authoritative statement of the law and might be out of date by the time you read it. It is not a substitute for professional advice which takes into consideration specific facts of each case and any changes in the law and practice. No responsibility can be accepted by Balinda & Co for any loss suffered by any person acting or refraining from acting on the basis of the information on this blog. We offer free legal advice with respect to personal injury claims. Telephone 0800 321 3287 to discuss your particular claim.

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