Our client was helping to load another person’s horse into her own horsebox when she was injured.
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£4,600 secured for client left scarred by dog attack.
£325,000 secured despite the insurers of our client’s employer denying liability for the accident.
Five-figure compensation secured following accident which caused significant injury.
Six-figure settlement secured for kick which caused significant injuries.
Five-figure sum secured for significant injuries and psychological harm as a result of the accident.
£65,000 settlement secured under Animals Act and negligence for accident on trail.
After hearing of a recent and tragic case involving animals injuring and even killing members of the public, Richard Brooks clarifies whether the animal has to be considered ‘dangerous’ for a claim to be brought.
Mark Hambleton explains, with examples of some of our recent cases, how animal accident claims are often very different to other personal injury claims.
In May 2013, Mike Porter was tragically killed walking through a field on the edge of a village close to Bath. The inquest into his death reminds us once again about the dangers that can sometimes be posed by cows.
We acted for Sally* who was a stable girl in her twenties. Sally worked in a racehorse training yard and one morning on the way to the gallops the filly she was riding became so agitated that she flipped over. Sally had no chance to avoid the accident and the horse landed on top of her.