Injured During Sport? You could be entitled to compensation

Many of sports finest prospects have been prevented from achieving their potential due to a career ending injury. An injury sustained playing sport can seriously jeopardise a player’s financial security and if it proves to be career ending, it can have significant emotional consequences as well.

Head injuries, ligament damage, broken bones and torn muscles can all contribute to time away from sport and such injuries are particularly frustrating when they are caused by someone else’s recklessness. Such injuries could arise from:

• A poorly maintained playing surface

• An illegal tackle/challenge

• Poor advice from coaching staff/trainers

• Unqualified coaching staff/trainers

• Violence

• Poorly maintained or defective equipment

When you consent to play sport, you implicitly accept the degree of risk attached to participation. Indeed, if a sports injury is a result of a trip or fall, or a legal action from a competitor, you would not be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim, as we saw in the case of footballer Dean Ashton in 2009. However, if injury arises from someone else’s negligence or maliciousness, you should seek help from an experienced personal injury claim solicitor, who can advise you on whether or not you have grounds for a claim – and if so how to claim injury compensation.

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