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Sport and leisure accidents specialist solicitors

To some, sport is a way of life. To others, sport helps to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep fit. To many, it is a means of partaking in a fun, harm-free recreational activity and doing something to be enjoyed.

Whichever category you fit into, the onus is on you to be aware of the risks you take. By partaking in the sport, you accept the risk of being injured as a result of an accident. However, through no fault of your own, personal injury may still occur.

Hundreds of people are injured every week whist partaking in some professional or recreational activity, ranging from contact sports like football and rugby to horse riding and skiing. If you have been injured as a result of someone else's negligence or recklessness, you can pursue them for compensation for your injuries and resulting losses, for example,  loss of earnings.

Sports injury claims could include:

• Your opponent in a football or rugby match makes a dangerous tackle, i.e. he or she did something that is illegitimate, negligent or intentional, and against the rules of the game.
• Your injury could have been avoided if the referee had policed the game better.  Referees, coaches and other team players owe a duty of care to players to take reasonable care for their safety.
• You or your children are injured as a result of unsafe premises on which they are playing sports.
• You or your children are learning a new sport and an injury is caused because of an inadequately trained instructor.
• Iinjury is caused to your child as a result of poor supervision by their PE teacher.
• Injury is caused to you or your child as a result of poorly maintained gym equipment.
• You participated in a heavily regulated sport like boxing, and sustained an injury. There is a duty on the regulatory body to take reasonable steps to minimise or control (by rules or directions) the risks inherent in the sport. Remember the successful claim made by the professional boxer Michael Watson who suffered catastrophic brain injuries.
• You sustained an injury whilst participating in a league or organised sport. The organiser, governing body, club or Local Education Authority can be liable for the acts of its employees including referees and players.

Ralli has a friendly and experienced team of solicitors who specialise in and actively represent clients in complex sports injuries.

For more information regarding Sporting and Leisure injuries, please email James Reilly.

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