Pavement Headache For Local Councils

There were a few posts in recent months that the sidewalks are uneven focus on many boards can not keep up maintenance on the sidewalks because they have to pay a lot of injuries to trigger compensation are as people. This seemingly endless cycle was approached by GMTV a few weeks ago, but in reality the fault in this argument long term.

The argument that GMTV argued that since local councilsstumbled time and money on defense and fall cases, to spend on their platforms that they have more money to repair the damage so that more people are traveling and demand and sidewalks getting worse and there seems no end to this problem.

While it is easy to blame lawyers injury is not as easy as PI Manchester lawyer, made that argument on GMTV, councils in England and Wales have a legal duty to maintain highwaysa certain standard for two decades. The fact that they are failing to do so is not a new or modern phenomenon, it's a long standing issue.

To illustrate the problem, GMTV also interviewed a pensioner who had tripped on her way to the shop and suffered a fractured pelvis. Her life had altered completely since the accident. People in her position are entitled to make a compensation claim following a slipping accident. It is only right that Councils are brought to account for their failing standards in this crucial area, not least because they are flouting their statutory obligations.

So the lawyers have a legitimate argument saying that they are merely defending people who deserve to be compensated it seems the councils need to do more than just play the blame game. The best idea is for councils to try and prevent any further damage to their pavements and this means possibly punishing those who carelessly damage the public walkways.

As was reported today Cheshire council have a problem with motorists parking on the pavements and damaging the pavements. Maintaining the public walkways needs to be a high priority for councils if they want to reduce personal injury claims. Fines for those who damage public walkways may be one idea, and those fines can be put back into the pavements and in time trip and fall cases should hopefully reduce meaning the councils will have no more complaints about personal injury lawyers.

This idea may not be the best way to solve the problem, but councils really need to stop blaming lawyers who are just doing their job. Although some lawyers may charge the councils extremely high prices, the simple fact is that the councils have a duty of care when it comes to public pavements and if they do not uphold this duty of care then they have little defence when a personal injury case is brought against them.