Sports Injury Claims

You can make a sports injury claim against:

• The organiser of a sporting event
• The owner of a sports ground/facility
• Match officials
• Medical staff (if they failed to detect an injury)
• Spectators
• Teachers (if a child is injured during PE at school)

Sports can be played almost anywhere, which means an injury can happen in a variety of places. No matter where it occurred, we can help you make a claim.

We have previously represented clients who have suffered sports injuries:

• At work
• At school, college or university
• On private property
• At council-owned or public facilities.

Your sports injury may have also happened because the place where you were training or playing wasn’t adequately maintained. We can help you make a claim if you were injured because of:

• Bad ground conditions/wet playing surfaces
• Badly maintained/faulty equipment
• Incorrect protective equipment being provided for weather conditions
• Obstacles not being cleared away (litter, water spills, equipment).

Due to the unique nature of every sports injury claim, we can’t give you an exact figure until we know more about your case.

Once you contact us to discuss your claim, we will be able to offer more guidance and advise you on the range of compensation we expect you to receive.

When working out how much compensation you could be entitled to, we will consider:

• Loss of earnings, now and in the future
• Expenses
• Pain and suffering
• Further treatments/medication
• Any adaptations to your home
• Care costs (if applicable).

You can make a no win no fee sports injury claim within three years of the accident if you’re claiming for yourself. If you’re claiming on behalf of a child or someone who lacks the mental capacity to do so themselves, an exception might be granted by the courts (we will handle this for you if it’s possible).

There are other funding options available, too—we will go through these on the phone with you before we start your claims process.

If you’ve had an injury while playing football, whether as a professional or amateur player, you could be entitled to claim football injury compensation.

Many football injuries happen because of perfectly legal challenges. If you were injured by a legitimate tackle, it’s unlikely that you will be able to claim compensation.

Bad tackles aren’t the only cause of football injuries, though. The owners of sports facilities must provide a safe playing environment, so you may have a case if you have been injured because of:

• A poorly maintained pitch
• Chemicals, shards of glass or other hazards on the pitch.

Although knocks and bruises are unavoidable in a contact sport like football, bad challenges or poor pitch conditions can cause a range of injuries, including:

• Serious cuts and lacerations
• Fractures
• Concussions and other head injuries
• Torn ligaments.

Depending on the nature of your injury, you may find that you’re unable to work or carry out everyday tasks. We’ll make sure that these factors are considered in your compensation.

Deep lacerations caused by shards of glass and other hazards can leave scars, which could influence your psychological wellbeing. Our solicitors understand how distressing this can be, so we’ll work hard for it to be recognised in your claim.

The sooner you get in touch with us, the easier it is for us to investigate your claim. We may need to interview other players, referees, and spectators, so we must speak to them while the incident is still fresh in their minds.

If there’s any video evidence, you should keep hold of it. Similarly, try to take photos of anything relating to the injury, for example:

• Stud marks
• Glass shards
• Grooves showing where the tackle happened.

Football injury claims can be complex and not everyone who’s injured while playing football will have a claim. Our team of specialist lawyers has vast experience in helping both professional and amateur players seek compensation for injuries sustained on the football pitch.