Sports Injury
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I suffered an injury playing sport. Can I claim compensation?
People often think that if an injury occurs while playing sports, there is nothing they can do. This is simply not true. If the sport is supervised, there may well be a duty of care on the part of the organisers. Even during informal recreational sport, the law expects people to behave responsibly and not inflict injury on others.
You would not be able to claim if you were injured by a simple sports accident such as a fair football tackle or if the organisers had taken every care to ensure your safety. However, if the sport organiser knew there was a risk they hadn’t warned you about, or taken reasonable measures to avoid, you may well be able to claim compensation. Similarly, if another player did something which they might reasonably have expected to risk injury to you, you might be able to claim against that player.
Will I get less compensation for a sports injury
The actual amount of compensation awarded is calculated according to the degree of injury (and subsequent effects) and the extent to which someone else was to blame. How any given injury was sustained is not the primary factor. It may be considered that, by playing sport, you accepted a level of risk, but that does not affect the liability of others if they caused you injury through negligence or malice.