WHAT IF MY PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS MADE THE ACCIDENT MORE LIKELY OR MADE MY INJURIES WORSE ?

What if you have a bad knee, which makes one leg a bit unsteady,or if your eyesight, even with glasses, is not very strong, and you fall on a broken stair ? Are you still entitled to compensation even though someone with stonger legs or better eyesight might not have fallen ?

The answer is “yes”. All people, regardless of physical ability, have a legal right to make their way through the world without unnecessary danger. Owners and occupiers of property must, for example, permit no unnecessary danger to any person who might reasonably be expected to be on or in their property. The same goes for drivers and everybody else – they must not create unnecessary danger to anyone whose path they may cross.