Our client was employed by a Local Authority
as a hostel manager and had been employed by them for 15 years.
On the day of the accident, our client, in the
course of his employment, was following one of the residents to his
room in order to collect unpaid service charges from him.
As he walked up the stairwell, the resident
turned around and slashed our client's face and arm with a Stanley
knife and pushed him down approximately 22 concrete stairs.
As a result, our client sustained significant
psychological injuries, permanent scars to his face and arm and
bruising and soft tissue injuries to his back.
We alleged that the Defendant Local Authority
had been negligent in advising our client to work with a person who
is known to be dangerous, for failing to take any adequate
precautions for the safety of our client, failing to provide him
with a safe system or safe place of work, failing to carry out an
assessment of all the significant risks and identify preventative
or protective measures designed to control the risks in accordance
with management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
The Defendant Local Authority denied liability
for approximately 18 months and the matter progressed to trial. We
managed to negotiate a settlement of £200,000.00 on the morning of
trial.
This amount was for the injuries our client
sustained, his past and future loss of earnings and loss of
pension.