Mark broke his arm and suffered minor injuries while playing football at a leisure center after falling over a bench that had been left out. This caused him to miss a month of self-employed work without pay and prevented him from attending a music concert. His solicitor argued the leisure center was negligent by failing to ensure the sports hall was safe, but the local authority lawyer defended the center by claiming Mark saw the bench and ignored the risk of injury.

1. Civil Law

2. Incident Mark was playing 5-aside-footballl at the leisure centre when he fell over a bench that was left out. He badly fell on his right arm causing it to break, he also had small cut above his eye and his shin was heavily bruised.

3. Losses Due to the fact that mark is self employed, his missed out on a month’s worth of work without pay and lost out on going to the music concert he had booked tickets for. Special Damages Loss of earnings : 4 weeks at £450 A week £1,8000 Replacing Damaged Glasses: £100 Taxi Fares : £40 Music Festival Tickets: £200 General Damages Pain Suffering from broken arm Badly bruised shin Minor bruising to the head

4. Arguement For Getting Compensation His Solicitor said he should claim for damages against the leisure centre. His case would be on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis, if his case did not succeed he would not have to pay his fee’s but would most probably have to pay the other side’s fee’s. His solicitor would have to prove that the leisure centre had ignored there responsibility to make the sport’s hall a safe place and this is what caused his injuries.

5. Against His Case The Local Authority lawyer defends the side being sued, there aim is to stop there client being sued.

6. Verdict I believe that he shouldn’t receive compensation because he saw the bench and ignored that fact that it could cause someone an injury.