Slip And Fall
Lawyers Queensland.

Yes — if the occupier of the premises failed to take reasonable care for your safety and that failure caused your fall. Claims run against the business or owner's public liability insurance and cover your injuries, lost income, care and pain and suffering.

Common scenarios: spills left uncleaned in supermarkets, missing wet floor signs, polished or wet entryways in rain, unlit or uneven steps, loose mats, and hazards left in walkways. The question is always whether a reasonable system would have found and fixed the hazard before you met it.

Report it and insist it's recorded. Photograph the hazard, your footwear and your injuries. Take witness names. Ask the venue — in writing — to preserve CCTV. See a doctor the same day, even for 'minor' pain.

CCTV is the single most decisive piece of evidence in these claims, and it is routinely overwritten within days. A same-week preservation letter from a lawyer is often the difference between a strong claim and a deniable one — which is why we say call us in the first week, not the first year.

The supermarket or store for hazards within its tenancy; the centre management for common areas; and sometimes the cleaning contractor — frequently more than one. Their cleaning and inspection system is the battleground.

Courts ask whether the system was reasonable and whether it was actually followed that day. In Nkamba v Queensland Childcare Service, a tidy-up rule on paper wasn't enough — the occupier couldn't prove it was followed, and breach was established. Records, rosters and sign-off sheets win and lose these cases.

Your claim survives — reduced, not destroyed. Contributory negligence reduces damages by your share of responsibility, such as not watching your step or ignoring clear warnings.

In Rodd v Hall, a guest who slipped on wet motel tiles still recovered $470,690 after a 20% reduction for failing to keep a proper lookout. But beware the other edge: where a risk is truly obvious, claims can fail entirely (Blue OP Partner v De Roma). We'll tell you honestly where your facts sit — see our public liability recent cases.

It depends on the injury and its effect on your work and life. Fractures requiring surgery, spinal injuries and head injuries commonly support six-figure claims once future economic loss and care are properly assessed.

Falls are dismissed as 'embarrassing accidents' far too often by the people who suffer them. A shattered wrist for a manual worker, or a fractured hip for an older person, carries lifelong consequences the law compensates — if the claim is brought.