Leeds City Council pays out more than £1.5m in compensation in one year

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Leeds City Council paid out an average of more than £30,000-a-week to settle personal injury claims over a 12 month period.

A total of 38 people received payouts following incidents relating to vehicles, while a further 44 received compensation over what was termed “environmental issues”.

Personal injury lawyer Ian Morris said that, from his experience, trips over loose paving slabs and potholes was the biggest cause of claims against local councils across the country.Mr Morris, from the Bath-based firm Direct2Compensation, said: “Certainly a lot of disrepair on pavements has become more visible over the last 10 years or so, what with austerity, cutbacks or whatever you want to call it.

 

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