Posted By Alan james A family member recently fell off a step ladder and broke his ankle in several places, he is limping and will for the rest of his life. He was working for a builder on a casual basis, can he still take the builder to court for negligence, and if so how long has he got to do so?

Posted By James Fleming Alan, it depends on the circumstances surronding the accident. If the family member had an induction to the type of job undertaken/had training/was aware of the risk assessments/knew that there was safe systems of work provided/the step ladders were safe to use/or indeed was following a permit to work system then it might be more difficult to suggest that the builder was not providing a duty of care to his staff. However, in my opinion, if any of one of the aforementioned was not in place then there might be a good case to proceed. But as Martyn mentioned more detail is required. If you have all the details and know for sure that one or more of the mentioned items ,ight not have been in place by all means contact the CAB, but better still call one of the adverts on the T.V. you see about making a claim when you are not at fault.