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illness or injury - nationwide
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Being bitten by a dog is traumatic and often painful. See dog bite treatment for more information. Any dog could potentially bite a human, not just the aggressive breeds. Click here for more information about dogs that bite. If a dog is aggravated then it may lash out, this is why you should never disturb an animal when it is eating or with its puppies. If you are bitten by a dog indiscriminately you should seek compensation. If a dog shown previous tendency to bite and this can be proven then a claim will normally be successful.
If you are in Scotland however, the law varies slightly. According to the 1987 Animals Act, a dog does not have to shown a vicious nature before, for the owner to be liable. ‘For the ‘keeper’ to be strictly liable the dog must have caused the injury or damage by biting or otherwise savaging, harrying or attacking’. There are a few conditions to this which may be brought up by the dogs owner as a defence, these are:
Pursuing a compensation claim
If you have been bitten by a dog in Scotland then pursuing compensation should be straightforward. If the owner has household insurance that covers dog bites you should be fully compensated unless one of the previous defences is argued by the owner, other routes to compensation may be available, please call for more information.
