Liability issue, can anyone advice please.

[mark123456]

Hi

I am new to this forum and would like to ask a liability question.

I am self employed in the IT business, located in the UK.

I recently visited a client at their home and while I was with them my clean shoes left some polish on their carpet. The marking was very light, but still quite obvious because they have a beige carpet and my shoes are black.

It would appear that they feel that they need to have the carpet cleaned by a professional, as yet have not said that they expect me to pay for the damage. I hadn`t inspected the carpet before I started work, but I did see the light scuffing marks afterwards.

My question is this; if they decide to proceed with paying a professional company and then give me the invoice is this acceptable? Am I liable for this kind of claim?

Many thanks
Mark

[fisicx]

Dunno,

If you were you invited into their property in order to carry out business then I would have thought that your liability insurance would cover this. In any case, did they ask you to remove your shoes? And I would question the need to clean the whole carpet, if it is just a light scuff then 10 minutes with a carpet cleaner should do the trick.