A former student is suing Edinburgh0 University Students’ Association (EUSA) for £75,000 after claiming she slipped on a floor “awash” with spilt drinks at a club night in the University-owned Potterrow.

Roxanne Bell suffered a broken wrist in the fall, and believes the student union are to blame for the accident.

The 22-year-old launched the legal action for damages against EUSA, alleging that it was negligent behaviour to fail to clean up spillages.

Bell described the floor as being “awash with spilled drinks”, so much so that after her fall she found that her dress was soaked with drinks from the floor.

Bell’s lawyers have also argued that there was “no evidence” of a system designed to clean up any mess and that the only EUSA staff members working were “concentrating on selling drinks at the bar”.

In reference to the floor, Zac Ernst commented, “They are so sticky and covered in sludge that I would never wear nice shoes to Potterrow”

However, lawyers for EUSA have claimed that they had a system in place to mop up spillages during the event and that Bell had a “duty to exercise reasonable care for her own safety” during the club night and should have “watched where she was placing her feet”.

Following the injury, Bell said that it took two to three months before she could resume “normal activities” and that she still suffers from “discomfort” in her wrist.

At the time, Ms Bell had been working part-time as a waitress and said that she was unable to return to work for two weeks after the fall.

Lauren Campbell, a fourth year student and devoted fan of The Big Cheese, said on the matter “You can’t expect to go to Potterrow and not get down and dirty” while Alex Kerr responded to the story saying “Whether the floor is wet or not, combining heels and lash is inevitably going to cause a tumble” .

It is not known if Bell was inebriated while at Potterrow.

Joanna Hall said, “To break your wrist is simply bad luck, but everyone slips up in nightclubs and guaranteed 9/10 times that is due to the person being too drunk”.

All said that they had seen spilled drinks being mopped up while at Potterrow nights.

Bell could not be contacted for comment.

The case is set to be heard again at the Court of Session later this year.