Case studies

We recovered damages in excess of €547,228 at a trial in Spain and then additional damages of approximately €500,000 on appeal for injuries and losses suffered by a young girl after she nearly drowned in a swimming pool.

We are acting for an experienced skier who was badly injured while on holiday in Austria. Our client is no longer able to make use of his arms and has had to move to a house that is more suitable for his needs.

We acted for a 75 year old British man who suffered permanent spinal cord injuries, which resulted in him being paralysed from the neck down, after being struck by a car while he was crossing the road in Bruges.

We recently negotiated a settlement for two clients who suffered multiple bites from an infestation of bed bugs while on a cruise to Iceland and Dublin.

We were retained by the parents of a 17 year old Scottish boy who was injured in a snowboarding accident in Colorado while participating in a training camp for the young athletes hoping to represent Team GB in the Winter Olympics.

Our team represented a 40 year old British woman who suffered a serious spinal cord injury resulting in permanent paralysis after using an alleged defective product while she was staying in the US.

Our client requires wheelchair assistance when travelling by air. On arrival at Manchester Airport, she was transferred into a vehicle used to transport passengers with limited mobility from the tarmac in front of the aircraft to the arrivals lounge. There was one driver and one person providing assistance.

We represented a 12-year-old child who sustained injury while travelling on a flight from England to Turkey. During the journey, a crew member spilt boiling water on our client’s right arm causing significant burns.

We are acting for a client who was injured on her return journey to the UK. She was travelling from Palma Airport and had passed through passport control. However, on her way to the departure gate, she slipped on some liquid that had been spilt on the floor.

We acted for a client who was the victim of clinical negligence while on a cruise. Her claim was governed by the Athens Convention. The defendant cruise liner was also the supplier of a package holiday within the meaning of the Package Tours, Package Holidays and Package Travel Regulations.

We recovered £750,000 in damages for a client who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in France. The settlement was particularly significant since the defendant’s French insurers originally offered him EUR 11,000.

Our client, a novice diver, took part in two dives while on holiday in Indonesia. Following the first dive, she became disorientated and lost consciousness, requiring assistance to get back into the boat where she had to be treated with oxygen. Over the next day or so, she suffered headaches and associated symptoms.