In April 2018 the Ministry of Justice published a new Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Package
Travel Claims. It governs all claims arising from gastric illness during package holidays where the letter
of claim was sent after 7th May 2018 and the value of the claim does not exceed £25,000 on a full
liability basis. At the same time, gastric illness claims have been brought within a stringent fixed costs
regime. Many have predicted that these new provisions, coupled with the undeniable shift in the judicial
attitude towards illness cases, sounds the death knell for the ‘mass’ market of claims in this area.
We will be attending the Advanced Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference by APIL. The following barristers will be at the conference: ➡️ Laura Johnson K ➡️ Edward Lamb KC ➡️ Stephen Glynn ➡️ Laura Begley ➡️ Christopher Stephenson ➡️ Jeremy Ford ➡️ Rob Horner ➡️ Linda Nelson ➡️ Sabrina Hartshorn ➡️ Christopher Lowe From our…
Imogen Todd looks at the recent decision in X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2026] UKSC 13, in which the UK Supreme Court ruled that courts have no inherent jurisdiction to revoke a valid adoption order outside the limited statutory exceptions or the appeal process. The…
This week we focus on how, and where, to resolve disputes; and remind our readers (again) of the dangers of failing to comply with service requirements. Meanwhile, we note that the claim in the Dyson litigation has now settled without admission of liability; watch this…
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