Compensation sought for more than 100 holidaymakers taken ill on P&O Ventura cruise
Hudgell Solicitors has submitted claims for compensation on behalf of more than 100 people taken ill during holidays on the P&O Ventura cruise ship this year.
We are urging Carnival Corporation & plc, the owners of P&O Cruises, to take a ‘sensible and collaborative approach’ to resolving the claims.
Learn more about large numbers of illnesses on board the P&O Ventura.
Exceptionally Tough Legal Battle Finally Resolved After 12 Years.
Solicitor Chris Moore, Joint Head of Clinical Negligence, spoke to BBC Midlands about the ‘exceptionally tough legal battle’ required to secure a damages settlement of almost £24m for his client, who suffered a brain injury at birth.
The award includes a lump sum of £7.8m and annual payments for the rest of the man’s life.
“It has been 12 years in total and this has been an exceptionally tough road for my client and his family, particularly given the long legal battle we had, during which time Nottingham University Hospital Trust simply refused to accept that it had been at fault at all,” he said.
Mr Yaser Jabbar - Legal representation in claims relating to Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon
Hudgell Solicitors are representing families in relation to treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar. The hospital is reviewing 721 cases for potential harm caused to children.
Our team is led by solicitors Caroline Murgatroyd and Elizabeth Maliakal, after reviews outlined unacceptable assessments, examinations, clinical decision-making, and treatments of patients which brought no benefit, and were found to have caused harm.
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Damages worth up to £23.7m agreed in birth injury case against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Manchester Arena bombing survivors, Martin Hibbert and daughter, win harassment claim
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Investigations into sickness outbreaks on P&O Ventura cruise ship holidays
Hudgell Solicitors are to ask serious questions and will seek ‘full transparency’ from P&O with regards to the number of illnesses on its Ventura ship holidays this year. It has been reported that more than 500 passengers were affected by a norovirus outbreak on the ship when it departed Southampton for a two-week cruise around […]
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