Holiday Accidents & Injury Abroad Solicitors

Successful accident and illness abroad claims relate to:

• Hotel Accidents.
• Holiday Sickness.
• Airplane Accidents.
• Cruise Ship Accidents.
• Road Traffic Accidents.
• Accidents Working Abroad.
• Accidents at Sea.
• Skiing Accident.
• Sports Injuries Abroad.
• Serious Injury Abroad.
• Medical Negligence Abroad.
• Extreme Sports Accident.

At Hudgell Solicitors we pride ourselves on providing immediate support to our clients, which continues throughout all accidents and illness abroad compensation claims to conclusion and beyond. This includes;

• A specialist legal team – working with foreign law experts across Europe, America and beyond to get justice for those affected by preventable injuries and illnesses overseas.
• Rehabilitation – our lawyers specialise in gaining access to the best possible rehabilitation support for those involved in serious accidents abroad.
• Independent medical opinions – if required, we’ll arrange for an expert medical examiner to assess your injuries, or the circumstances of an injury, to ascertain what and who was responsible.
• Experts in compensation claims – we will calculate how much compensation we believe you are entitled to based on your injuries, the cost of ongoing treatment, potential loss of earnings, and costs incurred due to changes to your holiday plans.

Our travel lawyers deal with many types of accident and injury abroad claims. Below, we’ve listed some of the circumstances in which we have represented clients in successful claims:

• Road traffic accidents caused by another person’s reckless driving, either if you were on a coach, in a taxi, driving a hire car, or as a passenger or a pedestrian.
• Slips and trips which could have been prevented, either in a hotel, on a plane, on a cruise ship, or during an excursion.
• Accidents due to poorly maintained or inadequate facilities at a hotel or tourist attraction.
• Winter sports injuries where equipment was faulty, there was a lack of instruction or another participant was at fault.
• Poorly managed and instructed sports and leisure activities, resulting in avoidable injuries.
• Terrorism offences.
• Negligent care during medical treatment in a hospital abroad.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, so please contact our dedicated travel litigation team for a free, no-obligation consultation about your circumstances.

The amount of compensation depends on several factors and we’ll assess the following when calculating how much your claim is worth:

• The severity of your injuries as well as the outlook of your health going forward.
• Any psychological trauma caused by an accident abroad, and how this could impact your life in the future.
• Pain, suffering, and trauma experienced by you or a family member.
• Past, current, and future loss of earnings due to time off work following an accident or injury abroad.
• Your rehabilitative care and support needs, both now and in the future.
• Medical expenses you may have paid abroad or in the UK.
• Mobility aids and modifications to your home.
• The loss of enjoyment you’ve experienced after your holiday was cut short by an unexpected accident or injury.
• Other financial loss.

For your claim to be successful, our holiday claims solicitors need to be able to prove who was liable for your accident or injury and that the incident was caused by negligence, failure to follow health and safety procedures, a criminal act, or a breach of foreign law.

You can make an accident or injury claim whether you were holidaying abroad as an independent traveller or as part of a package holiday.

If you were travelling as part of an organised package holiday, you can bring legal action against the tour operator if your accident or injury was caused by health and safety breaches during your transfer; in the hotel or resort where you were staying; or during an organised excursion to a visitor attraction.

If you were travelling as part of a larger group, you can undertake a group action or group litigation that combines the experiences of your whole party into a single claim.

If you’re unsure whether your circumstances mean you’re eligible to make a claim, our solicitors can help.

The time in which you can make an accident or injury abroad claim can vary depending on which country you were in at the time of the incident.

For accidents that occur in the UK, you usually have up to three years from the date of the accident or injury to bring a claim. However, this time limit can be much shorter in other countries and our travel law experts can advise you with regards to your case.

We’d always recommend starting a claim as soon as possible after the incident so that we can begin the process and work towards securing the compensation you deserve.