Illness & accident abroad claims

Illness & accident abroad solicitors

Sadly, people are sometimes involved in accidents or they suffer illness while travelling abroad. Making a compensation claim under these circumstances can be difficult, but with our international travel litigation group and specialist personal injury lawyers, we have the experience and expertise to ensure your claim is handled successfully.

The UK’s best foreign claims team

Irwin Mitchell has the largest foreign claims team in the UK and has an envied reputation as the first port of call for UK citizens whose foreign travel has resulted in injury or illness. Because of our expertise we are the right partner to give you the security and peace of mind you need if you require legal advice or assistance.
Our international travel litigation group has successfully acted for thousands of clients who have suffered illness or injury overseas arising in foreign hotels, on cruises, in roads traffic accidents or in a wide variety of other situations.

We are experts in international injury claims

Our international travel litigation group has acted for clients in a number of ground breaking cases arising from accidents or illness abroad, sometimes recovering record compensation for our clients in accidents arising in the USA, Australia and across Europe.

Many of the solicitors and foreign qualified lawyers in the group are recognised as leaders in their field. The team benefits from a number of Spanish, French and German qualified lawyers as well as many others with significant foreign claims experience and fluent foreign language skills including Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, German and Portuguese.

About accidents & illness aboard

Claims arising abroad often involve complex issues of jurisdiction and questions as to which country's laws should apply. Whether you are an ex-pat, foreign resident or an English resident injured whilst travelling abroad, our international travel litigation group is able to assist with claims from minor injuries to those of catastrophic proportions or involving fatalities.

Group action - stronger together

If things go wrong, lots of other people may be involved, maybe the other passengers on your cruise ship or the other guests at your hotel. When a major event occurs, which causes injury or financial loss to a number of people, the strategy of joining forces to form a group of claimants with a common interest allows cases to be won when an individual case would be very hard to bring.
A group action (sometimes called a multi-party action, class action or disaster litigation) is a legal dispute when a number of people join together to bring compensation claims arising from the same event or similar circumstances. Frequently, group actions involve high profile matters of great public and media interest.

Group action – a specialist expertise

Handling a group action requires specialist skill and sensitivity, particularly when the injury or financial loss occurs outside the UK. We have a 30 year history at the forefront of developing the law of group actions and have won the Lawyer "Litigation Team of the Year" award for our group action work.

How we’ll help

We can provide specialist advice assistance with claims arising abroad including:

• Illness (for example salmonella, E Coli, cryptosporidium, legionnaires disease)
• Road traffic accidents
• Accidents in hotels
• Coach accidents
• Aviation accidents
• Accidents on holiday excursions
• Maritime accidents
• Medical negligence
• Skiing accidents
• Diving accidents
• Assaults
• Accidents at work
• A wide variety of other claims

Call us now on +44 (0) 207 477 2775, or use the links above to drop us a line.