Case studies

We successfully pursued a claim against a snowboarder who hit a skier from behind in the Italian resort of Cervinia. The defendant, a UK resident, was prosecuted by Italian police.

We acted for the family of a young man tragically killed in Italy. He was a passenger in a vintage sports car driven by his father. As they pulled out of a service station, another vehicle, travelling at speed, crashed into the side of their car.

We achieved a €1.25 million settlement for a 55 year old man from Newcastle, who was badly injured in a hit-and-run accident involving a drink driver in County Kildare, Ireland, while working on an overseas contract for a UK based construction company.

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 acted for a client pursuing a claim, against a hotel in Florida, for personal injury after being shot by an intruder while in his hotel room. Our client and his family were staying in various hotels as they toured the state.

We were instructed by a client, who suffered an injury while on a package holiday in Corfu with her daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons. She fell as she climbed onto a boat during an excursion booked after arriving on the island.

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 achieved an overall settlement figure of approximately €1.5 million plus costs for our client who was hit on a pedestrian crossing in Belgium by a driver who jumped a red light. He was catapulted approximately 30 yards.

We acted on behalf of a 41 year-old woman following a fall at a holiday rental in Florida. Our client fell as she descended a flight of wooden steps in front of the property. It had been raining before she left the property and the steps were slippery.

Our travel group negotiated a settlement worth over $300,000 for a British woman injured while visiting friends in Florida. By bringing the claim in the USA, we secured substantially more damages than if the case had been pursued in this country.

We have advised an international data analytics provider based in the US on how to address international data transfer issues in contracts with UK customers. This involves an understanding of the nature of the data involved and establishing a legal basis for transfer under the UK data protection regime.

We have advised various large organisations (including a FTSE 100 company and a Japanese IT multinational) on the steps they need to undertake to comply with data protection laws. With sanctions for breach of UK data protection laws now potentially including £500,000 fines, this is an issue that is important for both small and large companies.