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Travel company Thomas Cook says it has won a legal victory against a fake holiday sickness claim and plans to challenge other such claims in court. It comes after a family tried to win up to £10,000 in damages for food poisoning on a trip to the Canary Islands. A judge at Liverpool County Court [&h...

The NHS paid out a record £1.7bn in damages for medical negligence last year, with doctors’ representatives warning of an urgent need to cap costs. The figures from NHS Resolution show almost £700,000 was spent on lawyers. Peter Walsh, chief executive of charity Action against Medical Accidents,...

Holidaymakers could be banned from all-inclusive breaks unless they stop making bogus claims for food poisoning, say tour operators. The Association of British Travel Agents is urging the ministry of justice “to close a loophole in legislation that was introduced to help stop the surge in frau...

Almost two thirds of UK businesses are failing to meet basic health and safety laws and are putting their employees in danger, according to new research. http://hrnews.co.uk/uk-businesses-breaking-basic-health-safety-laws/...

A British couple accused of making a bogus holiday sickness compensation claim are facing a £170,000 counter-claim by the hotel in question. The couple are alleged to have fabricated a £10,000 claim against the five-star hotel in Crete after saying the resort’s food and drink made them il...

Insurers are scaling up the number of claims declined for suspected fraud, raising the prospect of an end to “crash-for-cash” claims. Aviva said it had declined 9.5% more fraudulent claims in 2016 than the previous year, due to increases in fraud detection across motor injury, household ...

Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 151 A majority of the Court of Appeal (McCombe LJ dissenting) concluded that there was no general duty for receptionists at Accident & Emergency units to keep patients informed about likely waiting times. The appellant had suffered a he...

A claimant sought damages for severe personal injuries and consequential loss suffered after a large tree had fallen across a road and onto the vehicle he was driving in 2012. The land was owned by D1. D1 organised inspections of the trees every 3 years, and D2 had been instructed to inspect and rep...

The Court of Appeal upheld a finding that a cyclist was fully responsible for an accident which occurred when he veered into the path of an oncoming car as he tried to avoid cycling through a puddle. The claimant’s account was supported by three witnesses, whose evidence was rejected by the tr...

A majority of the Court of Appeal (McCombe LJ dissenting) concluded that there was no general duty for receptionists at Accident & Emergency units to keep patients informed about likely waiting times. The appellant had suffered a head trauma and on arrival at A&E he was (incorrectly) advised...