The Personal  Injury team at Thomas Dunton report that a woman who walked into a plate glass door whilst on holiday is claiming compensation in a case that could increase package holiday costs. Moira Japp sued the trip organiser Virgin Holidays last year. The company was forced to pay her £24,000 in damages after a judge found it should have ensured the hotel was safe. Virgin Holidays has now taken the case to the Court of Appeal, saying that the judgment, if upheld, would “create great difficulties for the tourist industry” in applying British health and safety standards to foreign countries. Travel experts say the cost of such claims could be passed on to consumers.

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