Food Poisoning – International & Travel Law Blog

Wood & Anor v TUI Travel Plc T/A First Choice – Package Travel, Food Poisoning, SGSA 1982

November 28, 2016 James Beeton

On 22 November 2016, Elizabeth Boulden, a pupil at 12 King’s Bench Walk, attended the hearing at the Court of Appeal of this important case concerning the package tour operator’s liability for food poisoning suffered by customers as a result of defective food and drink supplied in the course of a package holiday. The case could have…

Swift & Ors v Fred Olsen Cruise Lines [2016] EWCA Civ 785 – Food Poisoning, Athens Convention, Causation

August 24, 2016 John-Paul Swoboda Athens Convention

This case comment is by Alex Carington of 12 King’s Bench Walk. The case is a rare example of the Court of Appeal considering proper approaches to assessment of evidence, breach of duty and causation in the context of an outbreak of illness on a cruise ship.

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