This blog is produced by members of the Personal Injury department at Pannone LLP, a full service law firm based in Manchester city centre. Our Personal Injury Team is the top-rated team in the North West in Chambers Legal Directory. We undertake the full spectrum of personal injury work, from road traffic accidents to industrial disease cases; from travel and tourism litigation to catastrophic injury claims involving serious head, spinal and amputation injuries; from police assault and child abuse cases to group actions arising from major disasters.
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By Simon Weilding in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
We are becoming increasingly concerned regarding standards of health and hygiene at the Reef Oasis Beach Resort, Hadabet Om El Sied, Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. The Reef Oasis Beach Resort is a large hotel with 912 rooms and 22 swimming pools. Holidaymakers stay on an all-inclusive basis.... read more
By Joanne Berry in Road Traffic Accident Claims on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
As a Personal Injury Solicitor practising in the North West sadly it doesn't surprise me to read that children in my local area are more at risk from injury in road accidents. The findings from Road Safety Analysis which have been widely reported in the press, including the... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Monday, August 16, 2010
A little over a year ago my colleague, Simon Weilding, wrote a blog about sickness problems at the all-inclusive Kalithea Horizon Royal Hotel in Rhodes, Greece. I have now been alerted to a food poisoning outbreak at the hotel this summer. Returning holidaymakers are posting internet reviews... read more
Last week the people of Manchester woke up to the news that one of the main arterial roads into the City Centre, the A5103, better known as the Princess Park Way, was closed due to an accident. The ensuing chaos for commuters in these circumstances is always unbelievable. On this... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Thursday, August 12, 2010
Here in the Pannone Travel Team we have received enquiries from holidaymakers who have suffered with food poisoning whilst on holiday at the 400 room, all inclusive, Hilton Taba Resort in Egypt. Multiple claimants have test results back which confirm their illness was caused by salmonella. ... read more
By Kerry Blackhurst in Pannone Personal Injury Team on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
To my colleagues it may look as if I have recently been playing dollies with a pushchair in the office, but it is all in the name of research as I have spent quite a bit of time examining a buggy which has caused a nasty injury to a two year old boy. The facts of this accident are very... read more
By Darren Dyke in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
It has come to my attention that holiday makers staying at the Grand Paradise hotel, Bavaro, Dominican Republic have been experiencing symptoms of illness and sickness during their holidays. We have received reports that this 504 room all... read more
By Mike Cassidy in Actions Against the Police on Friday, August 6, 2010
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating an attack by two police officers on the car of a disabled pensioner. One officer smashed the side window of Mr Robert Whatley's Range Rover while the other jumped on the bonnet and attempted to kick in the windscreen. The whole... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Friday, August 6, 2010
Here at the Pannone Travel Team we continue to act for almost 800 claimants who suffered gastrointestinal illness at the Holiday Village Sarigerme in Turkey in 2008 and 2009. With the holiday season in full swing this year I have been monitoring the Holiday Village and worryingly, reports of... read more
By Tim Grover in Holiday Accident and Travel Claims on Thursday, August 5, 2010
Last night I watched the BBC’s holiday watchdog television show, Secret Tourist. It ran a piece on the Club Armar Hotel in Marmaris, Turkey. The four star, all-inclusive resort is popular with British tourists but reports of illness at the hotel and a host of complaints prompted a BBC... read more
