Holiday Accidents

When accidents happen on holidays either at home or abroad our legal team has the right expertise in dealing with such matters. If you have been injured or involved in an accident while on holiday, you may be able to make a personal injury compensation claim, if the cause of the injury was not your own. 

What type of holiday were you on?

The compensation process for personal injury claims depends on how the holiday was arranged – either as a package holiday or assembled independently by the holiday-maker:

• Package Holidays: Since the introduction of the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act, 1995, it has become much easier to pursue a personal injury claim arising from an accident while on a package holiday abroad. Consumers can submit a claim in Ireland, rather than in the country where the holiday took place. A package holiday must contain two or more elements of a package, such as flights and accommodation.
  
  In addition, it is the organiser of the package holiday (usually the tour operator) who is liable to the consumer for the proper performance of the obligations under the contract, instead of the hotel or local service provider. If tour operators are in breach of their duty of care to ensure that accommodation and other services are safe and hygienic, then holiday-makers may be entitled to make a claim for the injuries they have received as a result of that breach of contract.
  
  
• Independent Holidays: By organising one’s own holidays in another country, holiday-makers have to make a claim in that country. To establish if you have a case for compensation, start by telling us about your case . 

Holiday accidents

The most common holiday accidents are the result of:

• Slips and trips in hotels, restaurants or swimming pools.
• Food poisoning caused by poor water or hygiene, particularly where members of a tour party suffer from the same food poisoning. 
• Sports, leisure and water activities.
• Day excursions
• Transport to, from or during the holiday

Our Services

If you need more information, you can learn more about the legal process for accident and personal injury compensation claims.

To establish if you have a case for compensation, start by telling us about your case.

To contact us, call us on 1850 940140 or +353 (0) 1 649 99 00, e-mail us at law@traceysolicitors.ie or we can call you back. After examination of your case, we can decide to proceed with a claim for compensation.

• Providing you with independent legal advice without obligation
• You deal with a Specialist Solicitor
• Injury Claim Solicitors for Accident Compensation
• Case Settled on average within 18 months
• Plain English – no legal jargon
• Work with you through email/phone/meetings
• Not afraid to take on difficult cases
• Making a difference to you.