‘Tide turning’ for holiday illness claims

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Holidaymakers who issue fraudulent sickness claims have sparked negative headlines, but a pivotal court ruling means that defendants will no longer have an ‘easy ride’ picking holes in expert evidence.

In a sector where so much attention has focused on fraud, claimant lawyers are feeling chipper about a civil court ruling that could affect hundreds, if not thousands, of cases in the pipeline.

To them, last month’s judgment in Griffiths v TUI UK Ltd was a welcome antidote to seemingly endless media stories about holidaymakers faking their condition.

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