A couple whose honeymoon was ruined after the husband was struck down by salmonella and amoebic dysentery have won compensation from the tour operator. Francis and Beverley Mayes, 49 and 43, were holidaying at the Gran Bahia Principe Hotel, a five-star...

A tour operator is being sued by hundreds of people who contracted gastroenteritis whilst staying at one of its hotels. The British holidaymakers had travelled to the four-star resort in the Dominican Republic in summer 2007. Guests reported that the hotel...

A fitness instructor who is now confined to a wheelchair following a snowmobile accident at an Italian ski resort has won the right to millions of pounds in compensation. Emma Moore, 41, was on a family holiday at the Alpine resort of Passo Tonale. She had...

A student who was badly injured by a late tackle while playing football has won £25,000 in compensation. Jonny Craig, 29, was studying for a doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Nottingham. He was taking part in a Sunday League...

Twenty-four British tourists who were involved in a coach crash while on holiday in Bulgaria have won a court battle against the tour operator that provided their package holiday. The accident happened when the tourists were on their way to a ski resort....

A holidaymaker who suffered kidney failure after he ate a burger contaminated with E. coli has won £750,000 in compensation from the tour operator. Carl Riley, 46, was staying with his girlfriend at a hotel in Egypt on what they hoped would be the...

A man who contracted a potentially fatal disease whilst on honeymoon in Venezuela has won £286,500 in compensation from the tour operator. After their wedding, Julian Hurley, 50, and his wife Jayne went on a package holiday to South America with First...

Back injuries are one of the most common causes of absenteeism in the UK. Each year, employers lose millions of pounds because of lost working days and compensation payable because of injuries sustained in the workplace as a result of poor practice when...

A young man has received £40,000 in compensation after he was mentally and physically bullied by two football coaches. The young man was attending a sixth form college in North London under a scheme designed to encourage promising footballers to...

A former county rugby player, who hoped to turn professional, has won compensation after he was forced to give up the sport he loved because a hospital failed to diagnose his wrist injury correctly. The man, now 23, suffered the injury during a rugby match...