Personal Injury, Travel and Leisure

Acting for a luxury hotel complex and its professional liability insurer in respect of two class action claims regarding damages suffered by 1,000 English tourists due to a Novo virus outbreak.

Overview

  • Acting for a luxury hotel complex and its professional liability insurer in respect of two class action claims regarding damages suffered by 1,000 English tourists due to a Novo virus outbreak.
  • Advising and acting for hotels in legal proceedings in the England and Wales jurisdiction regarding claims for accidents resulting from balconing in Spain.
  • Issuing of Spanish law expert opinions for its ratification before English and Irish Courts.
  • Legal advice and defence in several claims instigated by severe injured.
  • Claims handling of the civil liability side in one of the major aviation catastrophes occurred in Spain.
  • Claims handling related to sport accidents (diving, surf, snorkeling, kitesurf, tennis, golf, etc.).
  • Advice for several first-class life insurance companies on: drafting clauses; attendance at valuation committees on claimed benefits to provide legal advice.
  • Representation and defence of the insurance company in court and Alternative Dispute Resolution proceedings, mainly concerning: Compliance with the regulations of the procedure for informing the policyholder and signing the contract, duty to declare risk, sufficiency of the health questionnaire and inaccuracies in the declaration of risk, breaches of the pre-contractual duties of each party and legal consequences.

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