Travel and tourism
Our dedicated team handle the full range of claims arising from accidents with an international element, defending claims from incidents abroad, and from incidents in the UK involving parties domiciled overseas. Using scale, knowledge, and technology, we offer fully-integrated support globally. Our international capability and experience gives us the expertise and resources to deliver results swiftly and effectively.
Overview
Our expertise in the travel and tourism field is broad. We act for overseas motor liability insurers, their agents and their policyholders, and we act for UK motor insurers, insuring liability overseas. Additionally, we represent overseas hotels and their insurers, English tour operators in package travel claims and English airlines in both convention and employers' liability claims. We also advise UK travel insurers in respect of public liability claims, coverage and policy disputes.
Our travel and tourism team are experts in matters of private international law and routinely advise our clients on issues of jurisdiction and applicable law, identifying opportunity for challenge at the outset of our instruction and having been involved in some of the leading cases with a proven track record of success.
We also have an excellent reputation for recovery work, having recovered substantial sums for our insurer clients where outlay has been incurred as a result of cross-border incidents.
Our international network provides access to expert teams across the world, in addition to our founding membership of Legalign, a global alliance of best-in-region law firms, which opens up global legal knowledge.
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Who we are
Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.