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Litigation Letter

Holiday Safety Standards

Codd v Thomson Tour Operations Ltd (TLR 20 October CA)

Where a boy was injured in a hotel lift in Spain and the relevant local safety standards had been complied with, the tour operators were not in breach of duty. English law applied in respect of the establishment of negligence but the appropriate safety standards to apply were the local safety standards and not the equivalent British standards.

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