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What does gastric illness mean?
In legal practice, gastric illness describes food poisoning or other gastrointestinal illness suffered by a consumer or holidaymaker, allegedly caused by contaminated food or drink, unsafe water or poor hygiene at accommodation or during travel services. It is a descriptive term (not a defined statutory concept) used across personal injury and consumer litigation, particularly holiday sickness claims. Such claims typically allege breach of contract, negligence and/or breach of statutory duty in respect of services, food and beverages provided as part of a package holiday. In England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, liability is commonly pursued against the tour operator/organiser for improper performance under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018, alongside common law duties. In Ireland, equivalent package travel regulations implementing Directive (EU) 2015/2302 apply, together with contract and tort. Key issues are proof of illness and causation (medical records, laboratory results, contemporaneous complaints, hygiene/inspection evidence and epidemiology) and whether reasonable standards were met. Typical heads of loss include pain, suffering and loss of amenity and loss of enjoyment of holiday. Limitation: generally three years in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; two years in Ireland. Usage and approach are broadly consistent across these jurisdictions.
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PRACTICE NOTES
Litigating package travel claims under the 2018 Package Travel Regulations: scope, organiser liability, local standards, defences, limitation, CCA 1974 s 75, food poisoning, and the gastric illness pre-action protocol

Background to the Package Travel Regulations From 1 July 2018, packages are now covered by the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (2018 Package Travel Regs), SI 2018/634. These provisions gave effect to Directive (EU) 2015/2302 (the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Directive). Post-Brexit transition or implementation, the 2018 Package Travel Regs continue to apply, with limited changes removing references to EU legal sources. The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Directive may still usefully guide interpretation of the 2018 Package Travel Regs. For further details and guidance, see Practice Note: Assimilated law. This Practice Note centres squarely on the 2018 Package Travel Regs. The earlier Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (the 1992 Package Travel Regs), SI 1992/3288, took effect on 23 December 1992 to transpose an EU Directive on package travel, package holidays and package tours. Those 1992 rules applied to regulated travel packages sold, or offered for sale, throughout the UK on or after 31 December 1992, but prior to...

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CPR Committee minutes [Archived], 1 December 2017 (England and Wales): FRC gastric illness; PD 51T pilot; PD 8A/75; B&PC PD; CPR 39 open justice; civil recovery PD

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is no longer updated and is provided for background reference. In addition, hyperlinks may not take you to the provisions as they existed on the date this Practice Note’s guidance was issued. For details on earlier and/or later amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note sets out the agenda and minutes of the CPR Committee (CPRC) meeting held on 1 December 2017, with supporting material. At that meeting, the committee discussed the timescale for securing transcripts of judgments; revisions to the practice direction—Civil Recovery Proceeding; the transfer of matters from the Magistrates’ Court to the High Court, requiring amendment to CPR PD 8A to implement the Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Terrorist Assets) Rules 2017; a proposal to broaden the Public Liability fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime to package holiday gastric illness claims; a proposed Historic Abuse Claims Digital Working Pilot—Practice Direction 51T; changes to the Business and Property Courts Practice Direction; and Open Justice—draft...

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CPRC Minutes: 2 March 2018—Key decisions on Part 36/45 package travel gastric illness, IET and PD 51O pilots, Debt PAP, service rules and possession writs (England and Wales)

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is no longer updated and is provided solely for background reference. Some links may not point to the provisions as they stood when this guidance was issued. For further details on previous and/or subsequent CPR amendments, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note includes the agenda and minutes of the CPR Committee (CPRC) meeting on 2 March 2018, together with supporting documentation. Topics discussed included: Continuing further amendments to CPR Parts 45 and 36 (Gastric illness claims) relating to Package travel claims A proposal to extend the Insolvency Express Trials Pilot and the PD 51O pilot for a further two years An update on case officer developments Setting up a working group to consider historical abuse A Debt Pre-Action Protocol request regarding the Full Standard Financial Statement The issue of service by email An increase in writ of possessions issued by the High Court Committee agenda, minutes and dates ...

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PRECEDENTS
Pre-action letter of claim template to tour operator for gastric illness contracted on a package holiday

To [ Defendant ] Dear [ insert name of organisation ] Defendant’s booking reference: Claimant’s complete name and address: Holiday dates: Hotel/Resort name and board basis: Room number: We are mandated by our aforesaid client to pursue compensation for gastric illness acquired during a holiday at the aforementioned hotel/resort...

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