Katherine Allen

Hugh James

Katherine is a Partner at Hugh James specialising in Travel Law. She acts for tourists who have become ill or been injured on package holidays, in road accidents abroad, on cruise liners and on aeroplanes.

Katherine also has experience in dealing with claims arising from aviation disasters and terrorist attacks.

Graduating from the University of Wolverhampton before completing her legal training at the College of Law, London, Katherine qualified as a solicitor in 1996. She worked in the International Travel Litigation Group at Irwin Mitchell in Birmingham for over 10 years where she became a partner in 2007. Katherine joined Fentons in January 2010 and became a partner in the firm in January 2011. She joined Slater & Gordon as a Principal Lawyer in September 2013 when Fentons was acquired by them. In August 2016 she joined Hugh James where she continues to represent the interests of those injured abroad.

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Claims for food poisoning under the Package Travel Regulations

Practice notes

This Practice Note reviews issues which are commonly encountered when dealing with a claim for food poisoning under the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 or Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 including establishing breach of contract and causation. It also provides practical guidance on gathering evidence of the illness and looks at the Pre-Action Protocol for Resolution of Package Travel Claims.

PI & Clinical Negligence