Hudgell Solicitors' national practice is well-placed to act for both claimants and defendants in travel PI matters of significant complexity and value, which provides them with ‘insight into litigation strategy from both perspectives’. The team has strong capabilities acting in international cases wherein severe injury has been suffered; it has the capacity to collaborate with foreign legal teams where investigation is required. Travel litigator Paul McClorry heads up the group, is ’universally respected within the sector’, and is experienced in representing claimants in both individual and group action cases. Tracy Stansfield has expertise acting in work ranging from cases where minor injuries have been suffered, to those of life-changing consequence. Anne Thomson has notable capabilities defending holiday operators.
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Testimonials
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‘Paul McClorry is a very experienced travel litigator with extensive knowledge of this area. He is tenacious and will take on cases with risk attached.'
‘Paul McClorry is well-known and universally respected within the sector. Calm, authoritative and brilliant under pressure. He has enormous experience in matters of jurisdiction and applicable law.'
‘The team at Hudgells are unusual in that they work for both claimants and defendants, giving them an insight into litigation strategy from both perspectives. This gives them an edge when it comes to negotiations and to predicting what the other side is likely to do. They are also very well resourced by the firm and thrive under strong leadership from Paul McClorry.’
‘Paul McClorry is a standout partner at Hudgells. To clients he is friendly and approachable. To opponents he is reasonable and accommodating, but a tough litigator and negotiator. Tracy Stansfield is highly competent and great with clients.’
‘A close-knit, focused team with real depth of specialism in complex cross-border PI claims.’
‘Paul McClorry is a dominant figure in this field and has extraordinary attention-to-detail in pursuing and defending claims.’
‘Hudgells have been efficient, helpful and understanding in handling our daughter's personal injury claim. They have kept us informed along the way, and advised on how to proceed.’
‘Paul McClorry has always been exceptionally understanding and sympathetic.’
Work highlights
- Acting for an 18-year-old girl who has been catastrophically injured in a ski accident in Italy on a school trip.
- Acting for a client who sustained a very serious knee injury when she slipped by the swimming pool at her hotel in Madeira.
- Advising a client who sustained a spinal cord injury when he slipped in the shower of his hotel bathroom whilst on holiday in Turkey in 2023.
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Practice head
Paul McClorry
Other key lawyers
Tracy Stansfield; Anne Thomson