Breakthrough in crackdown on false sickness claims
Joint action by the UK travel trade and police, courts and hoteliers in Spain has led to a major a breakthrough in the fight against false sickness claims.
According to TUI UK and Ireland, a major crackdown has led to one law firm dropping more than 1,800 cases against the travel giant.
Managing director Nick Longman said the company met last week with Spanish police to discuss the unprecedented levels of illness claims.
“We fully support the steps they are taking to expose this kind of fraud and to investigate false or exaggerated cases,” he said.
“Through the work we are doing and the awareness we are raising of this type of activity, we’ve already seen one law firm drop more than 1800 cases against us. We remain committed to doing all that we can to put a stop to this activity and therefore protect honest holidaymakers.”