Sarah Prager

Sarah acts for both Claimants and Defendants in personal injury claims, and specialises in travel law claims, including claims under the Package Travel Regulations, the Athens and Montreal Conventions, and at common law. She also has a particular expertise in all aspects of conflict of law and jurisdiction. Together with her colleagues Matthew Chapman and Jack Harding she co-wrote the most recent edition of Saggerson on Travel Law, and she is Chairman of the Travel and Tourism Lawyers' Association. She is a regular contributor to the Personal Injury Brief Update Law Journal, the International Travel Law Journal, and the Travel and Tourism Lawyers' Association Newsletter. Sarah's recent work includes Court of Appeal decisions involving consideration of guidelines in the assessment of damages in holiday claims, the extent of the doctrine of vicarious liability, the date at which standards and regulations should be considered in personal injury claims, and the burden of proof in Ward v Tesco Stores type cases. She has also represented both Claimants and Defendants in the High Court in high value claims arising out of excursions not booked as part of package holidays. She has considerable experience in representing Claimants in group actions arising out of outbreaks of both food poisoning and norovirus, having successfully pursued a number of such claims. Sarah has been listed as a leading junior in the Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 directories, for a number of years, for her expertise in travel and consumer law. Author of:

Accidents at Sea

Particulars of claim for a direct claim against hotel for an injury caused by poor maintenance of the swimming pool

Particulars of claim against a package holiday company for food poisoning incurred while abroad

Particulars of claim for an accident which occurred while on a boating excursion abroad

Defence on behalf of a package holiday company for an injury which was incurred on a skiing excursion