Holiday Accident Claims In Egypt – How Much Compensation Can I Claim For A Personal Injury?

A Legal Expert Guide To Holiday Accident Claims In Egypt

Have you been injured or made ill on a holiday to Egypt, in an accident or other circumstances that was not your fault? Then you could be entitled to make an Egypt holiday accident claim or Egypt holiday illness claim for your injuries. According to personal injury law, if you are injured or made ill due to an accident on holiday that was caused by negligence on the part of a third party, such as a shop, restaurant or hotel, you may be entitled to sue that party for personal injury compensation. Trust Legal Expert to provide you with an excellent personal injury solicitor to handle your holiday accident claim in Egypt, who specialises in making holiday personal injury claims abroad. The solicitors at Legal Expert have an excellent record of making successful compensation claims for our clients. In this Egypt holiday compensation guide we shall take you through the process of making a holiday accident claim in Egypt, show you examples of the sort of accidents that our clients claim compensation for and will share Egypt holiday illness or accident advice.

Holiday Accident Claims In Egypt

Legal Expert offers all of our potential clients a free personal injury consultation. Call today to receive informed Egypt holiday illness or accident advice. If you have a good case to make an Egypt holiday compensation claim, we will calculate just how much compensation you could potentially claim and will provide you with a top personal injury lawyer who can represent you. You also of course get the option to make the claim on a no win no fee basis if you wish, which means that there is nothing to pay upfront. Call us today on 0800 073 8804 for a free and no obligation consultation and we can begin your Egypt holiday accident claim.

Select a section

• A guide to claiming compensation for an accident on holiday in Egypt
• After being injured in Egypt, what should you do?
• Contacting the emergency services in Cairo and Egypt
• Health care and medical services in Egypt
• Personal injury claim time limits in Egypt
• Cairo, Red Sea and other Egypt package holiday compensation claims
• Holiday accident and compensation claims in Egypt that Legal Expert can conduct
• Egypt hotel accident claims
• Egypt food poisoning claims
• Slips or falls in Egypt
• Road traffic accidents and car crash claims in Egypt
• Do I need to use a solicitor or lawyer in Egypt for my claim?
• No win no fee Egyptian holiday accident claims
• How to claim compensation for an injury on holiday in Egypt
• Useful links

A Guide To Claiming Compensation For An Accident On Holiday In Egypt

The beautiful North African country of Egypt is a popular tourist destination. Known for its incredible monuments from the ancient world, such as the pyramids and tombs of the Valley of the Kings, tours of the river Nile and snorkelling and diving experiences in the red sea. Around 319,000 British holidaymakers visited Egypt in 2017 and most visits to Egypt were trouble free. However there have been a significant number of terrorist attacks in Egypt in recent years, many of which have targeted tourists as well as local people. The British Government advises against travelling to certain areas, or travelling to Egypt at certain times of year because of this increased risk. As a result of the risk of terrorism, Egypt’s tourist industry has suffered in recent years, which has had negative effects on the tourist industry.

As scary as terrorism is, more common accidents on holiday that people suffer on holiday in Egypt, are usually related to negligence on the part of service providers such as hotels, restaurants, tour operators or excursion providers. Examples of accidents on holiday in Egypt can include swimming pool accidents, slip, trip and fall accidents, food poisoning, swimming, diving and watersports accidents and accidents on boat tours and excursions. Remember, you could make an Egypt holiday accident claim, or an Egypt holiday illness claim worth tens of thousands of pounds, if you have experienced an accident that was not your fault which caused you an injury or illness.

If you are in need of emergency diplomatic assistance in Egypt, for example if a member of your party has died, been arrested or attacked, you can contact the British Embassy in Cairo.

7 Ahmed Ragheb,
Qasr Ad Dobarah,
Qasr an Nile,
Cairo Governorate 11451,
Egypt

Telephone: +20 2 27916000 (from within Egypt)

If you are based in the United Kingdom and are concerned about a citizen of the United Kingdom in Egypt, you can call the British Embassy in Cairo on 020 7008 1500.

After Being Injured In Egypt, What Should You Do?

If you are injured on holiday in Egypt or elsewhere then of course your first priority should be receiving the correct medical treatment. However, there are also steps you can take, (or a friend can take if you are seriously injured), to collect evidence to support your Egypt holiday compensation claim, further down the line.

If you are injured on holiday in Egypt, you can take the following steps at the scene of your accident to collect evidence to support your Egypt holiday compensation claim.

• Take photographs of the hazard that caused your injury, if it is visible. Include a date stamp as well if you can.
• Take down contact details of anyone who witnessed the accident as they may be required to give a testimony at a later date.
• If you are on a package holiday, report your accident to the tour operator.
• If you are in a venue such as a hotel, restaurant or shop, report the accident to the management and make sure that it is recorded in the accident log book.
• If you are involved in a road traffic accident in Egypt, or a car accident in Egypt, exchange contact details with the other driver and take down their vehicle registration number on their license plate. If the other driver does not own the vehicle they were driving then you need to take down the details of the vehicle’s owner as well.
• If your accident involves violence or illegal activity, report the incident to the police.

Contacting the emergency services in Cairo and Egypt

Ambulance: 123
Fire: 180
Police: 122 or 02/303 4122

Other Emergency Contact Numbers In Egypt

Tourist Police – 02/390 6028
Child Helpline number – 0 800 15555
Highway Emergency Service – 0121110000

Health care and medical services in Egypt

The British Government recommends that you take out fully comprehensive medical insurance if travelling to Egypt. Expect to pay for any medical treatment you may need upfront, and be reimbursed by your insurer when you return home. Please note, being a poorer country, healthcare outside of Cairo and other major cities is very basic. Many wealthier Egyptian people in need of more complex medical care travel to the UAE (United Arab Emirates). Before travelling to egypt, you should arrange for anti-malarial medication and may require vaccines.

Personal Injury Claim Time Limits In Egypt

Please be aware, if you wish to make a holiday accident claim in Egypt for compensation, time limits apply. These personal injury claim time limits begin from the time that you were injured or realised that you had been injured or made ill (if you had a more complex diagnosis for example), to the end of the compensation claim time limit. We will now look at what time limits apply to what circumstances, below.

Cairo, Red Sea and other Egypt package holiday compensation claimss

Whether you were injured on a sightseeing tour of Cairo and the Valley of the Kings, or were ill on holiday in Egypt, on a beach holiday to the red sea, if the accident was not your fault you could be entitled to make a package holiday compensation claim. According to the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992, if you are injured on a package holiday to Egypt in any circumstances which were not your fault, and the holiday was booked through a British tour operator, you have the right to claim holiday accident compensation or holiday sickness compensation. Please see Legal Expert’s Guide To Package Holiday Claims for more information.

Tour operators that offer package holidays to Egypt include: Thomas Cook, On the Beach, Tu, Expedia and LastMinute.com.

Holiday accident and compensation claims in Egypt that Legal Expert can conduct

If you have been injured in a holiday accident that was not your fault in Egypt, Legal Expert can provide you with an excellent personal injury solicitor to make an Egypt holiday illness claim or Egypt holiday accident claim for compensation on your behalf. Many holiday accident payout packages are worth tens of thousands of pounds, so these sorts of claims are always worth pursuing.

We have an excellent track record of winning Egypt holiday compensation claims for our clients. Here are the types of claims we have won for our clients.

• Airline/ airplane
• Bad hotel hygiene illness
• Balcony falls
• Boats & cruises
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Collapsing furniture
• Excursion injuries
• Diving injuries
• Faulty fittings
• Faulty rental car
• Food poisoning
• Foreign transport
• Hotel
• Legionnaires disease / Norovirus
• Slips and trips
• Swimming pool Accident
• Watersports injuries

We will now look at some holiday accidents in Egypt which are common.

Egypt Hotel Accident Claims

Most hotels in Egypt are well run, however if the hotel management breaks health and safety regulations, it can result in accidents happening that can injure hotel guests, staff or other hotel users. Accidents that can happen in a hotel can include swimming pool accidents, especially if the sides of the pool are wet, or there is no lifeguard, accidents involving gym equipment if they are not properly set up or sign posted or accidents on staircases if the stairs or handrails are broken. If you were injured in a hotel in Egypt while staying there as a guest, due to negligence of the hotel, then call Legal Expert today to see if you can make a hotel accident claim.

Egypt Food Poisoning Claims

If you have been made ill on holiday abroad in Egypt due to an incident of food poisoning at a hotel or restaurant, it could be that you you are legally entitled to claim holiday sickness compensation. Food poisoning can occur if food is not stored or prepared properly. You can also contract a food poisoning like illness from swimming pools if the water is not properly treated with chlorine.

In parts of Egypt the water is not safe to drink, so it is recommended that you drink from sealed bottles of water instead. If you were served a drink or ice cubes made with tap water unbeknownst to you, then you could become ill because of it. If you contracted food poisoning because of poor practice on the part of a bar or restaurant in Egypt, you could be entitled to make an Egypt holiday illness claim for holiday sickness compensation. Call Legal Expert today to see how much holiday sickness compensation you could claim.

Slips Or Falls In Egypt

Slip, trip, fall accidents can happen on holiday if hazards are left on the floor. For example, spillages in bars and restaurants which are not properly mopped up and then signposted can cause guests to slip and injure themselves as they hit the floor. Similarly guests walking pool water into a hotel lobby with a stone floor can also be a slip hazard, as marble, quartz and granite can all become particularly slippery when wet. Hazards on the floor, such as broken floorboards, or a loose nail can also cause guests or patrons to trip and hurt themselves, sometimes seriously. If you have been injured on holiday in Egypt due to a slip, trip or fall that was because of negligence, you can claim compensation for any injuries. Call Legal Expert today, to enquire about making an Egypt holiday accident claim.

Road traffic accidents and car crash claims in Egypt

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Egypt is a relatively dangerous country for road traffic accidents. Around 12,000 people die a year, due to car accidents in Egypt, alternatively there are 42 road traffic accidents per 100,000. 48% of those killed are car or motor vehicle users, pedestrians account for 20% of these deaths. Drivers have a duty of care towards other road users. This means that if you are injured in a car accident in Egypt, or road traffic accident in Egypt, which was caused by negligent driving on the part of the other driver, then we may be able to help you to claim for damages.

If you are injured in a car accident in Egypt, take the following steps: exchange contact details with the other driver, or collect the contact details of the vehicle’s owner. Do not sign anything from an insurance company or lawyer representing the other driver, until you have consulted a personal injury solicitor, as the other party could be trying to short change you out of the car accident compensation that you are owed. If you have been involved in a road traffic accident in Egypt which resulted in you becoming injured, you could be entitled to make a holiday accident claim in Egypt worth tens of thousands of pounds. Call Legal Expert today, to see if you entitled to claim.

Do I need to use a solicitor or lawyer in Egypt for my claim?

You may think that if you wish to make a personal injury claim in Egypt, that you will have to use a personal injury solicitor that is based in Egypt. This is just not true. Legal Expert can provide you with an excellent personal injury solicitor that is based in Britain that specialised in making holiday injury or holiday sickness compensation claims abroad. This means that there will be no language barrier, or communication problems that come with using a solicitor that is overseas. Call us today, and if you have legitimate grounds to make a personal injury claim in Egypt, we will find an excellent solicitor to handle your claim, who will proceed with it right away.

No win no fee Egyptian holiday accident claims

Did you know that at Legal Expert we offer all of our clients the option to make a no win no fee claim. No win no fee means that you can claim compensation for your injuries, but only pay if the holiday accident claim in Egypt is successful. In the unlikely instant that you don’t win, you don’t have to pay your solicitor’s fees. For most Legal Expert clients, making a no win no fee claim means that they don’t worry about having to find the funds to pay an upfront fee or worry about any sort of financial risk. To enquire about hiring a no win no fee solicitor to make your holiday accident claim in Egypt, call Legal Expert now for a free holiday claims consultation.

Top Rated Attractions In Egypt

According to PlanetWare.com, these are the top rated attractions in Egypt:

• The pyramids and sphinx of Giza
• The Karnak Temple at Luxor and the Valley of the Kings
• The Islamic Cairo (old town) district of Cairo
• Aswan
• Abu Simbel
• Egyptian Museum, Cairo
• The White Desert
• Siwa Oasis
• Alexandria
• St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai
• South Sinai
• Abydos Temple, Luxor

How to claim compensation for an injury on holiday in Egypt

To make an Egypt holiday accident claim, call Legal Expert now and speak with one of our expert advisors. They can let you know if you are entitled to claim compensation for your injuries, and then we can provide you with free Egypt holiday illness or accident advice, estimate what your Egypt holiday compensation claim could be worth and assign you with an excellent personal injury lawyer to handle your claim. Call the number at the top of this Egypt holiday compensation guide to begin your claim today.

Useful Links

British Embassy Cairo
7 Ahmed Ragheb,
Qasr Ad Dobarah,
Qasr an Nile,
Cairo Governorate 11451,
Egypt
Telephone: +20 2 27916000 (from within Egypt)

A government guide to travelling to Egypt.
A guide to travelling to and across Egypt produced by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

An NHS guide to healthcare in Egypt.
Healthcare and health concerns for travellers to Egypt produced by NHS Fit for Travel