Sickness on board Princess Cruises: legal action

Passengers are pursuing legal action following a bout of Norovirus on board the ‘Grand Princess’, and have criticised Princess Cruises for allowing the already-infected ship to sail after only 10 hours at port in Southampton, UK. News reports have claimed that lawyers from Irwin Mitchell were contacted midway through the 14-day Mediterranean cruise once outbreaks of the gastric virus, inducing diarrhoea and vomiting, were recognised. Clive Garner, of travel lawyers Irwin Mitchell, told BBC News: “I would have expected a thorough deep cleaning of the whole ship before it was allowed to take on board more passengers. For maximum effect this would normally have taken two days.”