lawyers have told the BBC. Lawyers from Irwin Mitchell, who are leading the personal injury claim, say they have been contacted by people who became ill there as recently as two weeks ago. They believe at least eight Britons have now died after holidays there in recent years. In February, UK health officials warned Britons over travel to the West African archipelago following reports of stomach bugs. Tui is investigating the claims and said it was "deeply saddened by the reports of these tragic losses", with customer health and safety its highest priority. It said it did "not yet have access to the full Cape Verde health report, which remains unpublished". Jatinder Paul, from Irwin Mitchell solicitors, told BBC Breakfast: "In all my years of doing this work, I have not seen a case this large and unfortunately so many that have died as a result of the illnesses. "We are pursuing all of our cases against Tui. They had a responsibility in taking our clients away on a package holiday which was not going to cause them any illness. Unfortunately it was the opposite of that." Paul added: "If we're unable to resolve them amicably we expect a judge in the High Court to make an order which would involve payment of millions of pounds worth of damages to our clients." (BBC)