Holidaymaker wins £24,000 pay-out after suffering life-threatening cuts when she walked into French windows in her bikini in Barbados Moira Japp, 53, won the claim against Virgin Holidays for the 2008 accident She sued because the door in her room was not made of toughened glass A judge ruled that Virgin were '80 per cent liable' and ordered them to pay Life threatening: Moira Japp, above, was left with deep lacerations after colliding with the door while wearing just a bikini. The glass in the French window was not toughened or reinforced A holidaymaker won a £24,000 payout from Virgin Holidays after walking into a glass door in a luxury Barbados hotel, which shattered leaving her with 'life threatening' lacerations. Moira Japp, 53, was staying in the exclusive Crystal Cove resort in Barbados in 2008 when she accidentally collided with the door, which was not made of toughened glass. She had been reading a book on the balcony of her room wearing only a swimsuit when she tried to walk inside and hit the closed French window. The shattered glass, which showered the tourist, left her with deep cuts all over her body and heavy bleeding. Mrs Japp, of Worthing, West Sussex, sued Virgin Holidays Limited, who organised the trip. She claimed the tour operator should have ensured the hotel was 'safe' for holidaymakers. The legal action against Virgin Holidays was successful when, in October last year, a judge at Brighton County Court found the travel giants '80 per cent' liable for the incident. But representatives of the Richard Branson owned company are now challenging the ruling in the court of appeal. They have warned that applying British health and safety standards to 'far flung exotic places... is going to cause great difficulties for the tourist industry'. Lawyers from the holiday firm are arguing that if the courts allow tough UK safety rules to be exported to destinations around the world, their business would become 'impossible.' Sarah Prager, for Virgin Holidays, told the court: 'On June 24 2008, Mrs Japp booked a package holiday on Barbados with Virgin Holidays. Throughout the holiday, Mrs Japp was to stay in the Crystal Cove Hotel, in Appleby, St James. At approximately 5pm on September 3, she returned to her hotel room and went out onto the balcony to read a book, closing the patio doors as she did so. Some short time later, the telephone in her room rang and she got up and walked quickly into the closed doors. When she did so, the doors shattered, causing multiple lacerations. The doors were constructed using annealed float glass a quarter of an inch thick. It was neither toughened nor safety glass. Mrs Japp criticised the hotelier because she said that he ought to have known about the fabric of the doors and ensured that the glass was of such thickness that they did not shatter when she collided with them. She said the doors failed to comply with local safety standards...and they were so unsafe that a reasonable holidaymaker would refuse to stay at the hotel. Miss Prager went on to warn the judges against 'exporting English standards' across the globe. Paradise: Crystal Cove is billed as an exclusive holiday resort, but Virgin were held liable for the sub standard levels of health and safety on the site Travel agents, when they send people off abroad, if they are told that facilities have to comply with English notions of reasonableness, that is going to create great difficulties for the English tourist industry in general. Exporting English standards of reasonableness would give rise to lack of clarity, some nations are more risk averse than others. However Andrew Spencer, representing for Mrs Japp, argued that Virgin Holidays had rightly been held liable. He said: 'When people book a package holiday, they are entitled to expect that the facilities are not unsafe.'Justice Lewison commented: 'When people go on holiday to far flung, exotic places they are often trying to get away from the sorts of concerns, such as these, that affect their day to day lives.' The judge, sitting with Lords Justice Richards and Tomlinson, reserved the court's decision on Virgin Holidays" appeal which will be given at a later date. Idyllic: A judge said that Virgin should have made sure the St James location was fit for British tourists to visit Outside court, Mr Spencer said: 'The judge at Brighton described the cuts as potentially life threatening injuries.' Mrs Japp added: 'I had been sunbathing and was just wearing a bikini. I closed the doors to the room so that the air conditioning would make it nice and cool inside before I had my shower to prepare for the evening. 'It was a very small balcony and I am a very small person, and you don't get much momentum going by walking about three feet. I was cut all over.