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Readers will recall that last year the Court of Justice of the European Union significantly expanded liability under the Montreal Convention on carriage by air. First, in JR v Austrian Airlines AG, Case C-589/20, it found that where a passenger falls for…
This week we bring you news of two cases considering how and when to claim items of special damage (spoiler: claim them as such, and ideally prior to judgment). We were also interested to read an appeal judgment, in Merlin Entertainments Plc…
This week the team has been reflecting on the difference between complying with the letter of the law and with the spirit of it. The former is of course of paramount importance; but to what extent is the latter also significant? We…
Claims arising out of the mass cancellation of holidays due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it have started to come through the courts, first as a trickle, but latterly in greater volume. One particularly contentious class of…
This week the team’s been glued to the telly, and in particular SupremeCourtTV, following the progress of Griffiths v TUI as it wends towards its conclusion. Truth be told, we’ve been mildly surprised by the lack of fanfare around the hearing, given…
Members of the team have just spent an enjoyable few days at the PEOPIL conference in Thessaloniki, a Greek city of many architectural, archaeological and historical wonders, quite apart from boasting the most astounding tomatoes and cucumbers we’ve tasted for some considerable…
We were interested to see this week the results of a survey undertaken by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, which found that the vast majority of the general public doesn’t know what a linked travel arrangement is or does – and 18%…
Congratulations to our twelve barristers who have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2024.
Jacob Levy KC, Simon Readhead KC, John Foy KC, Edward Faulks KC, Graham Aldous KC, Edward Bishop KC, Andrew Warnock KC, Matthew Chapman KC,…
Last week we were asking ourselves whether the courts’ introduction of artificial intelligence is imminent. This week we read that the time it takes to bring a claim to trial has reached an all-time high of just under 80 weeks, up six…
Regular readers will already be aware of the team’s concerns about the enthusiastic embrace amongst some judges (cough – Sir Geoffrey Vos MR – cough) of artificial intelligence in a legal context. Naturally the use of intelligence of any variety in the…
