‘The Court of Appeal has criticised both parties in a flight compensation group claim for creating a situation where costs finished up ‘out of all proportion’ to the amount sought.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Theresa May’s long-promised system of “100% exit checks” at Britain’s borders is so unreliable that it contains no departure records for more than 600,000 people who should have left the country in the past two years, a watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On the 12 October 2017, the Court of Appeal delivered judgment in the joined cases of Gahan v Emirates and Buckley and ors v Emirates [2017] EWCA Civ 1530, in which both the Civil Aviation Authority and the International Air Transport Association intervened.’
4 KBW, 13th October 2017
Source: www.4kbw.net
‘Ryanair has been threatened with legal action for “persistently misleading” passengers about their rights following thousands of flight cancellations.’
BBC News, 28th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ryanair could face up to 20m euros (£18m) in compensation claims after cancelling thousands of flights due to a shortage of pilots, it has warned.’
BBC News, 18th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The case concerned a claim by over 600 Turkish passengers against two airlines for failing to honour flights that they had booked to Cyprus. Legal advice was obtained and a meeting with solicitors was arranged by a committee at a local community centre, where CFAs were signed.’
Park Square Barristers, 7th August 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at UK airports and on flights have risen by 50% in a year, a BBC Panorama investigation suggests.’
BBC News, 14th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The enforced removal of some people from Britain on escorted chartered flights falls short of humane treatment, with some leaving the country in waist restraint belts or leg restraints almost as a default, according to an official watchdog.
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Airlines are refusing to pay passengers compensation for flight delays and cancellations, new analysis by the consumer watchdog Which? has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘British Airways (BA) has lost a High Court case against a decision by pension scheme trustees to make discretionary payments to thousands of airline workers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The electric car, once only the domain of eccentric Sci-Fi movies, has now well and truly found its way into everyday consumer life. So, what’s next for the world of fuel innovation? Will we really be able to power commercial flights using just electric fuel, as we now can cars?’
4 KBW, 12th May 2017
Source: www.4kbw.net
‘Babies deserve flight delay compensation too, a judge has ruled, in a decision that is worth an estimated £10million a year to air passengers.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An aircraft charter company has recorded a “pyrrhic victory” in winning £10 in damages for defamatory comments made about the health of its finances by a rival aviation business, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has confirmed that it has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in the commercial airline business of Airbus, the defence and aviation firm. The investigation into potential criminal dealings in the sale of commercial planes was launched in July but revealed at the weekend by the European manufacturer.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A defendant that “resisted all early attempts at discussion or negotiation” has become the latest to have its conduct penalised in costs.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
‘Britain’s equality watchdog has criticised British airlines and British Airways (BA) in particular – for their treatment of disabled customers as legal action is taken by an actor over alleged damage to her wheelchair.’
The Guardian. 13th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In two recent decisions, the County Court at Liverpool has held that infants carried in the arms of another passenger were not themselves fare-paying passengers, but had in fact travelled for free. As a consequence, the infants were not eligible for the fixed compensation available to fare-paying passengers under the Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 (“the Regulation”).’
4 KBW, 22nd April 2016
Source: www.4kbw.net
‘In January, there was yet another twist in the plot of the ever-developing law regarding delayed flights. This time it came from Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke, sitting at Luton County Court, in the matter of Evans v Monarch Airlines.’
No. 5 Chambers, 16th March 2016
Source: www.no5.com
‘British Airways has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to children who were sexually abused by one of its pilots in East Africa.’
BBC News, 4th March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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