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Montreal Convention Claims: Fixed Costs Do Not Apply

August 20, 2018 James Beeton Athens Convention, Fixed Costs, Montreal Convention

Two recent County Court decisions (Mead v British Airways Plc (Unreported) Manchester County Court, 15 January 2018 and McKendry v British Airways Plc (Unreported) Liverpool County Court, 7 June 2018) have come to identical conclusions that personal injury claims under the Montreal Convention do not engage the EL/PL Pre-action Protocol. The result is that these…

Government to Extend Fixed Costs to Holiday Sickness Claims

July 9, 2017 James Beeton Fixed Costs

In a highly significant move, the MOJ has announced that the CPRC will be asked to bring forward proposals for fixed recoverable costs in holiday sickness claims. The move is described as being in direct response to the rise in the number of ‘bogus’ gastric illness claims. It remains to be seen whether the proposed…

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