As the weather turns warmer and 12KBW’s International and Travel team begin to yearn for their summer break, their thoughts inevitably turn towards the regulatory regime underpinning any package holidays which they may recently have concluded. So too, it seems, do the thoughts of the Department for Business and Trade, who have recently launched a…
Read moreWood & Anor v TUI Travel Plc T/A First Choice – Package Travel, Food Poisoning, SGSA 1982
James Beeton
On 22 November 2016, Elizabeth Boulden, a pupil at 12 King’s Bench Walk, attended the hearing at the Court of Appeal of this important case concerning the package tour operator’s liability for food poisoning suffered by customers as a result of defective food and drink supplied in the course of a package holiday. The case could have…
Read moreThe Montreal Convention and Psychiatric Harm
This article is by Max Archer of 12 King’s Bench Walk. The article considers the Montreal Convention: the regime governing the liability of air carriers to passengers in international carriage. The Convention is a well-worn route for passengers who have been injured aboard an aeroplane. Max considers the recourse available for claimants who have sustained psychiatric harm.
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