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If an airline passenger slips, trips and falls during the course of a flight, or during embarkation or disembarkation, but there is no identifiable external cause of the fall, has an accident occurred for the purposes of the Montreal Convention 1999?
In…
The inquest into the death of Yassar Yaqub started today (20th September). Mr Yaqub was shot dead by police in a car in which he was a passenger near junction 24 of the M62 motorway on the 2nd January 2017.
Tom Little KC and Patricia…
Jenkinson v Robertson [2022] EWHC 756 (Admin)
Issue
What constitutes procedurally fair “adequate notice” of an allegation of fundamental dishonesty (“FD”)
Brief facts
The first instance judge found the Claimant, a litigant in person allegedly injured in a road traffic accident in 2013,…
Edward Lamb, instructed by Georgina Emmerson of Ellis Jones Solicitors, successfully defended an application by the mother AB (“the Mother”) under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 for the summary return of EF to Cyprus, where the Mother claimed the child…
This week the team has found time to consider two interesting cases on jurisdiction, which does seem to be a topic consuming a very large amount of court time, post-Brexit. We understand that various proposals seeking to simplify matters are currently being…
9 Gough Chambers notes with great sadness the passing of Her Majesty, The Queen. Her Majesty has been a constant in this Nation’s lives. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Royal Family.
God Save the King.
As some members of the team breathe a sigh of relief at surviving the school holidays, whilst others mourn an idyllic summer spent enjoying the sunny weather, we’re all agog to find out who the incoming Prime Minister will appoint as Lord…
Deka Chambers has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2022.
Chambers has been nominated for the breadth of expertise within the family law team and for the team’s collaborative and collegiate approach to working.
We are…
Edward Lamb appears in an important case concerning the scope of the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility: London Borough of Hackney v P & Ors [2022] EWHC 1981 (Fam).
Mr Justice…
In yesterday’s webinar Sarah Prager and Thomas Yarrow examined a surprisingly under-used cause of action in holiday claims. Among the topics they discussed are:
brochure descriptions and express terms;
fairness of terms;
implied terms;
supplier contracts;
airline…
