Liability limits increased for domestic air carriage in Australia and Montreal Limits on the increase
On 1 August 2019, Matthew Brooks and Simon Liddy wrote about the Australian Government’s proposal to increase the liability limits…
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Liability limits on the increase for domestic air carriage in Australia – Civil Aviation (Carrier's Liability) Regulations 2019
In 2018, the Australian Government undertook a preliminary review of the Civil Aviation (Carrier’s Liability) Act 1959 (the Act), with the view to…
High Court of Australia rules non-passengers are precluded from bringing separate nervous shock claims against a carrier arising from the death of a passenger – Parkes Shire Council v South West Helicopters Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 14.
On 8 May 2019 the High Court of Australia NSW unanimously held that non-passenger claims for nervous shock arising from…
Aviation bulletin – June 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of the HWL Ebsworth Aviation Bulletin. We are delighted to bring you content addressing a…
Weatherill v Bartett [2017] NSWCA 175 – Damages under Australian Consumer Law not established
The New South Wales Court of Appeal recently refused leave to appeal a lower court decision denying Dr Colin Weatherill…
Wahba v Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers: The damages regime in airline cases – Federal or State?
The recent decision in Wahba v Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers [2018] NSWDC 128 (“Wahba“) has followed the judgment in Arefin…