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NLJ this week: Ryanair and the case of the missing compensation―is the airline liable or not?

25 February 2022
Issue: 7968 / Categories: Legal News , Aviation
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Without pilots, planes don’t fly. So discovered budget airline, Ryanair in 2018

The strikes might be over but the legal claims continue. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Lee Finch & Ann Marie O’Neil, both of Gough Square Chambers, examine the high threshold for determining which events are outside an airline’s control.

Ryanair’s argument is that the strikes amounted to ‘extraordinary circumstances, hence under the relevant regulations the airline is not liable to compensate passengers.

Finch & O’Neil examine the law involved, which is complicated by the fact of Brexit.

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Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

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Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

NEWS
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Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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