Travel and aviationPage 3

• Aircraft accident

  Remote airport tarmac fall spotlights airline disembarkation accident liabilities

  A serious accident during passenger disembarkation at a remote Australian airport, demonstrates the relative safety responsibilities of airlines, ground handlers and airport operators to guard against foreseeable hazards.

  29 July 2021
• Cruise ship injury

  White Island cruise ship passengers win big: Royal Caribbean refused anti-suit injunction

  The tragic loss of life from the December 2019 volcanic eruption at White Island in New Zealand has made its way to the courts in a ruling that allows injured and deceased cruise ship passenger compensation claims to be…

  27 June 2021
• Aircraft accident

  Pilot skewered in amusement ride crash; Teenage rider in big psych damages win

  A series of extraordinary events led to a light aircraft colliding with a Ferris wheel at a beach festival on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2011.

  21 June 2021
• Holiday & travel law

  Former league star scores in local lawsuit over negligent surgery in France

  A negligence claim in NSW’s Supreme Court relating to an adverse outcome from surgery conducted in Toulouse and adjudicated under French law, has yielded big damages for a former Newcastle Knights player.

  20 October 2020
• Cross-border claims

  What lies beneath? Coral Sea reef contest echoes China “island” claims

  A recent ruling on some residual cost issues arising out of the 2015 Federal Court sovereignty claim over the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs that lie in the Coral Sea 95 km north of Lord Howe Island coincides with a much larger…

  20 October 2020Federal Court
• Boating & watercraft

  Tourist boat back injury foreseeable, just not where big wave caused tourist’s broken back

  A marine tourism operator has claimed civil liability immunity to avoid payment of $400k compensation for a serious spinal injury sustained by a passenger when its excursion boat encountered a steep wave.

  29 April 2019
• Aviation law

  In planes and on boats, bad acts by states lay siege to benevolent federal laws

  What law must be applied in the adjudication of a claim arising out of an overseas accident that is litigated in Australia?

  26 March 2019
• Aviation law

  Airlines’ overseas agreements ruled illegal for their effect on Australian competition

  Air New Zealand and Garuda Indonesia have both been fined for their role in a price-fixing cartel for air cargo shipments in Australia.

  28 July 2017
• Aviation law

  Pilot crashes in cloud after pressing on, sues for inadequate weather warnings

  An experienced pilot whose helicopter crashed after being caught in cloud in the PNG highlands - contrary to the air rules under which the flight was being conducted - has sued his employer for his catastrophic injuries.

  27 March 2017
• Holiday & travel law

  Overnight motel stop leads to kid’s pool tragedy

  The family’s overnight stay at the Gympie Motel in February 1998 was unscheduled.

  28 February 2017
• Holiday & travel law

  Wee hours tumble at roadhouse landmark

  The BP Chinderah roadhouse is a welcome landmark for those driving South to the Tweed Coast as it signals they are approaching their destination and for those going further, it marks the start of the most picturesque part of the…

  27 February 2017
• Aviation law

  Passenger sues for wrongful detention & excessive force in international airport bust up

  Geoff Barker had “probably about 7 rums” in a Port Moresby bar before arrival at the airport to board the Air Niugini flight PX025 to Brisbane in November 2011.

  25 February 2017

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