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1986 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 717
Author(s):  
André Cloutier
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Trial Lawyer

Compensation for Airline Passenger Death and Injury. The Future of the Warsaw Convention

1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (679) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
First Year ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
The Usa ◽  
University College London ◽  
Trial Lawyer ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
International Airlines

In May 1966 under threat of USA withdrawal from the 1929 Warsaw Convention, over 30 of the world's leading international airlines agreed to increase the limit of their passenger legal liability from US $8300 (Warsaw) or US $16 600 (Hague) to US $75 000 (inclusive of legal costs) or $58 000 (plus costs) for passengers travelling to, from or via the USA. Today the number of participating airlines is over 90 and there are individual variations, eg (i) BEA has extended the new limits to all its Warsaw or Hague passengers; (ii) Lufthansa and other airlines have adopted the equivalent of a $58 000 limit for domestic passengers within Germany.In the United Kingdom (including associated overseas territories) on 1st June 1967 the Hague Protocol came into force for the first time and the limit of liability for non-Convention (ie mainly domestic) carriage was raised to the equivalent of approximately £21 000 ($58 000).The end of the first year of the new limits and the beginning of the new UK limits were marked by the Air Law Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society by an international discussion held at the Society on 1st June 1967. The Chair was taken by Sir William Hildred, CB, OBE, MA, and the principal speakers were: Dr. B. Cheng, University College, London; L. S. Kreindler, Trial Lawyer, New York; A. Goodfellow, Solicitor, London; and M. J. Lester, Secretary and Solicitor, BEA.The aims of the Discussion were to:–(a) Review the present position nationally and internationally; (b) Discuss possible future developments from the viewpoint both of airlines and their passengers.

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