Monthly Archives: April 2010

EU updates aviation security rules

Posted on April 30, 2010 by 360plex

Regulation 300/2008 on aviation security applicable as of 29 April 2010 puts in place new rules to improve, streamline and simplify existing procedures. For example by: Eliminating duplication of security controls. For example, reducing costly duplication of checks in strictly … Continue reading →

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English Contract Law Case

Posted on April 30, 2010 by 360plex

Maggs (Trading as BM Builders) v Mark [2006] EWCA Civ. 1058 The general rule in English Law is that where there is a written contract the court should not look at the subsequent conduct of the parties in order to … Continue reading →

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English Case: Unfair Contract Terms

Posted on April 30, 2010 by 360plex

Baybut v Eccle Riggs County Parks Ltd., The Times, 13 November 2006 The court held that it was highly unlikely that the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 were ever intended to apply to implied terms. They apply only … Continue reading →

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English Air Law Case: Denied Boarding Regulations

Posted on April 30, 2010 by 360plex

Parker v TUI UK Ltd (Trading as Austravel) 30 October 2006 P had booked a flight from Heathrow to Sydney with TUI trading as Thomsonfly. P claimed that she had been informed by them that she was booked on a … Continue reading →

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UK: Aviation Law

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

Civil Aviation (Contribution to Air Travel Trust) Regulations 2007 This Act requires all Air Travel Organiser Licence (ATOL) holders to contribute to the Air Travel Trust Fund. The amount that they are required to contribute is based upon the number … Continue reading →

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Scottish Hotel Law Case

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

Drake v Dow 2006 SCLR 456 D stayed at a guesthouse. During the night his laptop was stolen from his room. His bedroom door did not have a lock. He claimed damages from the guesthouse owner under the praetorian edit … Continue reading →

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Scottish Insurance Law Case

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

In Scots Law, a contract of insurance is considered a contract uberrimae fidei i.e. “of the utmost good faith” and those taking out insurance have a duty to disclose all material facts: Cuthbertson v Friends Provident Life Office 2006 SLT … Continue reading →

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Scottish Tourist Board

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

Tourist Boards (Scotland) Act 2006 This Act abolishes the network tourist boards. It renames the Scottish Tourist Board as VisitScotland and increases the maximum membership of the Board from 6 to 11 members. It thereby amends the Development of Tourism … Continue reading →

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IATA calls for Single European Sky

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

During the volcanic ash crisis more than 100,000 flights were grounded because individual countries made different decisions over whether or not to open up their airspace. A Single European Sky would put the skies under one regulatory body and act … Continue reading →

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China lifts ban on tourists with STD, HIV and leprosy

Posted on April 29, 2010 by 360plex

As Shanghai prepares to host the world exposition, China has lifted a two-decade ban on travel to the country by people who carry the virus that causes AIDS or who have other sexually transmitted diseases or leprosy. The ban on … Continue reading →

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