Jack Harding
Deka Chambers
Articles
Highways: the ‘rule of thumb’
United Kingdom - January 31 2023 This is the first in a series of short articles which delve into some of the lesser-known authorities relating to the Highway Authority’s duty to…
Schrödinger’s Fact
European Union, United Kingdom - December 9 2022 The authors have both recently had experience of a situation which, we suspect, arises more commonly than may be expected and which, for Claimant…
Psychological injury and the Montreal Convention - A step too far?
European Union, United Kingdom - November 16 2022 Jack Harding examines another decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union expanding the reach of the Montreal Convention, hot on the heels…
Tearing up the definition of ‘accident’ under the Montreal Convention - The judgment of the CJEU in JR v Austrian Airlines
European Union, United Kingdom - September 22 2022 If an airline passenger slips, trips and falls during the course of a flight, or during embarkation or disembarkation, but there is no identifiable…
The eye of the beholder - the final word on passenger perspective under the Montreal Convention?
European Union, United Kingdom - May 6 2022 An accident for the purposes of article 17 of the Montreal Convention is an "unexpected or unusual event or happening that is external to the…
