Trick or Treat? The Supreme Court’s Refusal of Permission to Appeal in Huzar and Dawson
On 31 October 2014, the Supreme Court published its decision to refuse permission to appeal in Huzar v Jet2.com Limited and Dawson v Thomson Airways Limited following months of apprehension.
The Supreme Court’s decision means that technical faults will now rarely constitute ‘extraordinary circumstances’ under EC Regulation 261/2004 and the national limitation period will continue to apply to Regulation claims.
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Shereena Rai is a Senior Associate in the Aviation Litigation & Regulatory team at DLA Piper in London.
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