The Weekly Law Reports
[1977] 3 WLR 885
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
FOTHERGILL
v.
MONARCH AIRLINES LTD.
[1976 F. No. 542]
1977 March 7;
17
Kerr J.
Aircraft
— Carriage by air
— Limitation of liability
— Loss of articles from baggage
— Whether “damage” to baggage
— Passenger failing to complain of partial loss within seven days
— Right to claim damages
—
Carriage by Air Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2, c. 27), Sch. 1, art. 26 (2)
Statute
— Construction
— International convention
— Statute giving effect to Convention
— Use of extrinsic material, including travaux preparatoires, as aid to construction
— French text to prevail if inconsistencies between that text and English
— Use of French
— English dictionaries
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Carriage by Air Act 1961, s. 1 (2), Sch. 1, art. 26 (2)