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Morris v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Hearings

England & Wales

17 May 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 790; [2002] QB 100; [2001] 3 WLR 351; [2001] 3 All ER 126; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 153; [2001] CLC 1460; (2001) 151 NLJ 851; The Times, 15 June 2001; The Independent, 23 May 2001, CA (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers MR, Peter Gibson and Latham LJJ)

England & Wales and Scotland

28 Feb 2002 [2002] UKHL 7; [2002] 2 AC 628; [2002] 2 WLR 578; 2002 SC (HL) 59; [2002] 2 All ER 565; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 385; [2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep 745; [2002] CLC 820; [2002] PIQR P29; The Times, 1 March 2002; The Independent, 5 March 2002, HL(E & Sc) (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough)

Additional names

King v Bristow Helicopters Ltd
Hammond v Bristow Helicopters Ltd

Subject Matter

AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Accident — Bodily injury sustained in accident — Passenger suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and consequent peptic ulcer disease following helicopter crash landing — Female passenger suffering depression as result of indecent assault during flight by male passenger — Whether “bodily injury” — Carriage by Air Act 1961, Sch 1, art 17

[2002] 2 AC 628; [2002] QB 100; [2001] 3 WLR 351; [2002] 2 WLR 578

Appellate History

Morris v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines [2001] EWCA Civ 790; [2002] QB 100; [2001] 3 WLR 351; [2001] 3 All ER 126; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 153; [2001] CLC 1460; (2001) 151 NLJ 851; The Times, 15 June 2001; The Independent, 23 May 2001, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds

Morris v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines [2002] UKHL 7; [2002] 2 AC 628; [2002] 2 WLR 578; 2002 SC (HL) 59; [2002] 2 All ER 565; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 385; [2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep 745; [2002] CLC 820; [2002] PIQR P29; The Times, 1 March 2002; The Independent, 5 March 2002, HL(E & Sc)

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