An eventful year draws to a close
Focus on Travel Law in Autumn
As soon as the peak summer holiday season is over, travel law, one of our firm’s areas of expertise, is the focus of a number of top-class conferences: September 20-21, Hamburg: Travel Law Day of the German Society for Travel Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Reiserecht/DGfR) September 23, Vienna: Air Passenger Rights Day of the University […]
ERA Summer Course on European Consumer Law
The Academy of European Law in Trier is holding a summer course on European consumer law from 3 to 7 July, 2023. The course will cover general consumer protection rules, the rules on unfair contract terms, product safety, digital contracts, consumer protection in financial services, enforcement and more. As part of the course, Michael Wukoschitz […]
Online Conference on Recent Developments in European Travel Law
The International Travel Law Network (ITLN), an association of lawyers specialising in travel law, organised an online conference on 27 March 2023 to discuss recent developments in European travel law.The topics included the right to terminate a package travel contract in case of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, in particular the relevance of travel warnings and […]
The fall of a passenger and a CJEU misstep
Following a referral by the Korneuburg Regional Court, the CJEU ruled in C-589/20 that a passenger’s fall “for no ascertainable reason” on a mobile staircase provided for passenger disembarkation, falls under the term “accident” as defined in Art 17 of the Montreal Convention (MC). In his review of the ruling in the International Journal of […]
“Grazer Praxiskommentar” on the professional law of attorneys and notaries public
Professional law is of considerable importance especially in the classical legal professions of attorneys and notaries. The newly published “Grazer Praxiskommentar” covers all essential professional regulations for attorneys and notaries. The commentary, published by Verlag Österreich and edited by Gernot Murko and Bettina Nunner-Krautgasser, is dedicated to all current legal issues concerning the exercise of […]
Analysis of a decision on rape under travel law
In the United Kingdom, the case of X v Kuoni concerning the rape of a traveller by an electrician employed by the hotel, in which the ECJ ruled for the first time on the concept of a supplier of services and on liability for injury caused by a hotel employee, has caused a great stir […]
Athens Convention: Cruise Operator not liable for Passenger’s Campylobacter Infection
On the 10th day of a two-week Caribbean cruise in February 2020, a passenger fell ill with a gastrointestinal infection caused by the pathogen campylobacter. The court of first instance found that there had been no accumulation of such infections on board during the cruise and that all hygiene rules had been observed in the […]
Competion Law in Tourism
A new book edited by Prof. Carlos Torres of the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE) provides a comprehensive overview on competition issues in tourism, in particular including competition aspects of New Distribution Capability in air ticket sale. The book unites The book brings together respected expert authors from around the world […]
New online project on travel law: “Tourism Law in Europe”
Following the commentary on the new Package Travel Directive, the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE) has initiated another online project on tourism law in Europe. The collection, which is freely accessible online and will also be published in printed form as a loose-leaf edition, provides a valuable overview of the laws […]