LEE AND ANOTHER v. AIRTOURS HOLIDAYS LTD. AND ANOTHER

[2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 683

CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT (BUSINESS LIST)

Before His Honour Judge Hallgarten Q.C.

Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations, 1992 - Claimants brought claim against package tour operator under 1992 regulations following sinking of cruise liner - No contract ever issued by defendants - Whether Athens Convention applied to claims under 1992 regulations - If Convention applied whether defendant was a “carrier” - Whether claim for loss of valuables excluded by art. 5 - Merchant Shipping Act, 1995 - International Convention on the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage, Athens 1974.