Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd – QBD (Eady J) – 17 April 2008

Carriage by air – Warsaw Convention – Non-International Rules – Claimant suffering personal injury while being carried in hot-air balloon – Whether hot air balloon “aircraft” – Whether Non-International Rules applicable – Whether domestic remedy for negligence ousted – Whether claim time-barred by two-year prescription period – Whether defendant estopped from relying on time-bar defence

(2008) 742 LMLN 2