LAROCHE v SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE (UK) LTD
[2008] Lloyd's Rep Plus 41
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
Before Mr Justice Eady
Carriage by air – Limitation of action – Claimant
sustaining personal injury while being carried in hot-air balloon – Whether
hot-air balloon “aircraft” – Whether flight involved “carriage of passengers” –
Whether carriage was “for reward” – Whether discretion to extend two-year
prescription period – Whether carrier estopped from
relying on time-bar defence – Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions)
Order 1967, article 29 – Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97.