LAROCHE v SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE (UK) LTD
[2009] Lloyd's Rep Plus 20
COURT OF APPEAL
Before Lord Justice Mummery, Lord Justice Dyson and Lord Justice Jacob
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 contract of “carriage” –
Whether claimant a “passenger” – Whether running of two-year prescription
period suspended by defendant’s voluntary liquidation – Carriage by Air Act
1961 – Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 1967, article 29
– Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97.