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Psychological injury: article 17

The English and Scottish courts are in disagreement over the extent of article 17 of the Warsaw Convention. In Morris v KLM 1 the court of appeal held that psychological injuries – unaccompanied by physical injuries – were not envisaged as bodily injury under article 17.

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