“A high-flying City lawyer who conned millions of pounds from her bank bosses to help a friend’s ailing airline has been jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 6th February 2010
Source; www.independent.co.uk
“A senior City lawyer arranged for a £380,000 ‘bribe’ to be paid to a former Indian state official in a failed attempt to unlawfully secure a lucrative aviation contract for her clients, a High Court ruling has revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The union Unite is due to go to the High Court to try to get the changes brought in by British Airways to cabin crew last year overturned.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will consult within weeks on new penalties for airlines that employ hidden charges to mislead consumers. The action will close a loophole by which airlines can avoid penalties for breaking the law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal in a High Court ruling.”
BBC News, 17th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Airline passengers whose flights were delayed by more than three hours were entitled to compensation.”
WLR Daily, 20th November 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Unite the union is to take legal action to try to stop British Airways’ plans to impose new pay and conditions on 14,000 cabin crew.”
BBC News, 30th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ryanair will change the way it advertises its services after being referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
British Airways plc v Williams and Others
Court of Appeal
“An airline which based its paid annual leave rate for pilots on their basic salary rather than on what they might be expected actually to earn, including supplements, was not in breach of the statutory holiday pay requirements.”
The Times, 28th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
British Airways plc v Williams and others [2009] EWCA Civ 281; [2009] WLR (D) 126
“An airline which had paid its pilots during the period of their ‘paid annual leave’ by reference to their basic salary, rather than the pay they might expect to earn, including supplements, during a working week, was not in breach of the applicable statutory requirements as to payment of such paid annual leave.”
WLR Daily, 6th April 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Environment Agency is to be given powers to seize planes from airlines which break the rules of a new scheme to limit flights’ carbon emissions. The transport secretary, Geoff Hoon, and the climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, will today announce the government agency’s new role, which goes far wider than its regulation of other UK industries.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Airline Virgin Atlantic has lost its claim that a rival airline’s seat infringed its intellectual property rights. Virgin Atlantic’s patent design rights were not infringed by a design produced by Virgin’s seat design contractor for a rival, the High Court said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are failing to comply with European laws that ban pre-checked boxes on websites that sell flight tickets. New rules provide that optional price supplements must be accepted on an ‘opt-in’ basis.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is taking easyJet, the airline that he founded, to the High Court to try to limit its ability to make money from activities that may clash with his other ventures. The surprising spat between the budget carrier and its founder stunned the City yesterday and threatens to limit the airline’s ability to raise revenues.”
The Times, 18th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday charged four past and present executives of British Airways (BA) with criminal price-fixing offences in the first prosecution of its kind against employees of a leading UK business.”
The Times, 8th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to unveil plans today to charge four past and present executives of British Airways with criminal price-fixing offences. ”
The Times, 7th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“BAA, the airports operator, has started legal action against Ryanair after the budget carrier refused to pay higher landing fees.”
The Times, 5th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Millions of Britons who flew across the Atlantic between two and four years ago are being invited to claim a share of more than £70 million that has been ordered to be handed over to them.”
The Times, 5th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to pay up to £100 million in compensation to passengers affected by price-fixing on fuel surcharges for transatlantic flights.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
SOurce: www.timesonline.co.uk
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