Goldman v. Thai Airways International Ltd

Abstract

Air — Carriage by air — Warsaw Convention relating to International Carriage by Air, 1929 — Pilot failing to illuminate fasten seatbelts sign — Air turbulence — Plaintiff sustaining injury — Whether pilot acting recklessly — Whether pilot having knowledge that damage would probably result

Treaties — Interpretation — Reference to travaux préparatoires — Warsaw Covention as amended at The Hague, 1955 — Intended meaning of Convention — Necessary elements of “recklessness” and “knowledge that damage would probably result”

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955 — Section 1(1) of Carriage by Air Act 1961 giving Convention force of law in United Kingdom — Relevance of meaning of Warsaw Convention — Construction of English statute — The law of England