Montreal Convention

Edited by George Leloudas, Professor, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), School of Law, Swansea University, UK, Paul S. Dempsey, Tomlinson Professor Emeritus of Air & Space Law, Director Emeritus, Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada and Laurent Chassot, Partner, gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd, Geneva, Switzerland

‘The successful development and ratification of the Montreal Convention 1999 was historic because all previous attempts to modernize and consolidate the Warsaw Convention of 1929 for the Unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air had led to less unification and more dissatisfaction.Professor Leloudas, Professor Dempsey and Attorney Chassot, as well as the impressive selection of foremost international experts in aviation law, must therefore be commended for their most comprehensive Article-by-Article analysis of the Montreal Convention 1999 in this essential tool for all aviation lawyers worldwide, be they in private practice, in public service or in-house, and indeed for all those interested in aviation!’

• Contents ixPreface xxixOrigins of the Montreal Convention 1999 1Paul S. Dempsey1 Scope and application 13Timothy M. Ravich2 Carriage performed by state and carriage of postal items 24Luping Zhang3 Passengers and baggage 31Arlette Tanga Afouba4 Cargo 41George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin5 Contents of air waybill or cargo receipt 56George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin6 Documents relating to the nature of cargo 69George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin7 Description of air waybill 75George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin8 Documentation for multiple packages 84George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin9 Non-compliance with documentary requirements 89George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin10 Responsibility for particulars of documentation 97George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin11 Evidentiary value of documentation 107George Leloudas and Daniel B. Soffin12 Right of disposition of the cargo 125Julia Hörnig13 Delivery of the cargo 138Julia Hörnig14 Enforcement of the rights of consignor and consignee 145Julia Hörnig15 Relations of consignor and consignee or mutual relations of third parties 148Julia Hörnig16 Formalities of customs, police or other public authorities 152Julia Hörnig17 Death and injury of passengers – damage to baggage 160Andrew J. Harakas and Robert Lawson KC18 Damage to cargo 184Julia Hörnig and George Leloudas19 Delay 209Wolf Müller-Rostin and Jae Woon (June) Lee20 Exoneration 222Christopher Loxton21 Compensation in case of death or injury of passengers 233Christopher Loxton22 Limits of liability in relation to delay, baggage, and cargo 242Barry S. Alexander and Brittany C. Wakim23 Conversion of monetary units 257Filippos Alexandrakis24 Review of limits 270Michael Gill and Auguste Hocking25 Stipulation on limits 287Michael Chatzipanagiotis26 Invalidity of contractual provisions 292Michael Chatzipanagiotis27 Freedom to contract 303Michael Chatzipanagiotis28 Advance payments 308Anna Konert29 Basis of claims 320Laurent Chassot and Paul S. Dempsey30 Servants, agents – aggregation of claims 360Michele M. Comenale Pinto and Elisabetta G. Rosafio31 Timely notice of complaints 369Elisabetta G. Rosafio and Michele M. Comenale Pinto32 Death of person liable 377Peter Neenan33 Jurisdiction 382Timothy M. Ravich, Grégory Laville de la Plaigne and Romain Verté34 Arbitration 413Michael Chatzipanagiotis35 Limitation of actions 422José Ignacio García Arboleda36 Successive carriage 431Bartholomew J. Banino, Auguste Hocking and Marissa N. Lefland37 Right of recourse against third parties 462Timothy M. Ravich38 Combined carriage 476Julia Hörnig39 Contracting carrier – actual carrier 481Bartholomew J. Banino, Marissa N. Lefland, Damara L. Carousis, José Ignacio García Arboleda and NicolásMallarino Rubiano40 Respective liability of contracting and actual carriers 489Carlos Martins41 Mutual liability 493Carlos Martins42 Addressee of complaints and instructions 496Elisabetta G. Rosafio and Michele M. Comenale Pinto43 Servants and agents 501Michele M. Comenale Pinto and Elisabetta G. Rosafio44 Aggregation of damages 505Cyril-Igor Grigorieff45 Addressee of claims 512Cyril-Igor Grigorieff46 Additional jurisdiction 519Filippos Alexandrakis47 Invalidity of contractual provisions 533Filippos Alexandrakis48 Mutual relations of contracting and actual carriers 545Daniel Wand49 Mandatory application 562Paul S. Dempsey50 Insurance 568Philip Chrystal and Sebastián Fernández Peña51 Carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances 599Arlette Tanga Afouba52 Definition of days 607Filippos Alexandrakis53 Signature, ratification and entry into force 615Andreas Dimopoulos54 Denunciation 621Andreas Dimopoulos55 Relationship with other Warsaw Convention instruments 625George Leloudas and Paul S. Dempsey56 States with more than one system of law 635Paul S. Dempsey57 Reservations 640Laurent Chassot and Christophe PlatelIndex 650