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Aviation

We advise on the liability of aviation stakeholders including airport owners and operators. We act in aviation claims advising on property and injury claims involving aircraft owners and repairers and hangar keeper’s liability. We provide legal services in claims under the Damage By Aircraft Act 1999 and Civil Aviation (Carriers Liability) Act 1959, claims by passengers, claims by third parties (non-passengers), public liability claims, claims in respect of loss or damage to an insured’s aircraft, claims in respect of loss or damage to aircraft (non-ownership), claims caused by aerial application, liability for airfield premises and liability for aircraft in care or custody.

Some examples of our team’s claims experience include:

  • Acting on behalf of an aircraft repairer in relation to alleged negligent repair;
  • Acting in a business interruption claim in relation to the loss of use of an aircraft;
  • Advising on the liability of airport operators;
  • Acting in a personal injury claim arising out of an injury to a spectator at an airshow;
  • Acting on behalf of an instructor in relation to a personal injury claim arising out of a hang gliding accident;
  • Acting on behalf of an insurer in respect to the denial of indemnity to an insured in relation to a paragliding accident;
  • Acting on behalf of an insurer in relation to the denial of indemnity for faulty workmanship relating to the spray painting of an aircraft;
  • Acting on behalf of an insurer for recovery of loss arising from property damage sustained to an aircraft.