Travel
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- APD - Not a Tax Too Far We all remember the dire financial consequences of the unexpected announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 6th December 2006, when he announced the doubling of Air Passenger Duty ( APD ). The reason for the...
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- Many lawyers in the travel industry were involved in advising travel clients during the APD debacle. For those who may have been on another planet during January and February 2007, Gordon Brown announced the increase of APD at short notice, giving the...
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- New Regulations in force from 26 July 2008 EC Regulation 1107/2006 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was never intended to cover the rights of disabled passengers onboard an aircraft and are limited to regulating policies and procedures of...
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- EC Regulation 1107/2006 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was never intended to cover the rights of disabled passengers onboard an aircraft and are limited to regulating policies and procedures of airlines at UK airports and booking procedures. ...
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- As long ago as 1987 the Consumer Protection Act made it a criminal offence for a trader, in the course of business to give to any consumers an indication which is misleading as to the price at which any goods, services, accommodation or facilities are...
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- AIRLINE UPDATE FINES AND TAXES It is not a comfortable time for the airline sector. The cost of aviation fuel has ravaged existing business models, and increased ticket prices have resulted in reduced bookings and reduced load factors. ...
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- On 19 September 2005, both Northwest and Delta respectively the fourth and third largest US airlines went into Chapter 11 insolvency. This procedure, now quite common amongst large US Carriers has become known as the car wash . Already, United Airlines and...
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- BA CHEESE AND BRANSON PICKLE On 1 August 2007, following the admission by British Airways that it had colluded with Virgin Atlantic over long-haul passenger fuel surcharges, the Office of Fair Trading imposed its biggest ever fine of 121.5...
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- BUSINESS TRAVEL LAW ISSUES LATEST DEVELOPMENTS The final run up to the end of 2007 has seen many legal issues affecting business travel coming into prominence: 1. CAA consults on new ATOL Licence Conditions These proposed changes...
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- Those requiring ATOL for sales, whether for leisure or airline seats have a new era, starting from 1st April 2008. Also, hot off the press is guidance from the Government on What is a Package , following some confusion after the Court of Appeal Judgment in...
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- Home Alone Homeworking allows highly skilled employees in the business and leisure sector who have taken a career break, particularly women to return to the workplace. Getting back on the traditional career path is not always easy given child...
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- June 2004 Lost Cost Airlines in the Spotlight In recent weeks, low cost airlines have hit the headlines, particularly the larger carriers whose climb to ever increasing profits has hit an unexpected decline in passenger numbers. The success of the...
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- The new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 comes into force on 6th April 2008 with the aim of making it easier for the UK authorities to prosecute companies when death occurs, and the company s activities are managed or organised in a way...
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- For many businesses, particularly those involved in the business travel sector, trademarks and other intellectual property rights have become increasingly important in identifying the corporates product or services, the way these are marketed and most...
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- Those requiring ATOL for sales, whether for leisure or airline seats have a new era, starting from 1st April 2008. Also, hot off the press is guidance from the Government on What is a Package , following some confusion after the Court of Appeal Judgment in...
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- THE CASE FOR MISSING BAGS It has not been a great year for passenger s baggage getting damaged, delayed or lost. Part of the reason for disruption to the carriage of baggage must relate to the increased security precautions at UK airports. ...
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- February 2006 saw the publication of the new Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, which come into force on 6th April 2006 and replace the old TUPE Regulations 1981. Interpretation of the 1981 Regulations has been a challenge...
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- Trains to be brought into line with new Regulation 1371/2007 Business travellers are familiar with the way that European Regulations provide minimum consumer protection and rights to compensation where flights are delayed or cancelled, or passengers are...
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- TURBULENT SKIES The recent massive rises in aviation fuel have already resulted in the failure of some smaller carriers. For example, the failure of business only models of Eos, Maxjet and Silverjet resulted from their model becoming...
