Taking The Airlines To Court

legal_magpie

Don't worry what TC do or don't do. You have told the Court of the outcome and they should remove the stay and list the case for hearing.

batman44

For those that are intrested

notice

Take notice that on THURSDAY, 19 JUNE, 2014 in COURT 67, at 10 O'CLOCK, Judgment will be given in the following.

APPEAL

From County Courts

FINAL DECISIONS

B2/2013/2478 Dawson -v- Thomson Airways Ltd.

Al1x

I don't know if this has already been mentioned but if we take our airline to court and loose how much would we have to pay?

David_e

Al1x wrote: »

I don't know if this has already been mentioned but if we take our airline to court and loose how much would we have to pay?

Yes it has. Have a search of the forum, read the FAQs and try google.

Al1x

I can't seem to find anything, maybe I am searching the wrong phrases.

jenn1ewest1

Al1x wrote: »

I can't seem to find anything, maybe I am searching the wrong phrases.

you wouldnt normally be expected to pay the defendant if you lose

razorsedge

jenn1ewest1 wrote: »

you wouldnt normally be expected to pay the defendant if you lose

You would loose your court fees though. Details here on what they might be:
http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/ex050-eng.pdf

You would also loose all the time and effort you have put in (some people value this, others say they have plenty of time and not doing anything else anyway) along with any other costs you have incurred such as stationary, postage, travel costs to court, etc.

Vauban

razorsedge wrote: »

You would loose your court fees though. Details here on what they might be:
http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/ex050-eng.pdf

You would also loose all the time and effort you have put in (some people value this, other say they have plenty of time and not doing anything else anyway) along with any other costs you have incurred such as stationary, postage, travel costs to court, etc.

I understand you can also be asked to pay the other sides reasonable expenses - such as travel and overnight accommodation (if required).

But only if you were deemed to have acted unreasonably would you be asked to pay for their legal costs.

In practice I have never seen anyone who has lost a case against the airline ordered by the judge to pay any of these. But it is a small risk I suppose.

Al1x

Thank you. The court fees aren't too much so if we lost then that wouldn't be too bad.

Thanks for finding the info for me.

carina62

we have received an email from the CAA dated May 2014 basically saying that in the light of new guidelines clarifying extraordinary circumstances of EC 261/2004 the disruption falls under exceptional circumstances, therefore they say we are not entitled to compensation.


Would the new ruling make any difference to this decision as we have a deadline to get this sorted before Sept 2014. Unfortunately the CAA did not disclose what the exceptional circumstances were.


What is our next plan of action?