who is liable to pay the compensation?

blondmark

greeneyedlad wrote: »

Is Blondmark able to advise??

Sorry ... been spending far too much time in 'real life' lately. Well it seems to me that these two airlines both know precisely which of them is the operating air carrier, but they are acting in bad faith by conspiring together to shuttle would-be claimants back and forth in order to sabotage legitimate claims brought by their passengers.

So in these circumstances I am with Centipede - you should make one of them the first defendant and the other one the second defendant. Then in your particulars you should explain that both defendants appear to be conspiring to circumvent the authority of the court by refusing to disclose the identity of the operating air carrier, and that one of the two defendants should be ordered to pay the costs of resolving the issue.

After they have both been served, one or other of them may make an application to have themselves removed as a party on the premise that they are not the operating air carrier. If this happens, the judge would probably decide this at a hearing. The claimant need only write in rather than attend, since he can contribute nothing factual other than the airlines' refusal to cooperate, and a reiteration of the request that the costs of that hearing should be borne by the defendant whose conduct has necessitated this unnecessary step.

All sounds a bit technical, but message me if you want to try this and I'll draft that bit if it helps.

greeneyedlad

blondmark wrote: »

Sorry ... been spending far too much time in 'real life' lately. Well it seems to me that these two airlines both know precisely which of them is the operating air carrier, but they are acting in bad faith by conspiring together to shuttle would-be claimants back and forth in order to sabotage legitimate claims brought by their passengers.

So in these circumstances I am with Centipede - you should make one of them the first defendant and the other one the second defendant. Then in your particulars you should explain that both defendants appear to be conspiring to circumvent the authority of the court by refusing to disclose the identity of the operating air carrier, and that one of the two defendants should be ordered to pay the costs of resolving the issue.

After they have both been served, one or other of them may make an application to have themselves removed as a party on the premise that they are not the operating air carrier. If this happens, the judge would probably decide this at a hearing. The claimant need only write in rather than attend, since he can contribute nothing factual other than the airlines' refusal to cooperate, and a reiteration of the request that the costs of that hearing should be borne by the defendant whose conduct has necessitated this unnecessary step.

All sounds a bit technical, but message me if you want to try this and I'll draft that bit if it helps.

Blondemark thank you so much for your advice. i shall indeed message you.