Travel law Quarterly

A Lot of Hot Air

by Alan Saggerson
Journal: March 2009

This article discusses the case of Laroche v Spirit Of Adventure (UK) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 12. 21st January 2009 in which the claimant was injured when the hot air balloon in which he was being carried crashed. The case turned on the issue of whether the hot air balloon was an aircraft for the purposes of the Warsaw Convention and if so whether proceedings had been issued within the relevant limitation period.

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