Written on January 30, 2012.
The Saskatchewan Provincial Court has sentenced a pilot to a term of 9 months imprisonment following a tragic accident on May 10, 2010. The pilot, Parker Butterfield, pled guilty to dangerous operation of an aircraft causing death, contrary to section 249(4) of the Criminal Code. Butterfield and the victim, William Bleach, were both commercial pilots employed Read more...
Written on January 23, 2012.
Purina sold its products through a dealer network, each dealer having its own exclusive territory. After discovering that one of its dealers, Rens, had been selling a competitor’s product, Purina appointed the plaintiffs the exclusive dealer in the Rens territory. The dealership agreement could be terminated by either party on giving 90 days written notice. Read more...
Written on January 9, 2012.
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has become the latest Canadian Court to strictly uphold the two year limitation period found in the Montreal Convention. In Lemieux v. Halifax International Airport Authority, 2011 NSSC 396, the plaintiff fell on the apron at Stanfield International Airport while boarding an Air Canada flight. She sued both Air Canada Read more...
Written on January 4, 2012.
The Canadian Transportation Agency (“CTA”) released a decision on January 3, 2012 dismissing a complaint by an airline passenger seeking to establish that he was disabled due to his height. The passenger, Malcolm Johnson, is 202 cm or about 6 feet 7 and ½ inches tall. He asked the CTA to order Air Canada to Read more...
Written on December 21, 2011.
On December 20, 2011, the European Court of Justice rejected arguments by U.S. and Canadian airlines that the E.U. cap-and-trade programs on flights to and from airports in Europe infringe on their national sovereignty and violate international aviation treaties. The court found that by choosing to operate to European airports, non-European airlines have submitted to Read more...
Written on December 19, 2011.
The Government of Canada will proceed with regulations requiring airlines to include all surcharges, fees and taxes in their advertised prices. The new all-in airfare advertising regulations will apply to advertising in all media, including on the Internet, of prices for air services within, or originating in, Canada offered by both Canadian and foreign airlines. Read more...