NLJ this week: Ryanair and the case of the missing compensation―is the airline liable or not?

The strikes might be over but the legal claims continue. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Lee Finch & Ann Marie O’Neil, both of Gough Square Chambers, examine the high threshold for determining which events are outside an airline’s control.

Ryanair’s argument is that the strikes amounted to ‘extraordinary circumstances, hence under the relevant regulations the airline is not liable to compensate passengers.

Finch & O’Neil examine the law involved, which is complicated by the fact of Brexit.