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In its decision in the case of Gahramanov v. Azerbaijan (application no. 26291/06) the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has, by six votes to one, declared the application inadmissible. The decision is final.The case concerned an airline passenger who complained in particular that his detention by the State Border Service (SBS) for airport security […]

The Academy of European Law (ERA) will be holding a conference on the latest developments in European Travel Law in Trier (Germany) on Dec. 5-6, 2013. The objective of this conference is to analyse the existing legislative framework in the field of travel law at EU level and proposals for reform, focusing on package travel

Mr Schwarz applied to the Stadt Bochum (city of Bochum, Germany) for a passport, but refused at that time to have his fingerprints taken. After the city rejected his application, Mr Schwarz brought an action before the Verwaltungsgericht Gelsenkirchen (Administrative Court, Gelsenkirchen, Germany) in which he requested that the city be ordered to issue him

The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Oct. 25, 2013, fined United Airlines USD 1.1 million for lengthy tarmac delays that took place at Chicago-O’Hare International Airport on July 13, 2012. The airline was ordered to cease and desist from future violations of the tarmac-delay rule. This is the largest fine assessed for a

An operations agent employed by Southwest Airlines brought an action against a passenger for posting allegedly false and defamatory statements on Twitter and Facebook regarding actions taken by agent when passenger attempted to board a flight. The plaintiff alledged that the defendant knowingly and intentionally, or in the alternative, with reckless disregard for the veracity

In January 2006, Delfi AS, a public limited company registered in Estonia and owner of one of the largest internet news sites in the country, published an article on its webpage about a ferry company. It discussed the company’s decision to change the route its ferries took to certain islands. This had caused ice to

The University of Olbia, Sardiania, Italy (Polo Universitario di Olbia)is organizing aMaster program inInternational Tourism Management and Analysis (ITMA), starting fromNovember 2013,completely delivered in English.The expiration date for application is October 21, 2013.Please draw your attention to the fact thatthree scholarship are still available.For further information, please contact <master@uniolbia.it> or Prof. Francesco Morandi <morandi@uniss.it>.International Tourism

In a decision of June 6, 2013, the Paris Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the French Competition Authority fining the Géfil trade association and ten consulting firms in the leisure, culture and tourism engineering sector a total amount of EUR 660.700 for having issued instructions to use “fair prices” and to avoid “dumping”

The plaintiff had a history of some gynaecological issues and she had been prone to recurrent symptoms suggestive of urinary infection, ie. cystitis. She had treated herself and had bought “over the counter” medication to take if she had an episode of it. She had packed this medication in her main luggage before going on

The appellant was a patron at the respondent Hotel on the night of 4 July 2008. The manager on duty that night formed the view the appellant was intoxicated, and after speaking with the Hotel’s licensee, instructed a security guard to remove her from the premises. He did so by pulling the stool on which