Originally Posted by
Bohinjska Bistrica
I genuinely cannot believe a case of this nature has made the Supreme Court, given it is a dispute over what can only be a couple of hundred pounds.
In the Court of Appeal judgement, Lord Justice Coulson said, under a heading "Too granular an investigation":
Originally Posted by Coulson LJ
Most of these claims are assigned to the Small Claims Track, and the vast bulk of them should be capable of being determined on the papers. In those circumstances, it is contrary to the scheme of the Regulation to allow the carrier to embark on a complex analysis of precisely when, why or how a staff member became ill so as to explain their absence and the subsequent cancellation of the flight.