Air Canada v Evans

• 1. Aviation Law
  2. › International carriage of passengers by air
  3. › Montreal Convention 1999
  4. › Limits of liability for bodily injury
  5. › Whether carrier's tariff waived partial defence under Art 21(2) for liability above 113,100 SDRs
  6. › Whether unlimited strict liability for bodily injury
  7. › Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 (Cth), s 9B, Sch 1A
• 1. Contract
  2. › Construction
  3. › Airline tariff forming part of contract of carriage
  4. › Whether tariff read as a whole in light of purpose and object
  5. › Whether provision merely notified passengers of existing Convention limits or waived carrier's defence
  6. › Whether contextual and historical materials admissible to construe tariff
• 1. International Law
  2. › Treaties
  3. › Interpretation of international conventions given force of law by domestic statute
  4. › Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, Art 31
  5. › Whether uniform international interpretation required
  6. › Montreal Convention 1999, Arts 17, 21, 25, 27

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