Ukrainian International Airlines Trial Decision

  • October 17, 2024

This meeting was held att Alexander Holburn LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia, and via Zoom.

Guest Speaker

Jamie Thornback, Partner, CFM Lawyers LLP

Presentation

The Ontario Superior Court has recently pronounced judgment in a case arising out of the downing of Ukranian International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after departure from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport on January 8, 2020.  The Court found that UIA was negligent and its liability was not limited by the Montreal Convention.  Jamie Thornback, Camp Fiorante, one of the counsel for the plaintiffs, discussed this important decision and the important legal and factual issues dealt with during the trial and in the judgment. 

 

Duration of meeting was 1.0 hour. Of this, 1 hour can be counted towards CPD.

 

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