Clyde & Co

Recent experience

Litigation

• Represent Ethiopian Airlines in litigation arsing out of the crash of the Flight ET 409 accident on 25 January 2010 in Lebanon.
• Represent One Two Go Airlines in litigation arsing out of the Flight OG 269 accident at Phuket International Airport, Thailand on 16 September 2007.

Conference Presentation and Papers

• Forum Non Conveniens – How European Jurisdictions Handle American Dismissals.  Speaker at the PEOPIL & McGill University, IASL Conference on Aviation Liability & Insurance, London, England (April 19-21, 2012).
• International Parental Kidnapping – Misguided Attempts to Hold Airlines Responsible for Investigating and Determining Parental Rights. Speaker at the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference, Washington, D.C. (October 21-22, 2011).
• Moot Court Appellate Argument:  Eid v. Alaska Airlines.  Argument of Court of Appeals decision involving the immunity entitled to the aircraft commander for action taken pursuant to the Tokyo Convention. Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance, McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law, Montreal, Canada (May 6-7, 2011).
• U.S. Legal Update – The Tokyo Convention and Forum Non Conveniens. Speaker at the Paterson, MacDougall Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin & Lang LLP 12th Annual Aviation Conference, Toronto, Canada (February 2011).
• Liability Update: Global Reports. Speaker at IATA Legal Symposium 2011, Vancouver, Canada (February 13-15, 2011).