Leiden Air Law Workshop 2018

The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Leiden University has joined forces with Clyde & Co, London, Gorrissen Federspiel, Copenhagen and Erkelens Law, Brussels to set up a two-day workshop on air law, 15-16 November 2018 in Leiden. The workshop is designed to enhance awareness of, and the interaction between, the various fields of air law – international and EU regulatory, financing and liability. Speakers will articulate the various questions from a multi-jurisdictional angle and illustrate them by examining case law. The organisers wish you a fruitful, interesting stay in Leiden.

PROGRAMME:

Day 1 (November 15, 2018)

• Open skies
• Montreal Convention
• Aviation insurance and reinsurance
• Practical aspects of aviation claims handling
• Aviation claims in France
• Aircraft leasing and financing and the Cape Town Convention
• Discussion session on aircraft leasing and financing

Day 2 (November 16, 2018)

• EU aviation liberalisation
• EU Regulation 261
• Airports: regulation concerning ground handling, slots, airport charges
• EU competition law
• An introduction to space law
• Brexit
• Montreal/Warsaw claims – comparative approaches and jurisprudence