Holiday Law The Law Relating to Travel and Tourism, 4th edition

Holiday Law provides comprehensive guidance to the law as it relates to different forms of holiday, including package holidays and independent travel. The work:

• Begins with a brief overview of the English legal system in order to provide a general background into which to fit the specific rules relating to package holidays
• Covers the nature of the contractual relationship between tour operator and client, the legal status of travel agents, the criminal liabilities of tour operators, civil liability, and the effects of insolvency
• Looks at air law, how to sue a foreign defendant, and the legal position of self made packages and Internet sales
• Includes a wealth of new case law including Holden v First Choice and examines the dramatic impact of R (ABTA) v CAA and its appeal
• Examines the cope of the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours
• Regulations 1992 and looks at what is and isn’t covered under them
• Covers all other key developments including the Denied Boarding Regulations 2004, the OFT guidelines on unfair terms in holiday contracts, and the Compensation Act 2006 on holiday cases
• Contains key materials including the Council Directive on Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours; the Package Travel, the Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992; and the ABTA Code of Conduct