The definition ‘any other bodily harm’ contained in the Warsaw Convention was wide enough to include psychiatric harm. Returning to the original text of the convention it was clear that it was not intended simply to import the French law, and that the words were ones of expansion, rather than limitation of the scope of damages which could be claimed. Psychiatric harm which was not claimed to be consequent from physical injury or condition, was claimable under the Convention.
Citations:
Times 25-Oct-2000
Statutes:
Warsaw Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules regarding International Air Transport 1929
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Personal Injury, Damages, Transport
Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.82783