8F1 Actions against parties to Conventions.
1
Each party to a Carriage by Air Convention, for the purposes of any action brought in a court in the United Kingdom in accordance with a provision mentioned in subsection (5) to enforce a claim in respect of carriage undertaken by him, is deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of that court.
2
Accordingly, rules of court may provide for the manner in which any such action is to be commenced and carried on.
3
But nothing in this section shall authorise the issue of execution against the property of any party to a Carriage by Air Convention.
4
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a party to a Carriage by Air Convention who has availed himself, in relation to a provision mentioned in subsection (5), of—
a
the Additional Protocol at the end of the Convention,
b
the Additional Protocol at the end of the Convention as amended; or
c
Article 57(a) of the Montreal Convention.
5
The provisions are—
a
Article 28 of the Convention;
b
Article 28 of the Convention as amended;
c
Articles 33 and 46 of the Montreal Convention.
6
“Party" means—
a
in relation to the Convention and the Convention as amended, a High Contracting Party; and
b
in relation to the Montreal Convention, a State Party.