April 2019

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CJEU Advocate General qualifies AIRBNB as Information Society Service

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 30 April, 2019 - 15:38

Following a complaint by the French Association pour un hébergement et un tourisme professionnel, the Prosecutor’s Office, on 16 March 2017filed an indictment for infringement of the law regulating the conditions for the exercise of activities related to certain transactions concerningreal propertyand financial goodwill(Hoguet Law), in particular, the activities of real estate agents.

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CJEU: damage to an aircraft tyre caused by a screw lying on the runway constitutes "extraordinary circumstances"

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 4 April, 2019 - 12:19

The plaintiff had been passenger of a Germanwings flight from DUB to DUS. When preparing for take-off, the flight crew discovered that one of the aircraft's tyres had been damaged by a screw which must have been lying on the runway. The tyre had to be changed which caused a delay of more than 3 hrs.

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