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With a short delay, the last edition of the IFTTA Law Review 2018 is now available in the members area of the website. Prefaced by an editorial by Enrique Mota Flores, it contains articles on the liability of tourism intermediaries in Brazil (Rafael Viana) and the relation between European Passenger Rights and the Montreal Convention (Michael Wukoschitz).

The Hon. Thomas Dickerson of the New York State Supreme Cour died  on 26 July 2018. Judge Dickerson was a colossus of Americana travel and tourismm  law. He authored and regularly updated a major text, was a prolific writer on all aspects of this growing area of  law, and was a great and kind help to newcomers worldwide to travel law. We in  IFTTA extend our condolences and sympathies to Judge Dickerson's wife and family.

Editors: V. Franceschelli, Professor, University of Milan Bicocca ; F. Morandi, Professor, University of Sardinia; C. Torres, Professor Adjunct, Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies [ESHTE].

Publisher: ESHTE/INATEL, Portugal, 2017. 596 pages.

Reviewer: Hermes Navarro del Valle, Chief of Tourism Investment; Costa Rica Tourism Board, San José, Costa Rica; Member of United Nations World Tourism Organisation [UNWTO] Working Group on the draft Convention on the Protection of Tourists etc.

The hill-walker fell on a dry day when one foot struck the lip of a hole in a wooden ex-railway sleeper laid as part of a boardwalk in a mountain area of scenic and habitat importance. This caused her to fall forward and her right knee hit raised u-nails hammered into the sleeper and deliberately proud of the surface to prevent slipping in wet conditions. The hole in the sleeper was not wider than her walking boot and resulted from exposure in the open and use over time.