A Tribute to the Legacy of Or Wassenbergh The Flight of the 1999 Montreal Convention—On Course?—Stalled?—Encountering Turbulence?—The Course Ahead - Air and Space Law View A Tribute to the Legacy of Or Wassenbergh The Flight of the 1999 Montreal Convention—On Course?—Stalled?—Encountering Turbulence?—The Course Ahead by George N. Tompkins - Air and Space Law A Tribute to the Legacy of Or Wassenbergh The Flight of the 1999 Montreal Convention—On Course?—Stalled?—Encountering Turbulence?—The Course Ahead George N. Tompkins 40 1

The 1999 Montreal Convention entered into force on November 4, 2003.To date there have been only 107 ratifications out of a total of 191 ICAO Member States. Several key aviation States are absentees. Court decisions in some States Party are not consistent with the desire of the States Party for exclusivity and pre-emption of the liability rules and for uniformity of interpretation as intended. This article examines the State of the Convention 11 years after coming into force and renders suggestions for getting the flight of the Convention back on course.

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