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Staff sickness is far from extraordinary, the Supreme Court rules

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Jul 11, 2024
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A couple whose flight to London on a British Airways subsidiary was cancelled at short notice have won a claim for compensation after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the pilot’s unexpected illness was not an extraordinary circumstance.

The decision is likely to be expensive for the airline — and not just because it will have to pay the legal costs of hea…

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