You are to post ONE Key takeaway response. This response acts as a summary of your views and reflections on what you have learnt in this assignment. You are NOT allowed to change this post once submitted. Appropriate references must be included to support your posts. The key takeaway carries 30 marks.

The Warsaw Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage was adopted in 1929. It established the principle of the air carrier's liability for damage caused to passenger, baggage and cargo, and for damage caused by delay. In 1999, the ICAO adopted the Montreal Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air improving on the Warsaw Convention and vastly modernizing the unification of private air law.

Singapore has adopted into their legislation the entire text of the Montreal Convention with the object of regulating its national air transport. The main feature of the liability regime of the carrier under the Montreal Convention is the two-tier liability system for death or wounding of the passenger. A new first tier was introduced to include strict liability and presumptive liability (with a reversed burden of proof) for claims below certain limits.

Read the Montreal Convention (click to download) Download Montreal Convention (click to download)to understand strict liability and presumptive liability (Article 21). In particular, also pay attention to Article 29 which restricts that all remedies damages have to be claimed under this Convention and its exclusion of the applicability of tort laws. Read also the latest limits set by the Convention (click to download) Download Convention (click to download)and then post your responses to the following questions in the Discussion Board.