Common use of An Unclear Common Position: The Example of Mental Injury Clause in Contracts

An Unclear Common Position: The Example of Mental Injury. (1) Preliminary Remarks Sometimes, the lack of common agreement leads to unfortunate situ- ations where, despite the will to achieve a uniform position, the Travaux Préparatoires report what could be considered a failure in the negotiations on specific points. The case of mental injury under the 1999 Montreal Conven- tion illustrates this situation. While it was generally admitted in the literature that applicable domestic law governs the type of compensable damage in the case of death 111 Amstgericht Frankfurt am Main, 5 September 1997, 47 ZLW 247-249 (1998) cited in, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Les sources de la responsabilité du transporteur aérien international: entre conflit et complémentarité – La Convention de Montréal et son interaction avec le droit européen et national 236 (Schulthess, 2012). 112 See, Xxx Xxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Air Carrier Liability for Delay: A Plea to Return to International Uniformity, 77 J. Air L. & Com. 43-103 (2012). 113 CJEC, 10 January 2006, The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v. Department for Transport, C-344/04, ECLI:EU:C:2006:10, point 43. See also, section 4.2.2.2. 114 See, CJEC, 19 November 2009, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx