The EU Court of Justice ruled on Thursday 9 July (Case C-86-19) that a passenger whose baggage has been misplaced by the airline cannot automatically receive the maximum compensation of €1,400 provided for by the Montreal Convention for destruction, loss, damage or delay of checked baggage as compensation for non-material damage if, on delivery of the baggage, he or she has not made a special declaration of interest describing in detail the weight and value of its contents.
In the...