Holiday Law: The Law relating to Travel and Tourism

Holiday Law: The Law Relating to Travel and Tourism, considered to be the leading text on holiday law, provides a comprehensive guide to the law as it relates to all forms of holidays. Its broad coverage of the subject includes the nature of the contractual relationship between tour operator, civil liability and the effects of insolvency and examines the travel industry and looks at the agencies that regulate the industry.

Introduction; The Package Travel Regulations; Offer and Acceptance; Contents of the Contract; Liability; Exclusion of Liability and Unfair Contract Terms; Misrepresentation; Privity of Contract; Frustration of Contract and Force Majeure; Remedies; The Trade Descriptions Act 1968; The Consumer Protection Act 1987; Criminal Offences under the Package Travel Regulations; Defences; Travel Agents; Insolvency and Security; Practical Litigation; Air and Sea Travel; Foreign Affairs; Appendices