On 18 May, at Quadrant Chambers in association with London International Disputes Week, HKA joined an aviation and space panel discussion where our speakers looked at where things go wrong and what can be done about it.
The panel discussed the increase in commercial space activity over the past years and how this has given rise to new legal challenges.
There was focus on “The impact of Safety Leadership on what goes wrong”, “How the organisation can drive what goes wrong” and “The accident equation, the variability of human error – designs that fail safe.”. They also covered what issues they have encountered in damages assessment involving planes, rockets and satellites; and how the industry presents a set of unique challenges, and how the existing damages framework can be adapted and used for damages in such cases.
The panel was moderated by Matthew Reeve, KC, Quadrant Chambers, and consisted of Anthony Charlton, Partner, Olesya Prantyuk, Director, Lloyd Watson, Technical Director and Rachel O’Grady, Partner, Mayer Brown.
Below are the timestamps in which the experts began speaking on various topics:
An introduction to the satellite and rocket legal scenario – Rachel O’Grady: 4:07
Commercial strength of the market – Olesya Prantyuk: 7:18
An introduction to the satellite and rocket legal scenario [continued] – Rachel O’Grady: 9:45
Problems and benefits of the legal framework in the context of damages – Olesya Prantyuk: 21:39
Introduction to experience in conventional and ‘old-fashioned’ aviation and space – Anthony Charlton: 30:30
Thoughts on operational safety management in aviation and space – Lloyd Watson: 36:45
What other industries have learned from aviation in terms of management and the treatment of incidences and commodities. The lessons learned to be rolled out to other industries – Lloyd Watson: 41:35
When controlled flight into terrain was recognised as a human factor problem – Lloyd Watson: 43:57
Further experience regarding experience disputes in the airline industry – Anthony Charlton: 47:33
Questions: 51:52
