ISLAMABAD – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has won a critical caserelated to the cancelation of old contracts of its sales agents in Englandat the London High Court.
The case has been concluded after about nine years and cost PIA over £20million (approx Rs3.82 billion) in litigation charges.
The good news came last week when a three-member bench of London’s Court ofAppeal overturned a 2017 judgment of High Court that found PIA guilty ofexercising an economic duress when it terminated old contracts ofBirmingham-based travel agent Times Travel in autumn 2010 and tried toreplace it with a new one that didn’t favor the latter party.——————————
The unanimous judgment was handed down by Lord Justice David Richards, LordJustice Moylan and Lord Justice Asplin of London’s Court of Appeal.
The verdict found that PIA’s termination of the contract with sales agentwas a lawful act and it didn’t exercise any unlawful economic duress.
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According to sources, Times Travel is yet to decide if it plans to appealagainst the ruling. Once it is confirmed, the court will decide the legalcosts and awards in a few weeks.
In 2010, the Association of Pakistan Travel Agents (APTA) dragged PIA tocourt against its commission claims on fuel surcharge.
