Law Report: No Liability for Refusal to Carry Ferry Passenger ; 17 November 1999 Naraine V Hoverspeed Ltd Court of Appeal (Lord Bingham of Cornhill CJ, Lord Justice Schiemann and Lord Justice May) 12 November 1999

Kate O'Hanlon, The Independent (London, England)

THE REFUSAL of a ferry operator to carry to France a passenger who did not have the travel documents required by the French authorities neither violated the passenger's community law right to travel freely, nor amounted to racial discriminination.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Khamta Naraine against the dismissal of his claims against Hoverspeed for refusing to carry him to France.

Mr Naraine, who was born in Guyana of Asian Caribbean origin, had for many years been a British citizen. In May 1994 he wished to go to France on a day trip. He only had a British Visitor's Passport (BVP) with him.

France had agreed in 1961 to accept the BVP, but …

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Publication information: Article title: Law Report: No Liability for Refusal to Carry Ferry Passenger ; 17 November 1999 Naraine V Hoverspeed Ltd Court of Appeal (Lord Bingham of Cornhill CJ, Lord Justice Schiemann and Lord Justice May) 12 November 1999. Contributors: Kate O'Hanlon - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: November 18, 1999. Page number: 7. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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