It's not often I defend Lawyers but ...
If you read
everything that is on the leigh Day and Co website about this, it seems fairly clear to me that
this clearly puts considerable doubt on the ability of the passengers to sue. If the claim is for less than £80k the Montreal Convention applies and it's on a 'no fault required' basis, but anything over that requires someone to be at fault. Given that all bar one of the passengers had minor injuries, and, again as stated by Sally Moore at the link above, it is unlikely that psychological injuries are covered by the Convention and it is also unlikely that the extent of the psychological trauma, especially when BA is mitigating by offering long term support, will bring the compensation estimate above the £80k. This seems to be fair and realistic advice to me.
Ll