| | United Kingdom | England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions | The British Broadcasting Corporation & Anor v The Secretary of State for Transport & Anor [2019] EWHC 135 (QB) (28 January 2019) | Judgement | 31 | | |
| | United Kingdom | England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions | HM Senior Coroner for West Sussex v Chief Constable of Sussex Police & Ors [2022] EWHC 215 (QB) (04 February 2022) | Judgement | 30 | | |
| | United Kingdom | England and Wales High Court (Queen's Bench Division) Decisions | Sussex Police v Secretary of State for Transport & Anor [2016] EWHC 2280 (QB) (28 September 2016) | Judgement | 29 | | |
| | United Kingdom | England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) | The Secretary of State R (on the application of) V HM Senior Coroner for Norfolk & Anor | Final Report | 28 | The court granted the claim for judicial review and quashed both the notices issued by the Senior Coroner for Norfolk and the fines imposed by her on the Chief Inspector. | |
| | Spain | National High Court | Spain - Judgement of National High Court regarding protection of Accident investigation records | National High Court judgement | 26 | Request denied for access to accident investigation file regarding A-032/2008. | Disclosure of records |
| | United States | United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky | Air Crash at Lexington KY 545 F.Supp.2d 618 (2008) | Aviatio Safety Action Program - ASAP documents | 25 | The motion concerns the Defendants' claim of a privilege for certain documents prepared pursuant to the American Airlines Safety Action Partnership ("ASAP") program | Disclosure of records |
| | United States | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida | Air Crash Near Cali Columbia 959 F.Supp 1529 (S.D.FLA.1997) | Aviatio Safety Action Program - ASAP Reports | 24 | Aviation Safety Action Program Reports and a deposition of the Comair official responsible for the company’s ASAP were requested from the airline through discovery | Disclosure of records |
| | United Kingdom | Scottish Courts and Tribunals - Court of Session | Opinion of Lord Jones in the cause Frank Mulcholland QC The Lord Advocate [2015] CSOH 80 | CVFDR recordings | 23 | The Lord Advocate petitioned the court to pronounce an order, in terms of The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”), to ordain the Secretary of State for Transport to make the CVFDR available to him and Police Scotland | Disclosure of record |
| | Canada | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Société Air France v. NAV Canada 2010 ONCA 598 | CVR recordings | 22 | This motion is about whether the cockpit voice recorder (“CVR”) should be produced to a party to litigation resulting from the crash of that aircraft - appeal to the decision in Société Air France v. Greater Toronto Airports Authority, 2009 CanLII 69321 (ON SC) | Disclosure of Records |
| | Canada | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Société Air France v. Greater Toronto Airports Authority 2009 CanLII 69321 (ON SC) | CVR recordings | 21 | This motion is about whether the cockpit voice recorder (“CVR”) should be produced to a party to litigation resulting from the crash of that aircraft | Disclosure of records |
| | Canada | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Jetport Inc. v. Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers 2014 ONSC 6860 (CanLII) | CVR and FDR recordings, statements and representations from the Transportation Safety Board (“TSB”). | 20 | The defendants move under rule 30.10 and sections 28(6) and 30(5) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, S.C. 1989, c. 3 to compel production of documents, audio data from CVR and the data from FDR, statemements and representations, from the Transportation Safety Board (“TSB”). | Disclosure of records |
| | United Kingdom | England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) | Hoyle v. Rogers & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 257 | Final Report | 16 | The issue is about the admissibility of the accident report issued by the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) as evidence in the civil proceedings - Appeal to the decision in Rogers & Anor v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB) | Use of the Final Report |
| | United Kingdom | England and Wales High Court - Queen's Bench Divison | Rogers & Anor v. Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB) | Final Report | 15 | The issue is about the admissibility of the accident report issued by the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) as evidence in the civil proceedings | Use of the Final Report |
| | Spain | Spanish Court Provincial Court in Madrid | Resolución Nº 780/2011 Procedimiento: Apelacion Autos | Statements and all technical documentation of the investigation | 13 | The issue is whether the Spanish Commission for Investigation of Civil Aviation Accidents (CIAIAC) was required to provide to the criminal proceedings declarations made by those who contributed to the investigation of the Spainair 5022 accident as well as all technical documentation provided by the parties | Disclosure of records |
| | Ireland | High Court of Ireland | Stokes v. Minister for Public Enterprise [2000] IEHC 191 (3rd July 2000) | All investigation records | 12 | The issue is related to the request of the victims' family, following the release of a draft report to the next-of-kin, to access to all records used in the investigation crash of the helicopter crash at Cornakelly, Co. Longford on the 27th August 1999, on the grounds that they could not comment on the draft without access to all records. | Disclosure and use or records |
| | Canada | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Société Air France v. Greater Toronto Airports Authority et al 2010 ONSC 432 (CanLII) | Employee, training, and medical records of the flight crew and the internal investigation documents and report | 10 | This is a motion brought by the defendants NAV CANADA et al (“NAV”) for Orders that Air France produce: Employee, training, and medical records of the flight crew and the Air France internal investigation report into the accident of AFR 358, including all documents pertaining to or flowing from the Air France internal investigation | Disclosure of record |
| | Canada | Federal Court of Appeal | Rubin v. Canada (Minister of Transport) (C.A.) [1998] 2 F.C. 430 | Parts of the Safety Review Report prepared by the Minister of Transport following the 1991 Nationair DC-8 aircraft crash in Saudi Arabia | 7 | Appeal against a decision ordering Minister of Transport to disclose only those parts of report prepared following 1991 Nationair DC-8 aircraft crash in Saudi Arabia obtainable through regulatory means without relying on confidential sources. | Disclosure of record |
| | Canada | Federal Court of Appeal | Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board) (F.C.A.) 2006 FCA 157 | ATC communications recordings and transcripts | 6 | Appeal from Federal Court decision dismissing applications for judicial review brought under Access to Information Act, s. 42(1)(a) relating to refusals by Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board to disclose records based on purported application of “personal information” exemption of Access Act, s. 19 | Disclosure of records |
| | Australia | High Court of Australia | Australian National Airlines Commision v. The Commonwealth [1975] HCA 33; (1975) 132 CLR 582 | CVR recordings | 5 | Application for inspection and play-back of Cockpit Voice Record tape | Disclosure of record |
| | Australia | Western Australian Supreme Court | Cifuentes v. Fugro Spacial Solutions Pty Ltd [2009] WASC 316 | Facts, opinions, analysis and conclusions related an Australian Transport Safety Board - "ATSB" investigation | 4 | Plaintiff’s had sought records from the Australian Transport Safety Board - "ATSB" investigation into a fatal accident at Jandakot Airport in Western Australia | Disclosure of record |
| | Australia | Federal Court of Australia | Elbe Shipping SA v. Giant Marine Shipping SA [2007] FCA 1000 | Witness statements, analysis and opinions, documents obtained from parties investigated, photographs, vessel traffic service records | 3 | Subpoena issued for documents from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s investigation of a collision between “Global Peace” and “Tom Tough” vessels. | Disclosure and use of records |
