[DS-01]Dispute type
Lease return disputes
Redelivery condition, records shortfalls, and the cost of bringing an aircraft to return standard.
- 600
- Projects in the firm's log
- 237
- Lease returns
- 97
- Pre-purchase inspections
- 36
- Repossessions
2015 to 2024
Redelivery condition
Condition at sale
Condition at recovery
[DS-01.1]Questions addressed
The technical questions.
Opinions are limited to the expert's field: aircraft maintenance, records and condition.
- 01Did the aircraft meet the return conditions on the return date?
- 02Which shortfalls were real, and what would correct them?
- 03What caused the delay in redelivery?
[DS-01.2]Basis
What is examined.
Every opinion states the facts relied on and where they came from.
- 01The lease and redelivery correspondence
- 02Inspection findings and open item lists
- 03Records delivered at return
[DS-01.3]Process
How an engagement runs.
- 01Conflict checkSend the parties, counsel and aircraft involved. Nothing is reviewed until conflicts are cleared.
- 02Initial case reviewA first look at the pleadings and the key records to confirm the questions fall inside the expert's field.
- 03EngagementScope, role as consulting or testifying expert, schedule and fee terms set out in writing.
- 04Inspection and analysisAircraft inspection where it is available, full records review, and analysis against the contract and the regulations.
- 05Report and testimonyWritten report, review of opposing opinions, and testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.
[EW]Related
Continue in the practice.
- DS-02Aircraft repossession disputesCondition at recovery, missing records and components, and the work needed to remarket.
- DS-03MRO workmanship claimsWhether maintenance was performed and documented to the standard the contract and the rule require.
- DS-04Pre-purchase inspection disputesWhat an inspection should have found, and what the records showed at the time of sale.
- EW-04Request a case reviewSend the parties and the aircraft. Conflicts are checked before anything is read.
[DS-01.R]Further reading
From the insights.
- INT-01Aircraft lease return conditions: what has to be proven at redeliveryWhat aircraft lease return conditions cover, why most of the proof is in the records, when a redelivery should start and where returns usually go wrong.
- INT-06Lease return disputes: the technical questions they turn onThe technical questions at the centre of aircraft lease return disputes, the evidence that answers them and what a technical expert contributes.
[00]Start here
Put the aircraft on the record.
A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.