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Welcome to the the TGC Automated and Electric Vehicle Law blog! We (Alex Glassbrook and Emma Northey) are delighted to be editing the TGC AEV Law blog, and to have the opportunity to introduce...
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MOT CHANGES TO COVER AUTOMATED AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES
On 18 January 2023 the Department for Transport launched a consultation on changes to the MOT test, with proposals to update testing requirements to cover electric and automated vehicles. The MOT test was introduced...
THE ROAD AHEAD: COULD UK INSURERS’ CLAIMS AGAINST AUTOMATED VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS BENEFIT FROM A REGIME AKIN TO THE NEW EU PRODUCT LIABILITY DIRECTIVE?
Guest contributor Daniel West (Partner and Head of Product Liability at HF) considers how the European Commission’s revised Product Liability Directive could change how insurers approach claims against automated vehicle manufacturers if we were...
IS REMOTE DRIVING LIKELY TO CAUSE VICTIMS UNDUE DELAY AND EXPENSE IN CLAIMING COMPENSATION; OR COULD IT DEFEAT CLAIMS ALTOGETHER?
The Law Commission have published an issues paper on remote driving. Responses were invited from 24 June 2022 to 2 September 2022. The matters about which the Law Commission have sought consideration include potential...
CAM 2025: THE SHAPE OF THE TRANSPORT BILL
“What safeguard remains? Apparently only day-to-day – or perhaps year-to-year – opportunistic measures, a long sequence of small, correct decisions.” John von Neumann, Can We Survive Technology? (1955) Results Day The announcement, when it...
THE ROLE OF PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW IN CIVIL CLAIMS ARISING FROM AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Guest contributor Daniel West (Head of Product Liability at Horwich Farrelly) considers the role product liability is likely to play in resolving claims involving collisions caused by autonomous vehicles (AVs) driving themselves. Introduction When...
TAKING CHARGE – THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY: A MICROSCOPE ON THE LEGAL DUTIES OF GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO ACCESSIBLE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction On 25 March 2022, the UK Government published the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy. The plan, to quote the foreword from the Secretary of State for Transport, is to “get more chargepoints in the...
LLOYD v GOOGLE: A CASE WITH TWO SETS OF IMPORTANT RAMIFICATIONS IN THE WORLD OF AEVs
In Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50 the Supreme Court was faced with a case alleging breach of millions of people’s data rights by Google. The Claimant, on behalf of all individuals affected, sought...
APP EMPLOYMENT ISSUES IN THE GIG ECONOMY
The (legal) press has, in recent months, reported on claims concerning the employment status of those working in the gig economy. This section of the labour market is characterised by the exchange of work...
MICRO-MOBILITY VEHICLES
There is a huge variety of micro-mobility vehicles (“MMVs”) available on the market, including e-scooters, e-bikes, wheeled ‘hoverboards’ and powered unicycles. It is legal to buy any of these vehicles and it is also...
OVERVIEW OF THE AUTOMATED AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES ACT 2018
The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (the AEV Act 2018) describes itself as “An Act to make provision about automated vehicles and electric vehicles”. It is an Act in three parts: Part 1:...