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Monthly Archive: January 2023

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...