Author: emmanorthey

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 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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...