Category: TGC AEV Law Team

THE AUTOMATED VEHICLES BILL 2023-2024

The Automated Vehicles Bill 2023-24 has had its first reading in Parliament (with its announcement in the House of Lords as HL Bill 1 on 8 November 2023) and is expected to pass into...

E-SCOOTERS AND E-SCOOTER LITIGATION

As an AEV law blog, we have covered a number of developments in automated vehicle law, and even remote driving. This article focuses on the ‘E’ in AEV. It summarises the history of the...

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...

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...

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...