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Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS): Final Report on the Safety of E-Scooters in the UK

Update

22nd Mar 2022

E-scooters, Legal principles, Legislation, Motor, Regulation, Regulation for construction and use

FOIL

Dated 19th March 2022, the timing of this report could not have been more apposite, given the news of a fatality involving a girl, believed to be 14-years-old, riding an e-scooter on a road and without a helmet.

Automated Vehicles (AVs): Law Commission Update

Update

21st Mar 2022

Automated Driving Systems (ADS), Automated Vehicles (AVs), Civil Liability Act, Criminal liability, Legal principles, Motor, No User in Charge (NUIC), Regulation

FOIL

When does a solicitor’s lien on costs arise?

Update

17th Mar 2022

Compensation, Costs, Injury, Solicitors costs

FOIL

Bott & co Solicitors Ltd v Ryanair DAC (2022) UKSC 8

Defining and delivering diversity & inclusion event

Update

14th Mar 2022

Diversity & Inclusivity, ESG

FOIL

A more modern approach to consumer protection?

Update

16th Feb 2022

Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993, Commercial Agents Directive (86/653/EEC), Product, Product Liability, Property, Software, Technology

FOIL

In this update, we consider the recent decision of the CJEU in The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd and whether it represents a shift towards a more modern approach to consumer protection in a world of digital and connected products.

The Official Injury Claims Service and CRU

Update

9th Feb 2022

Compensation Recovery Unit, Injury, Official Injury Claim, OIC, Protocols and Portals

FOIL

The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has requested FOIL to bring the following announcement to the attention of its members.

Vicarious Liability

Update

8th Feb 2022

Clinical Negligence, Legal principles, Negligence, Non-delegable duty of care, Self-employed dentists, Vicarious liability

FOIL

Hughes v Rattan (2022) EWCA Civ 107

Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims

Update

3rd Feb 2022

Clinical Negligence, Costs, CPR & Courts, Fixed Recoverable Costs, Light Track, Lower value clinical negligence claims, Mandatory early neutral evaluation, Mandatory stocktake, Protocols and Portals, Standard Track

FOIL

The Department of Health & Social Care has launched a consultation in relation to fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in lower value clinical negligence claims. The closing date for responses is 24th April 2022. FOIL is considering these proposals and will submit a response.

The revised Highway Code

Update

31st Jan 2022

Cyclists, Horses, Junctions, Leaving a vehicle, Legal principles, Motor, Overtaking, Pedestrians, Roundabouts, Shared spaces

FOIL

On 26th January, the Department of Transport confirmed the changes to the Highway Code that will take effect on Saturday, 29th January. The code applies to England, Wales and Scotland.

E-scooters

Update

26th Jan 2022

E-scooters, MIB, Micromobility, Motor, Motor

FOIL

Subject to the DfT trial of e-scooters current underway (see below) it is illegal to use an e-scooter on a pavement or road in the UK.

Who could be liable for a car driving into a reservoir?

Update

24th Jan 2022

Highways Authority, Legal principles, Motor, Negligence, Occupiers Liability, Property, RTA, Tomlinson v Congleton (2003)

FOIL

Brown and others v South West Lakes Trust and others (2022) EWCA Civ 18

Police failure to take preventative steps at the scene of an RTA was not negligent

Update

24th Jan 2022

Duty of care, Duty to act, Failure to confer a benefit, Ineffectual response, Legal principles, Motor, Police

FOIL

Tindall and another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police and another (2022) EWCA Civ 25

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Updates and Briefing Papers

Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS): Final Report on the Safety of E-Scooters in the UK

Automated Vehicles (AVs): Law Commission Update

When does a solicitor’s lien on costs arise?

Defining and delivering diversity & inclusion event

A more modern approach to consumer protection?

The Official Injury Claims Service and CRU

Vicarious Liability

Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims

The revised Highway Code

E-scooters

Who could be liable for a car driving into a reservoir?

Police failure to take preventative steps at the scene of an RTA was not negligent

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Updates and Briefing Papers

Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS): Final Report on the Safety of E-Scooters in the UK

Automated Vehicles (AVs): Law Commission Update

When does a solicitor’s lien on costs arise?

Defining and delivering diversity & inclusion event

A more modern approach to consumer protection?

The Official Injury Claims Service and CRU

Vicarious Liability

Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims

The revised Highway Code

E-scooters

Who could be liable for a car driving into a reservoir?

Police failure to take preventative steps at the scene of an RTA was not negligent

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