Driving Negligence in UK Law
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UK: Autonomous Cars: Government to Consult on changes to RTA to change compulsory insurance regime
The UK Government is seeking to place itself at the forefront of technology for autonomous vehicles. A feature of the Queen’s Speech on 18 May 2016 was the announcement of the Modern Transport Bil...... ... current insurance and liability systems are built around driver negligence but where a self-driving vehicle is involved in a collision it would be a ... ...
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Crime Doesn't Pay Criminal Enterprise And Negligence
... ... At this stage, the lights had changed to green, and Mr Ferrer began driving off. As he turned the corner, Beaumont either fell or jumped from the taxi backwards, landing on his back and hitting his head. He sustained a ... ...
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Crime Doesn't Pay Criminal Enterprise And Negligence
... ... At this stage, the lights had changed to green, and Mr Ferrer began driving off. As he turned the corner, Beaumont either fell or jumped from the taxi backwards, landing on his back and hitting his head. He sustained a ... ...
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Clyde & Co Successfully Defend Claim On Behalf Of Fairground Owner
... ... Contributory negligence on the part of the Claimant had been agreed by all parties at 12.5% before ... It was the driving of D1 which caused the accident; he should have seen the Claimant ... ...
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Contributory Negligence In Lung Cancer Claims
... ... However, it is likely public policy will the driving force in cases of this nature. A breach of statutory duty by the defendant will always be likely to be considered to be the principal cause. This ... ...
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Automated And Electric Vehicles Act 2018 Completes Journey And Receives Royal Assent
... ... all vehicles that are designed or adapted to be "capable of safely driving themselves". The 'single insurer' approach is introduced whereby the ... The principles of contributory negligence are maintained - specifically excluding insurers' liability where the ... ...
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Summer 2016 Scots Law in Practice
... ... Crime Doesn't Pay - Criminal Enterprise and Negligence ... How should the law treat a claim in which the claimants are part of ... this stage, the lights had changed to green, and Mr Ferrer began driving off. As he turned the corner, Beaumont either fell or jumped from the taxi ... ...
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Meaning Of Gross Negligence Explained
...ICDL GCC Foundation FZ-LLC –v- the European Computer Driving Licence Foundation Limited [2011] IEHC 343 ... ECDLF is an Irish company which granted ICDL a licence of a computer training package in Saudi ... ...
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Contributory Negligence - An Unsung Hero?
... ... The claimant crashed her car into a tree, suffering serious injuries, after losing control of her car while driving on a frosty road. She had driven onto a verge where there was a drop in height of between six and twelve inches from the carriageway and hit the tree ... ...
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The Law Commissions' Joint Report: Automated Vehicles
... ... three-year investigation into law reform and automated driving ... They set out the case for a new Automated Vehicles Act and ... detail ... provisions in AEVA on causation and contributory negligence do not ... need to be amended at present but should be kept under review: ... ...
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