Case report: R & S Pilling (t/a Phoenix Engineering) v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] UKSC 16

Motor insurance; property damage; Road Traffic Act 1988; Motor Insurance Directives ‘The effect of the Supreme Court judgment is to curtail attempts by claimants to widen the circumstances in which the MIB and RTA insurers are obliged to satisfy claims.’ R & S Pilling (t/a Phoenix Engineering) v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] was not a …
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Road traffic accidents: Under cover

David Knifton QC reports on the ground-breaking judgment in Lewis v Tindale on the liability of the MIB for accidents on private land ‘A key objective of the compulsory insurance directives was to protect the victims of accidents caused by vehicles, and to ensure that they received comparable treatment irrespective of where in the EU …
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EU motor insurance law: Incoming tide or tidal wave?

John McDonald examines recent motor insurance cases in the CJEU and their effect on UK law ‘EU law as interpreted in these judgments has been implemented in a number of English decisions, and is likely to be implemented in others, which may well have a radical effect on the legal framework underpinning UK motor insurance.‘ …
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