Court mediation scheme to be extended to all small civil claims By Emma Fuller, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan In a move intended to speed up settlements and free up court capacity, the Ministry of Justice…
Ministry of Justice launches consultation over changes to the MedCo process By Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan, Peter Allchorne, Emma Fuller Citing what it describes as "increasing financial pressures on the sector over the last two years…
Getting transport moving again By Andrew Parker, Peter Allchorne, Caroline Hall, Last week, in his first appearance before the Commons Transport Committee, new Secretary of State…
Autumn Statement impact on plans for automated and electric vehicles By Andrew Parker, Peter Allchorne, In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor highlighted the government’s commitment to developing the…
“On a road or other public place” – the future of UK motor insurance By Peter Allchorne, Annabel Lingham, Andrew Parker The House of Lords has today passed the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill into law…
Rules on the safe use of automated vehicles: government consultation response By Peter Allchorne, In April 2021, the Department for Transport (DfT) published its consultation on proposed amendments…
The Right to Compensation: The Appeal Decision in Colley v Shuker By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne Colley v MIB [2022] EWCA Civ 360 The long-awaited decision following the MIB’s appeal against…
Inspirational or aspirational? The Highway Code changes have arrived By Peter Allchorne, Caroline Hall, The overarching principle of the updated Highway Code is to make our roads safer for all, expecting…
A major milestone along the road to a self-driving future By Peter Allchorne, , Andrew Parker The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have released their joint…
Motor Liability in 2021 By Peter Allchorne, Kevan Smith, Stephanie Welsher 2021 has provided a bumper crop of motor liability cases and in this retrospective we bring…
Revoking Vnuk: Further progress By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker In our previous alert “Rolling back Vnuk: The UK lags behind” we commented on the lack of formal…
Rolling back Vnuk: The UK lags behind By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker In our previous alert Compulsory Insurance: All Change at Home and Abroad , we reported on the…
Changes to the Highway Code By Peter Allchorne, , Caroline Hall On 1 December, the Department for Transport laid before parliament the statutory instrument…
DACB promotes safety over speed in the regulation of new technologies By Peter Allchorne, DAC Beachcroft has published its response to the Department for Transport (DfT)’s short paper on…
Bumps in the road: an update on e-scooters By Peter Allchorne, Caroline Hall, Since June 2020, the Government has allowed trial use of e-scooters across the country, and dozens…
Automated Driving Systems: Consumer ratings and informed choices By Peter Allchorne, It has been announced that a project, funded by the Government’s Centre for Connected and…
A Highway Code for the future: visionary changes or increased risks By Peter Allchorne, Caroline Hall, The Department for Transport has announced changes to the Highway Code (“the Code”), with 33…
Automated Lane Keeping Systems and the Highway Code: DAC Beachcroft responds to the Department for Transport’s consultation By Peter Allchorne, A response to the Department for Transport's recent consultation on changes to the Highway Code,…
Automated Vehicles: DAC Beachcroft responds to the Law Commission’s third and final consultation By Peter Allchorne, DAC Beachcroft has today submitted its response to the third and final consultation jointly issued…
“Vnuk liability”: A line in the sand or a situation reversed? By Annabel Lingham, Peter Allchorne The Government has announced plans “ to bin the EU’s ‘Vnuk’ motor insurance law – which requires…
Autonomous Vehicles: Law Commission launches its third and final consultation paper By Peter Allchorne, The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission has launched its third…
Shaping the future of transport: the Government responds By Peter Allchorne, The Government has signalled a commitment to development of micromobility vehicles, flexible bus…
The Highway Code: Making It Fit For The Future By Peter Allchorne, , Caroline Hall In July 2020 The Department of Transport launched a consultation in relation to its proposed…
Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS): Advanced but not yet automated By Peter Allchorne, We have now submitted our response to the Department of Transport Centre for Connected and…
The Importance of Exactitude - German court finds Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ system risks misleading consumers By Peter Allchorne, As competition between vehicle manufacturers gathers pace to bring to market ever more…
E-Scooters: The rent is on! By Peter Allchorne, , Caroline Hall This week the government announced new regulations will come into force on Saturday 4th July that…
Interest rate change in personal injury claims By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Barrie Hall With effect from 1 June 2020, the interest rates payable on money held by the Court Funds Office…
Preparing for a driverless future By Peter Allchorne DAC Beachcroft Partner, Pete Allchorne asked leading transport planning consultant, Martin…
Preparing for a driverless future? By Peter Allchorne The journey to vehicle automation is well under way, but there is much more to be done to enable…
Changes to Bereavement Damages Awards from 1 May 2020 By Andrew Parker, David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (England and Wales) Order 2020, published…
Can a Refusal to Engage in ADR be Justified? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, William Swift If reasons are given for the refusal to engage in ADR, the reasons should be explained to the other…
Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules bring mandatory changes to statements of truth By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The forthcoming 113th and 114th amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules will see changes to the…
How should costs arguments be resolved in Low Value Protocol claims? By Adam Burrell, David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following the introduction of the Low Value Protocols, in which costs are fixed for claims…
Clarity Ahead? The Motor Insurance Directive and the European Council’s Proposals to Amend By Peter Allchorne, Annabel Lingham In December 2019, the European Council agreed the text of the proposal to amend the Motor Insurance…
New Judicial College Guidelines published By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the assessment of damages in personal…
Service of Proceedings on a Solicitor By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The recent case of Nangelenan v Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust [ 2001 ] has highlighted a very…
Court Fee Remissions By Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Jonathan Bingham Recent increases in Court Fees have seen them rise to a point at which, for large proportions of…
Recoverability of Counsel’s Fees where a claim has exited the pre-action protocol By , David Williams, Jonathan Bingham, Peter Allchorne Recoverability of Counsel’s Fees where a claim has exited the pre-action protocol for low value…
Part 36, late acceptance and costs By David Williams, Peter Allchorne In what circumstances should the Court depart from the normal costs Order? The High Court…
Second Automated Vehicles consultation paper launched By Peter Allchorne, The Law Commission of England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission have launched their second…
Is the service of medical evidence with proceedings mandatory? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne What are the consequences of a failure to serve medical evidence with the Particulars of Claim? …
The Civil Liability Act 2018 – what now? By Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan The Civil Liability Bill finally received Royal Assent and completed the Parliamentary process on…
Portal claims and contributory negligence: can the argument be raised if the claim's value increases? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Cassandra Mitchell Where liability is admitted in a claim commenced within the Pre-Action Protocols for Low Value…
Counterclaiming for personal injuries? QOCS protection: the Sequel By David Williams, Peter Allchorne In Ketchion v McEwan , HHJ Freedman decided that a Defendant in an RTA claim who counterclaims for…
Law Commission launches automated vehicle consultation By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have, at the behest of…
The Civil Liability Bill enters its final phase By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan Yesterday saw the Civil Liability Bill complete both its Report Stage and Third Reading in the…
Counterclaiming for personal injuries? – QOCS protection all the way? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The recent decision of HHJ Freedman in Ketchion v McEwan addressed the question of whether, when a…
50 predictions: Motor By Peter Allchorne, Tom Baker The artificial intelligence genie is out of the bottle The use of robots to replace human data…
Fixed Costs and Part 36 offers - does late acceptance by the defendant lead to costs on the indemnity basis? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The Court of Appeal's judgment in Broadhurst v Tan [link to Insurance Adviser Alert February 2017]…
Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill receives Royal Assent By Peter Allchorne Yesterday the Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill received Royal Assent, becoming an Act of…
I'm sorry sir, your Green Card's been refused… By Jasminka O'Hora, Peter Allchorne The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee met on 4 July 2018 to consider a proposal for…
Part 36, interim payments, liability offers and costs By David Williams, Peter Allchorne 2018 has already seen five judgments on the application of Part 36 offers which should be borne in…
Fixed costs on claims commenced within the Portal, even if settlement order fails to record it By David Williams, Peter Allchorne Claims commenced within the Low Value Protocols, which are not allocated to the multi-track, should…
Forms of Authority for Medical Records post-GDPR By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Jade Kowalski In defending personal injury claims, the ability of compensating insurers and their representatives…
Portal costs payable even if solicitors excluded from settlement By David Williams, Peter Allchorne Following the Court of Appeal's judgment of 2015, the Supreme Court has considered the question of…
NHS Charges-Increase for accidents from 1 April 2018 By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The amount compensators are required to pay to the Compensation Recovery Unit in relation to…
DAC Beachcroft on AVs in smart cities By Peter Allchorne, In a recent article by Inspiratia, DAC Beachcroft Partner Peter Allchorne and Consultant, Michael…
Calling time on the compensation culture: The Civil Liability Bill is laid before Parliament By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, Joanna Folan Earlier this week the government published the long-awaited Civil Liability Bill…
Government commissions far-reaching review of UK driving laws By Tom Baker, Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker With the economic uncertainty of Brexit looming ever closer, it is perhaps not surprising that the…
Blurred lines – The potential pitfalls of conditional automation on the road to driverless cars By Peter Allchorne With the advent of vehicles fitted with increasingly advanced driver assistance systems, Peter…
Clear road ahead – Government lays before Parliament the Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill By Peter Allchorne The eagerly anticipated Automated & Electric Vehicles Bill had its first reading in the House…
In-depth analysis: Autonomous vehicles: from theory to reality By Peter Allchorne, Olya Melnitchouk, Andrew Parker, Toby Vallance Autonomous vehicles are being tested on public roads around the world just as the first crewless…
JCA v Lucas By Peter Allchorne, Andrew Parker, David Williams The question of costs in claims commenced within the Low Value Protocols has been considered…
Autonomous cars and personal injury claims By Peter Allchorne, Olya Melnitchouk Personal Injury analysis: Olya Melnitchouk, associate at DAC Beachcroft, and Peter Allchorne,…
Bird v Acorn Group Ltd By Peter Allchorne, David Williams Whilst the reforms introduced by Lord Justice Jackson in 2013 have reduced the costs paid by…
50 Predictions: Motor By Peter Allchorne "The credit hire arena is undoubtedly set to change this year…
Can a Claimant's own negligence break the chain of causation? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne, Tom Baker The question of when a claimant who proves negligence and causation should be denied compensation…
Does suspicion of fraud excuse delay? By David Williams, Peter Allchorne The Jackson reforms and ensuing judgments including Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Limited and…
Part 36 and fixed costs outside the Portal By Peter Allchorne, David Williams, Tom Baker The apparent inconsistency between the provisions governing fixed costs for personal injury claims…
Keeping it Simple: The New MIB Uninsured Drivers' Agreement 2015 By Peter Allchorne The new MIB Uninsured Drivers' Agreement was signed on 3 July 2015 and applies to accidents on or…
Good News for Motor Insurers: Deregulation Act 2015 - Section 9 and Schedule 3 In Force Today By Peter Allchorne Changes come into effect today that will have a significant impact on motor insurers and their…
Calling time on the compensation culture? – Whiplash reform, Round 2 By Peter Allchorne Following last October's implementation of the first tranche of reforms which fixed the cost of…