Nov 08, 2023 Unlocking a “transport revolution”: UK Automated Vehicles Bill announced in King’s Speech By James Roberts Georgina Bayly In the King’s Speech on Tuesday, King Charles announced on behalf of the UK Government that “Ministers will introduce new legal...
Oct 17, 2023 UK Department for Transport proposes extensions to GB vehicle type approval regime By James Roberts James Raeside Georgina Bayly In a consultation published last week, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking limited views on a proposed extension to the GB...
Apr 11, 2023 UK Government consults on updates to regulation of vehicles’ CO2 emissions allowances By James Roberts Georgina Bayly Emma Franck-Gwinnell On 30 March 2023, the UK Government launched a consultation on a new framework for regulating CO2 emissions of cars and vans made...
Apr 04, 2023 UK government consults on Zero Emission Vehicle mandate By James Roberts Emma Franck-Gwinnell Georgina Bayly On 30 March 2023, the UK Government announced a range of new and updated energy security and net zero transition policies through its...
Dec 13, 2022 The European Commission's proposal for Euro 7 emission standards: What's new for electric vehicles? By James Raeside James Smith On 10 November 2022, the European Commission published its much-anticipated proposal for the new Euro 7 emissions standards. For the...
Nov 02, 2022 UK Government clarifies detail on new vehicle type approval regime: changes parked for now By James Roberts James Raeside The UK Government has recognised the broad consensus across the automotive sector that more time is required to prepare for the UK’s new...
Jun 07, 2022 First Hearing in Climate-Related Lawsuits Against German Car Manufacturers By Jan Henning Buschfeld Sarah Hillebrand In autumn 2021, several individuals and representatives of the NGOs Deutsche Umwelthilfe and Greenpeace filed lawsuits at various German...
May 13, 2022 New Code, more shows: UK Government proposes updates to the Highway Code By Xavier Chitnavis James Roberts The UK Government recently published the outcome of its April 2021 consultation concerning ‘Rules on the safe use of automated vehicles’....
Feb 17, 2021 Product liability: German court ruling sets further standards for the interpretation of defect and longstop By Astrid Seehafer Andrew Austin Marcel Kaufmann It is no secret that the terms used in the EU Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC (PLD) leave a lot of room for interpretation. A...
Apr 01, 2020 German automotive sector: liability implications of designating a product safety representative By Astrid Seehafer Daniel Travers Stefanie Spancken-Monz Lisa Ottinger Nils Schlenkhoff Niklas Eckert +3 more... Show less In the automotive sector, OEMs are increasingly requesting their suppliers to designate so-called Product Safety Representatives in order...
Oct 08, 2019 Straight to the source: UK/US cooperation on seizing electronic data By Ali Kirby-Harris Peter Jaffe On 3 October, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel along with US Attorney General William P. Barr signed the first UK-US Bilateral Data Access...
Oct 23, 2018 Confirmed - employer remains liable for rogue employee’s data breach By Harriet Gaillard Giles Pratt Charlie Ainsworth Ashmita Garrett +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal has confirmed that employers can be liable for data breaches perpetrated by rogue employees, even where the employer...