Jul 05, 2024 High Court lays down important points of principle for costs budgeting in large-scale and complex group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has laid down a number of significant points of principle for cost management exercises...
Jun 14, 2024 EU to impose special tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles By Arne Constantin-Krawinkel Lorand Bartels In a press release of 12 June 2024, the European Commission (‘Commission’) announced its provisional conclusion that the battery electric...
Dec 05, 2023 UK government seeks to supercharge battery investment By Rebecca Fenning Sanjana Canumalla Emma Franck-Gwinnell The UK’s first ever Battery Strategy (the Strategy), published last week, sets out the Government’s positive commitment to development in...
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...