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Niall Edwards Kennedys

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Credit hire: Autofocus cases to be retried *

United Kingdom - February 6 2013
Court of Appeal decides that there should be retrials on the question of basic hire rates; fresh evidence can be adduced by both sides to determine…


Portal extension: industry response *

United Kingdom - August 8 2012
The Government confirmed in June 2012 that the target date of April 2013 for extension of the road traffic accident Portal process to RTA, employers' liability and public liability claims up to £25,000, stands firm.


Evaluating the portal: legitimate concerns *

United Kingdom - August 8 2012
On 25 May, the Government closed its consultation period seeking evidence about the feasibility of extending the low value road traffic accident Portal process to motor, employers' liability and public liability claims up to the value of £25,000.

Co-authors: Richard West.


Inextricably linked: causation and criminal conduct *

United Kingdom - July 11 2012
Claimant not entitled to recover damages from the driver when he fell off the rear footplate of a van driven at speed to effect an escape; injury occurred as a result of criminal conduct and was as much causative of the injury as was the driver's driving.

Co-authors: Marcus Davies.


Motor cover: insured use of vehicle *

United Kingdom - July 11 2012
The victims of a taxi driver, who lured women into his taxi for actual or attempted sexual assault, could not claim against the driver's motor insurer; injuries did not "arise out of the use of a vehicle on a road" within the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.145(3)(a).

Co-authors: Marcus Davies.


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