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In Clinton David Jacobs v Motor Insurance Bureau 2010 EWCA Civ 1208, the Court of Appeal held that where a person is injured by an uninsured driver and is entitled to recover from the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB), that person is entitled to recover damages assessed according to English law, rather than the law where the accident occurred
In Darren Bent v (1) Highways and Utilities Construction Ltd; (2) Allianz Insurance Plc 2010 EWCA Civ 292, the Court of Appeal was asked to order a retrial of the first instance decision of Mr Justice Yelton sitting in Cambridge County Court
The High Court ruled, in Clinton David Jacobs v Motor Insurers' Bureau 2010 EWHC 231 (QB), that under European Union Regulation 8642007 (Rome II), Spanish law applied in the case of a UK resident seeking compensation for serious injuries sustained in Spain, at the hands of an uninsured driver, then resident in Spain
