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Jacobs v Motor Insurers' Bureau is the first High Court case to consider EU Regulation 8642007 - known as Rome II - since it came into effect in January 2009
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
