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03 October 2014
Issue: 7624 / Categories: Legal News , Insurance / reinsurance , Personal injury
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Too powerful?

Insurers in the motor insurance sector may be exerting an unconstitutional influence

The Department for Transport (DfT) “gives every appearance of being browbeaten by the powerful insurance lobby,” argues solicitor Nicholas Bevan, who campaigns for greater protection for road users, in this week’s NLJ.

Bevan cites legislation and Motor Insurers Bureau agreements that he claims are “peppered with serious Community law breaches” and asks whether the insurance industry, like bankers pre-2008, are “thought to be too powerful to confront”. Why, he asks, were DfT officials unable to explain in a recent case why they authored a clause in 1999 that breached Directives?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Charles Russell Speechlys—James Paterson

Charles Russell Speechlys—James Paterson

Charles Russell Speechlys further bolsters Private Equity expertise with the appointment of James Paterson

Ellisons—Samuel Flower

Ellisons—Samuel Flower

Ellisons strengthens Rural Affairs team with senior appointment

Sidley—Carl Hotton

Sidley—Carl Hotton

Sidley adds insurance mergers and acquisitions partner to London office

NEWS
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)
Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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