The new Uninsured Drivers Agreement 2015 includes “two blatantly unlawful exclusions of liability”, according to solicitor and motor insurance law specialist Nick Bevan.
Writing in NLJ this week, Bevan cites at least 10 instances where the Uninsured Drivers Agreement 1999 conflicts with the minimum standard of protection required under European law. Bevan says the government has stripped the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) of the power to impose numerous unjust and arbitrary strike-out provisions that pepper the current compensatory scheme.
According to Bevan, many of the “unjust procedural traps” have been removed and efforts have been made to introduce clear English. However, he is disappointed that the new agreement contains quite as many flaws as it does.
