All Outputs (36)

For the Want of Certainty: Vnuk , Juliana and Andrade and the Obligation to Insure (2019)
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In 2014, in the wake of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling in Case C-162/13 Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav, the law relating to compulsory motor vehicle insurance began to undergo significant change. Nationally, the requir... Read More about For the Want of Certainty: Vnuk , Juliana and Andrade and the Obligation to Insure.

A vineyard in a law clinic: the practical application of a therapeutic jurisprudence philosophy in a UK law clinic (2019)
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In late 2015, the British Red Cross approached the lead author. It was increasingly evident that given the austerity-driven political agenda of the UK government in cutting public funding to advisory services, coupled with the developing refugee cris... Read More about A vineyard in a law clinic: the practical application of a therapeutic jurisprudence philosophy in a UK law clinic.

After arrival, the problems facing refugees and their families : a clinical legal response (2018)
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Since 2016, a Refugee Family Reunion Law Clinic has operated from Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (hereafter HKC Law Clinic). Given the austerity-driven political agenda of the UK government in cutting pu... Read More about After arrival, the problems facing refugees and their families : a clinical legal response.

The consequences of the Brexit vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry (2018)
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This article investigates the perceptions of managers in the hospitality industry to the Brexit vote and its implications for their recruitment strategies. A survey instrument was used to ascertain perceptions of challenges and opportunities around k... Read More about The consequences of the Brexit vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry.

Brexit means Brexit: what does it mean for the protection of third party victims and the Road Traffic Act? (2018)
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The UK’s referendum decision of 23 June 2016, where voters elected to leave the European Union (EU), will fundamentally change aspects of national law. Much debate has focused on the constitutional implications of the decision and the procedure by wh... Read More about Brexit means Brexit: what does it mean for the protection of third party victims and the Road Traffic Act?.

Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools? (2017)
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This paper outlines the establishing of a law clinic to assist individuals with their application under the refugee family reunion (RFR) provision. We consider that a significant gap exists in the scope of university law clinics to provide a dedicate... Read More about Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools?.

Misunderstanding and misapplication of motor insurance law: will the Supreme Court come to the rescue? (2017)
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For many years a tension has existed between the law of the European Union governing motor vehicle insurance and the UK’s transposition, interpretation and application of its national law. Cases including Delaney v Pickett & Tradewise [2011] EWCA Civ... Read More about Misunderstanding and misapplication of motor insurance law: will the Supreme Court come to the rescue?.

Motor vehicle insurance law: ignoring the lessons from King Rex (2017)
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Following a review in 2013, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) established the Uninsured Drivers Agreement (UDA) 2015. The aim was to implement aspects of the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives (MVID). The UDA 2015 contained numerous errors in its draf... Read More about Motor vehicle insurance law: ignoring the lessons from King Rex.

Irreconcilable Differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives (2017)
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The UK has a chequered past in relation to its compliance with EU law. In some instances, it has gone beyond the minimum requirements imposed by its EU parent in providing protection for individuals (see for instance the UK’s implementation of art.9... Read More about Irreconcilable Differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives.

Collective redress: broadening EU enforcement through state liability? (2016)
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This article advances an argument that private enforcement of European Union (EU) rights has largely been stunted due to a series of blocking tactics by Member States, enabled through a form of tacitic subservience of the Court of Justice of the Euro... Read More about Collective redress: broadening EU enforcement through state liability?.

The Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement 2015 as a legitimate source of authority (2016)
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In the United Kingdom, motor vehicle insurance is governed by national and EU law. In respect of the EU requirement that member states establish a guarantee fund from which the victims of negligent uninsured or untraced drivers may obtain compensatio... Read More about The Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement 2015 as a legitimate source of authority.

Which is the applicable law in recovery of losses from an uninsured driver? Moreno v The Motor Insurers' Bureau [2016] UKSC 52 (2016)
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Delaney and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives: lessons for the teaching of EU law (2016)
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A recent series of cases relating to the EU Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives and their application in the UK makes for interesting reading. It is the UK’s negligent transposition, and a lack of knowledge and awareness by lawyers and judges in the c... Read More about Delaney and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives: lessons for the teaching of EU law.

Splitting hairs? (2016)
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Splitting hairs? Is it discrimination? James Marson & Katy Ferris examine the different approaches of the court to mistreatment on grounds of nationality & immigration status (2016)
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In Brief: In Taiwo v Olaigbe and another: Onu v Akwiwu and another the Supreme Court had to decide whether the appellants suffered mistreatment on the basis of their nationality (protected by s13(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010)) or due to thei... Read More about Splitting hairs? Is it discrimination? James Marson & Katy Ferris examine the different approaches of the court to mistreatment on grounds of nationality & immigration status.

The transposition and efficacy of EU rights: indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability? (2015)
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Throughout the duration of the UK's membership of the European Union (EU), non-implementation and incorrect transposition of Directives has been commonplace. Coupled with the Court of Justice of the European Union's refusal to extend the direct effec... Read More about The transposition and efficacy of EU rights: indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability?.