Reynolds v Strutt & Parker LLP [2011] EWHC 2263 (Ch)

Vehicle liability: Autonomous vehicles and other liability issues affecting cyclists

Martin Porter QC considers all the hot issues involving cycling accidents ‘The technology is probably not there yet, but there are grounds for optimism that autonomous vehicles will in time become significantly safer than human-driven motor vehicles.’ On 18 March 2018 Elaine Herzberg was pushing her bicycle across a dual carriageway road in Arizona when …

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Employers: All work and no play

Chris Gutteridge considers the liability of employers for out-of-office activities Neither partner who had responsibility for organising the event had the necessary skills and knowledge to make a satisfactory risk assessment and so they overlooked the most obvious risk – collision. The rise in popularity of the concept of ‘team-building’ and the quest for a …

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