UK Product Liability Law In The Autonomous Vehicle Era

By Sarah Batley, Rhys Thomas, Anna Masser and Dorothée Weber-Bruls (October 3, 2018, 1:30 PM EDT) -- The United Kingdom is positioning itself as the go-to location to develop, test and drive automated vehicles, but questions remain as to how its existing product liability regime should respond to this developing technology. The U.K. government expects to see fully self-driving cars on U.K. roads by 2021. It has already enacted legislation to provide an insurance model for automated vehicles. Earlier this year, it commissioned a detailed and wide-ranging review of applicable regulations, with the aim of ensuring legislation keeps pace with technological developments....

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