In a long awaited judgment, the High Court has called for the UK
to extend compulsory motor insurance to vehicles used on private
land.
The decision could have widespread implications for corporates,
who may have to insure a whole host of different vehicles, such as
forklift trucks and golf buggies, for the first time. This is
not specifically a UK issue, as this decision is based on a
European decision and potentially the compulsory motor cover
requirements will be EU (and UK) wide.
In RoadPeace v Secretary of State for Transport and
MIB, the claimant road safety charity alleged various
provisions of UK law governing compulsory motor insurance
contravened EU law following the European Court of Justice's
(ECJ) interpretation of the Motor Insurance Directive (MID) in the
2014 Vnuk case.
