The Weekly Roundup: The FOMO Edition

Whilst the youngsters amongst us were frolicking at the PEOPIL Young Lawyers Group Conference in Madrid this week, prompting the old timers to reflect bitterly on the work ethic of Young People Today, the courts were getting on with clearing some of the backlog of refund claims arising from the pandemic. The decision in Kirk v We Love Holidays provides guidance on cancellation rights where a package component is substituted, and is of wider application generally than in times of international crisis. Meanwhile, the Private Members Bill designed to bin Vnuk  passed its second reading in the House of Lords four days before judgment was handed down by the Court of Appeal in Colley v MIB [2022] 3 WLUK 290.  The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, with the effect that the MIB must make up any shortfall between what compulsory insurance ought to have been provided by the UK government under the Motor Insurance Directives, and what was actually provided – at least, until