The essential case law update on road traffic and vehicular accidents for Spring 2025 covering:
- Ex Turpi Causa
- Hire charges and the absence of an MOT certificate
- Making off without paying for a taxi
- Heavy Goods Vehicles
- Duty to other more vulnerable road users
- Contributory negligence
- Motor sport accidents
- Duties of organisers and governing bodies
- Standards for barriers at racetracks
Vice President, Law Society
Brett is a consultant solicitor with higher rights of audience for all civil proceedings. His specialism is civil procedure with a specific interest in digital change. He also provides training and consultancy services in relation to personal injury, technology and practice development.
He is also the Deputy Vice President Elect of the Law Society of England & Wales. He has been the president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on two occasions. He is a senior fellow of APIL and chair of the Senior Fellow Appointments Committee. He is involved in decisions in relation to interventions in civil proceedings recently including Belsner v Cam, Ho v Adelekun, and Hassam v Rabot along with judicial reviews by APIL of the fixed recoverable costs rules and the discount rate. He is a past member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and the current legal expert member of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. He is a director of Medco and a member of the Official Injuries Advisory Group... view full biography