APIL Guide to RTA Liability 4th ed

Now in its fourth edition, APIL Guide to RTA Liability is written by a team of specialist barristers from one of the top tier personal injury sets in the country, Deka Chambers. The book is broken down into 26 accessible chapters, each focussing on a particular aspect of RTA liability and including coverage of:

• The liability of each potential participant in an RTA (eg owners, drivers, pedestrians, motorcyclists, etc)
• The particular rules that apply to local authorities, children and schools, public service vehicles, and the police and emergency services
• The liability of cyclists and motorcyclists
• The specific rules that apply in a range of different circumstances such as low velocity crashes, accidents abroad, spillages and obstructions, liability for animals, and liability for roadside neighbours
• practical guidance on the liability of insurers and the MIB

This new edition has been thoroughly updated and includes coverage of developments in law and practice including:

• updates to all chapters focussing on new case law since the last edition in June 2018
• Incorporation of the latest Highway Code published in 2024
• A new section looking at innovations in driving technology as per the Automated Vehicles Act 2024
• Insurance / MIB issues post BREXIT

table of content

Foreward

Preface

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

Contributors

Table of Statutes

Table of Statutory Instruments

Table of European and International Legislation

Table of Cases

 

1. The Incidence of Road Traffic Accidents in Great Britain

 

2. RTA Liability - General Principles

 

3. Low Velocity Collisions

 

4. Liability for Learner Drivers

 

5. Owner's Liability

 

6. Passenger's Liability

 

7. Driver's Liability: Speed and Braking

 

8. Driver's Liability: Overtaking

 

9. Driver's Liability: Turning and Side Roads

 

10. Driver's Liability: Lighting Vehicles

 

11. Drivers Liability: Traffic Lights

 

12. Driver's Liability: Road Signs

 

13. Driver's Liability: Roundabouts

 

14. Pedal Cyclists' Liability

 

15. Motorcyclist's Liability

 

16. The Emergency Services

 

17. Pedestrians' Liability

 

18. Children and Schools

 

19. Local Authority Liability

 

20. Roadside Neighbours' Liability

 

21. Liability for Injuries caused by Animals in Road Traffic Accidents

 

22. Liability for Obstructions and Spillages on the Highway

 

23. Public Service Vehicle Liability

 

24. Road Traffic Accidents Abroad

 

25. The Insurer's Liability

 

26. MIB Liability

Index