Widely differing limitation periods for tort claims across the European Union (EU) Member States can lead to victims of cross-border road traffic accidents losing their right to compensation. This European Added Value Assessment (EAVA) sketches out the weaknesses of the relevant existing legal f...
A cross border road traffic accident occurring within the EU has the potential to attract the application of three legal regimes, all of which contain choice of law rules. The regimes are contained in Rome II Regulation, the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents and the Mot...
A key requirement for the development of civilian RPAS operations is that they are as safe as manned aircraft, insofar as they must not present or create a greater hazard whilst on the air or on the ground. Nonetheless, accidents may happen and victims (which could include other airspace users o...