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28 October 2016 / Sophie Horsfall
Issue: 7720 / Categories: Features , Personal injury
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Sophie Horsfall follows the Supreme Court ruling on the applicable law in motor insurance accident claims against the UK compensation body

  • Moreno v MIB clarified the proper interpretation of the regulations which implemented the Fourth European Motor Insurance Directive into UK law.

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court in Moreno v MIB [2016] UKSC 52, [2016] All ER (D) 17 (Aug), which clarified the proper interpretation of the regulations which implemented the Fourth European Motor Insurance Directive (2000/26/EEC) into UK law.

This decision will enable MIB, as the UK compensation body, to compensate UK citizens injured in accidents in other countries participating in the Green Card Scheme caused by a vehicle registered in another EEA member state, or in an EEA member state caused by an unidentified vehicle, in the same way as they would have been compensated had they brought their claims in the country where the accident took place.

Ms Moreno was the victim of an accident in Greece while on holiday in 2011. She was seriously

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