The Weekly Law Reports
[2016] 1 WLR 4769
Court of Appeal
*Wigley-Foster
v
Wilson
[2016] EWCA Civ 454
2016 Feb 24,
25;
May 16
Gloster, David Richards LJJ, Sir Robin Jacob
Road traffic— Motor Insurers’ Bureau— Insurer’s insolvency— English claimant injured in Greece in accident involving motor vehicle insured by Greek insurer— Insurer’s failure to reply to claimant’s compensation claim within prescribed time limit triggering claimant’s right to claim from Motor Insurers’ Bureau— Claimant presenting compensation claim to bureau after insurer becoming insolvent and ceasing to be authorised— Date at which right to claim against bureau accruing— Date at which insurer required to be authorised for purposes of bureau’s power to compensate— Whether insurer’s insolvency or lack of authorisation depriving claimant of accrued right to claim compensation from bureau—
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/37), regs 11, 12
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Parliament and Council Directive 2000/26/EC, art 6
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