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Albert v Motor Insurers’ Bureau

Hearings

England & Wales

20 Jun 1969 [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 243, QBD (Willis J)

27 Apr 1970 [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 506; [1970] RTR 315, CA

07 Jul 1971 [1972] AC 301; [1971] 3 WLR 291; [1971] 2 All ER 1345; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 229; [1972] RTR 230, HL(E)

Subject Matter

ROAD TRAFFIC — Third party insurance — “Hire or reward” — Driver carrying fellow workers to and from work — Regular and understood arrangement that driver rewarded in money or kind — Driver liable for death of passenger — Judgment against driver unsatisfied — Whether required to insure against liability to passengers — Whether passenger being carried in “vehicle in which passengers are carried for hire or reward” — Road Traffic Act 1960, s 203 (4)

[1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 243, QBD

[1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 506; [1970] RTR 315, CA

ROAD TRAFFIC — Third party insurance — Motor Insurers' Bureau — Agreement with Minister — Action on agreement by third party — Whether permissible

[1972] AC 301; [1971] 3 WLR 291; [1971] 2 All ER 1345; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 229; [1972] RTR 230, HL(E)

Appellate History

Albert v Motor Insurers’ Bureau [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 243, QBD

Decision of Willis J affirmed

Albert v Motor Insurers’ Bureau [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 506; [1970] RTR 315, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Albert v Motor Insurers’ Bureau [1972] AC 301; [1971] 3 WLR 291; [1971] 2 All ER 1345; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 229; [1972] RTR 230, HL(E)

Commentary

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