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Self-driving vehicles in the UK: AVA 2024 regulatory framework, authorisation and in-use enforcement, with liability, insurance, product safety, data and marketing issues

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Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the following issues in relation to the development and use of autonomous and connected vehicles (also referred to as self-driving vehicles, driverless cars or automated vehicles):

Core terminology and concepts
Developments in sector-specific UK law
The Law Commissions’ joint report: Automated Vehicles
Automated Vehicles Act 2024
Liability
Product liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987
Advertising and marketing
Data protection and cybersecurity
Mobility-as-a-service

Public policy and press coverage around driverless technology has largely centred on privately owned road vehicles, which is the principal emphasis of this note at present. Nonetheless, the underlying systems span multiple industries, and there are indications that earlier, tangible gains may arise from advancing automated vehicle capability in fields such as maritime transport and agriculture. The technology’s relevance extends well beyond personal transport, with earlier adoption likely in certain commercial settings.

For a summary of key dates and information relating to the development of automated vehicles in Great Britain (GB), see Practice Note: UK automated vehicles—tracker. See also:

Practice Note: Autonomous vehicles and insurance
Practice Note: Autonomous and connected vehicles—data protection, privacy and security

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Lucy McCormick

Lucy is a commercial barrister with a particular emphasis on product liability, property damage, property and related areas.A substantial part of Lucy’s practice concerns group actions or other multi-party litigation. She has extensive experience in the procedure, tactics and reputational issues such cases raise, and is a contributor to the leading practitioner text, Hodge on Multi-Party Actions (2nd ed) (OUP, forthcoming 2023).Lucy is particularly well known for her expertise in matters with a technology element. She has co-authored or contributed to The Law of Artificial Intelligence (1st ed) (Sweet & Maxwell; 2020), The Law and Autonomous Vehicles (1st ed) (Routledge; 2019), and An Introduction to Technology Law (1st ed) (Lexis Nexis; 2018). In 2021, Lucy co-authored the Bar Council response to the Law Commission’s third consultation paper on automated vehicle law. She is on the Consulting Editorial Board for Lexis Nexis...

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