Motor vehicle insurance: passenger claims

In Dormer v Wilson and Others [2025] EWHC 523 (KB); [2025] Lloyd's Rep IR Plus 18, HHJ Tindal was asked to determine questions of liability only in circumstances where a pillion passenger on a stolen motorcycle suffered head injuries in a road accident at a time when he was not wearing a helmet. A range of important questions on the operation of the Road Traffic Act 1988, the Uninsured Drivers Agreement 2015 and contributory negligence rules were discussed by the court.

Dormer: the facts