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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM107: EU Motor Insurance
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content and order of syllabus coverage may vary, it is envisaged that it will include the following topics:
- The history of the compulsory insurance regime in the UK, from the Road Traffic Act 1930 to the Road Traffic Act 1988.
- The history of the EU scheme for compulsory insurance tracing the development of the scheme through the six Motor Insurance Directives.
- The relationship between the insuring obligation and liability imposed by tort law.
- The scheme for compensating the victims of uninsured and untraced drivers.
- The issues raised where a claim has European cross-border implications as where an overseas motorist causes injury in the UK, where a UK motorist causes injury abroad and where a UK national suffers injury abroad in Europe.
- Third party claims against insurers.
- The approach of the judiciary to European law consistent construction of our national law provision.
- The private and public law remedies for infringements of the European Directives on motor insurance.
- The possible implications of Brexit.
- The likely implications of new automated driving technologies.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 270 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 30 | Ten lectures/seminars of three hoursÂ’ duration (format depending on class size). If the numbers are relatively small, a variety of different methods will be used, including presentation of papers. |
| Guided independent study | 100 | Preparation for lectures/seminars. Exactly how this split works will depend upon the numbers. |
| Guided independent study | 100 | Post-lecture/seminar reading |
| Guided independent study | 20 | Preparation for formative |
| Guided independent study | 50 | Preparation for summative |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
BAILII
Europa
Motor Insurers Bureau website