Dr Matthew Channon

I am a Senior Lecturer in Law and joined Exeter Law School in September 2017 and currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies . I convene the 'AI and the Law' LLB Optional Module and teach on the Law of Torts module at UG.

My research focusses on legal issues arising from Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Driverless Cars) and has co-authored the first substantive text on 'The Law and Autonomous Vehicles' (January 2019). I have presented my research at major industry conferences both nationally and internationally and have been cited by several newspapers including the Times and the Guardian.

I was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Access Award at the University of Exeter Sucess for All Awards in September 2023

I won the Outstanding Supervisor Award in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the Exeter Student Guild Awards 2019/2020.

Books

Edited with Kyriaki Noussia, 'The Regulation of Automated and Autonomous Transport' (Springer 2023) 

The Law and Autonomous Vehicles (With Lucy McCormick and Dr Kyriaki Noussia) (Informa, 2019)

Recent/Forthcoming Articles

Matthew Channon and James Marson, 'Liability for Cyber Security Breaches of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles' (2021) 43 Computer Law and Security Review.

'The Nature of the Motor Insurers' Bureau and Its Agreements' (2020) 7 (2) European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance

'Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 an evaluation in light of proactive law and regulatory disconnect' (2019) 10 (2) European Journal of Law and Technology.

'Look No Hands!' With Lucy McCormick , New Law Journal, July 2016

Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill: Right Place, Wrong Time? (May 2018)

Chapter

Matthew Channon, 'Road Traffic Law and Application to Automated Vehicles' (Springer, 2023) 405-423 in Kyriaki Noussia and Matthew Channon (eds) 'The Regulation of Automated and Autonomous Transport' (Springer, 2023). 

Recent Conference Presentations

"Autonomous Vehicles and Motor Insurance Law: Some Future Considerations" Octo Telematics Conference, Silverstone, August 2017

"Insuring Autonomous Vehicles" Airmic Leadership Forum, September 2017

"Autonomous Vehicles and Motor Insurance: Future Paradigm" Insuring Autonomous Vehicles Conference, London February 2018.

"The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill: Right Place, Wrong Time?" AIDA Serbia, Palic April 2018.

"Autonomous Vehicles: Future Insurance Challenges" Future of Transportation World Conference, December 2019

Press Featured in the Times('Driverless cars 'could be hacked to cause pile-ups'' 12 November 2017) , and the Guardian ('Philip Hammond pledges driverless cars by 2021 and warns people to retrain' 23 November 2017)