The Motor Insurers Bureau is to call upon the Department for Transport to provide more stringent guidance on compensation, according to reports...
The Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) is to call upon the Department for Transport to provide more stringent guidance on compensation cases where uninsured drivers are involved, according to The Times.
The bureau, which compensates the victims of negligent uninsured and untraced motorists, announced its plans to petition the DFT after losing an appeal against a previous judgement ordering it to pay compensation to the wife of a man who died while a passenger in a car driven by an uninsured driver.
In 2002, Neville Phillips died while in a car being driven by his friend Mohammed Rafiq, an uninsured driver. The MIB claimed that due to the fact that Mr Phillips either was or should have been aware that Mr Rafiq was not uninsured it was not required to compensate Louise Phillips, the deceased's wife. This argument was rejected, and the MIB was order to pay Mrs Phillips compensation.
According to the Times, the MIB hopes that by putting pressure on the DFT to tighten up compensation guidelines it will limit the financial impact of similar cases in the future.
