Churchill Insurance Company Limited v Benjamin Wilkinson and Tracy Evans v Equity Claims Limited (C-442/10)

Judgment of 1 Dec 2011

law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-442-10/para_31@2026-11-13

31The only distinction permitted by EU rules relating to civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles thus being, as pointed out in paragraph 29 of this judgment and as the Advocate General has noted in point 28 of his Opinion, that between the driver and passenger, the same aim of protecting victims also requires the legal position of the person who, at the time of the accident, was a passenger in the vehicle in respect of which he was insured to drive, to be the same as that of any other passenger who is a victim of the accident.

Churchill Insurance Company Limited v Benjamin Wilkinson and Tracy Evans v Equity Claims Limited (C-442/10)

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