What are the Internal Regulations of the Council of Bureaux and how will these be impacted by Brexit?

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Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson

Published on: 11 November 2020

The Council of Bureaux is the organisation acting for the protection of the victims of cross-border road traffic accidents.

It achieves this by coordinating national motor insurers’ bureaux which are members of the Green Card system.

It is worth bearing in mind that the Green Card scheme was and is not a creature of the EU, as evidenced by the fact that there are 47 Member Bureaux in 48 nations, including North African and Middle Eastern nations.

The Green Card scheme operates so that the national bureau guarantees that the victim of a road accident caused by a foreign vehicle will be compensated in the country in which the accident occurred. Thus, where a UK resident is injured in a road traffic accident by a French registered vehicle, membership of the scheme guarantees that they will be compensated in the UK courts.

Of more relevance to the question posed is that the Council also acts as a secretariat for the bodies

Andrew Wilson

Consultant Solicitor

Andrew has more than 25 years’ experience of working in the fields of personal injury and occupational disease litigation, acting for both claimants and defendants. He trained at L Bingham & Co, gaining early experience in a number of important high profile claims involving the MIB. During the 1990s Andrew worked at Hextalls and then Kennedys, predominantly for defendants across a range of motor, employers’ liability and public liability matters many of which involved serious injuries or death. More recently, he has dealt with cases for claimants who have suffered serious injuries or occupational disease. He was a partner in a large specialist practice. He has provided seminars to solicitors and other legal professionals both for an external conference company and in house on the workings of the Civil Procedure Rules in the context of personal injury claims, amongst other subjects.

He has now set up his own legal consultancy, providing advice and support to solicitors, particularly a specialist London practice, in connection with fatal accidents and very serious injury cases such as brain injury, mostly in the High Court. He has continued to develop his education and training activities, providing seminars and contributing articles and commentaries to legal information services.

Since his training, Andrew has retained a particular interest in issues of motor indemnity and the operation of the Road Traffic Act and Article 75.

Jurisdiction(s):

United Kingdom

Key definition:

Brexit definition

What does Brexit mean?

means: (a) the United Kingdom (UK) ceasing to be a member state of the European Union (EU) and/or the European Economic Area (EEA) on exit day; and/or (b) the commencement, end of[ or variation in] any transitional, trading or other arrangements from time to time between: (i) the UK and the EU and/or EEA (including during any implementation period and IP Completion Day); and/or (ii) the UK and any other country, group of countries, international organisation, bloc or body (including the World Trade Organization) in contemplation of or (directly or indirectly) in connection with the UK’s said cessation of membership;

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