Jessica is the lead lawyer for the Law Commissions’ automated vehicles review which published a report in January 2022 with recommendations for a new regulatory framework for automated vehicles for use on GB roads. She continues to advise the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on AV policy and also started a new project on remote driving. Jessica’s work involves extensive public consultation in the UK and abroad. She is a member of the UNECE’s informal group of experts on automated driving (IGEAD) for working party 1. Before joining the civil service, Jessica was a lecturer in Law at Durham University and an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York and London.