Ted Baker plc v AXA Insurance UK plc [2017] EWCA Civ 4097
In Ted Baker plc v AXA Insurance UK plc, the Insured appealed Mr Justice Eder’s findings at first instance ([2014] EWHC 3548 (Comm)) that it (1) had breached a claims…
Wheeldon Brothers Waste Limited v Millennium Insurance Company Limited [2018] EWHC 834 (TCC): the construction of a condition precedent relating to...
Introduction When a fire caused damage at a waste processing plant owned by the Claimant, Wheeldon Brothers Waste Limited (“Wheeldon”), the Defendant insurer, Millennium Insurance Company Limited (“Millenium”), declined an indemnity on the grounds that, among other…
Bluebon Limited v Ageas (UK) Limited plc and others [2017] EWHC 3301 (Comm)
Many commercial property insurance policies contain a term, dressed up as a warranty, requiring the electrical installation to be tested every five years. In Bluebon, Bryan J had to determine whether the five year period started from…
Denso Manufacturing UK Ltd v Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) Plc [2017] EWHC 391 (Comm), [2017] Lloyd’s Rep IR 240
In Denso Manufacturing, Ms Sara Cockerill QC (sitting as a judge of the Commercial Court) upheld Great Lakes’ declinature of cover under an ATE policy. The Court’s decision is considered…
ARC Capital Partners Ltd v Brit UW Ltd and another [2016] EWHC 141 (Comm)
In ARC Capital Partners Ltd v Brit UW Ltd and another [2016] EWHC 141 (Comm), [2016] 4 WLR 18, Mr Justice Cooke had to address some common provisions of a…
Milton Furnitures Limited v Brit Insurance Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 671
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Milton Furnitures v Brit Insurance Limited provides an important benchmark by which to assess the operation of seemingly inconsistent and overlapping contractual…
