Following the recent decisions of the TCC in Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Trust Ltd v Lakehouse Contracts Ltd [2018] EWHC 558 (TCC) and Prezzo Ltd v High Point Estates Ltd [2018] EWHC 1851, Neil Hext QC considers the…
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…
After being provided with fraudulent bills of lading for a shipment of non-existent copper ingots, Englehart’s attempt to recover its losses under an all risks Marine Cargo and Storage policy…
In Tonicstar v Allianz the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of Teare J at first instance and, in turn, the decision of Morison J in X Company v Y…
In Nesbit Law Group LLP the Court of Appeal had to determine the proper construction of an exclusion clause in a series of Fidelity Guarantee Indemnity policies and whether the…
The approach to clauses limiting or excluding insurers’ liability adopted by the Supreme Court in Impact Funding Solutions v Barrington Support Services [2016] UKSC 57; [2017] AC 73 has been followed in…
Impact Funding Solutions Limited involved a claim under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930 by litigation funders who had obtained a judgment against a firm of solicitors in…
