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The scope of an insured’s notification of circumstances: Euro Pools Plc v Royal and Sun Alliance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 808


How should the courts approach the scope of an insured’s notification of circumstances to insurers? What, if any, limit to the scope arises from the subject knowledge of the insured? In its most important decision on notification…

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Euro Pools Plc v Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2018] EWHC 46 (Comm)


A recurring issue in the context of claims-made policies is whether a subsequent claim falls within the scope of a prior notification of circumstances.  In Euro Pools, against the background of a number of complex and developing…

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Gardner v Lemma Europe Insurance Company Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 484

In Gardner v Lemma Europe Insurance Company Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 484, the Court of Appeal considered the notification provisions of a solicitor’s professional indemnity policy for the purposes of…

Ocean Finance & Mortgages Limited (and another) v Oval Insurance Broking Limited and Senior Wright Limited (and another) [2016] EWHC 160...

In this judgment, Mr Justice Cooke had to determine the comparative responsibility of placing and producing insurance brokers for failing to advise an insured to make a “block notification” of…

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…