26 May 2020

The limits of contractual discretion: UK Acorn Finance Limited v Markel (UK) Limited [2020] EWHC 922 (Comm)

In UK Acorn Finance Limited v Markel (UK) Limited, HHJ Pelling QC applied the Supreme Court’s decision in Braganza v BP Shipping Limited [2015] UKSC 17 in the context of an insurance dispute. The Judge found...
18 May 2020

Avoidance for Material Non-Diclosure: Niramax Group Limited v Zurich Insurance Plc [2020] EWHC 535 (Comm)

In Niramax Group Limited v Zurich Insurance Plc [2020] EWHC 535 (Comm) the High Court considered the principles applicable to cases of avoidance for material non-disclosure, in a...
16 March 2020

Indemnification on the Reinstatement Basis: Endurance Corporate Capital Limited v Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited...

In Endurance Corporate Capital Limited v Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 308, the Court of Appeal unanimously held that an insured is generally entitled to be...
6 June 2019

ACCRUAL OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER A PROPERTY POLICY: Globe Church Incorporated v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd &...

In Globe Church Incorporated v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd & Anr [2019] NSWCA 27 the majority of the New South Wales Court of Appeal determined that a claim arising from an...
30 May 2019

Indemnification on the Reinstatement Basis: Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate Capital Limited...

In Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate Capital Limited [2019] EWHC 1103 (Comm), David Railton QC, sitting in the Commercial Court considered the effect of...
15 May 2019

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

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...
9 April 2019

R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] UKSC 16

In R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] UKSC 16 the Supreme Court gave guidance on the meaning of the phrase “caused by, or arising out of, the...
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