3 March 2022

Business Interruption Insurance after the FCA test case: Corbin & King Limited & Ors v AXA Insurance UK Plc [2022] EWHC...

In Corbin & King v AXA, Mrs Justice Cockerill found policyholders were entitled to an indemnity in respect of business interruption losses sustained during the Covid-19 pandemic. The case was heard on an...
17 February 2022

Solicitors Minimum Terms and Conditions and the Meaning of Private Legal Practice: Doorway Capital Limited v American...

In Doorway Capital Limited v American International Group UK Limited, Mr Justice Butcher held that liability for a breach of trust arising from an agreement between a solicitors’...
11 February 2022

The Construction and Application of Aggregation Clauses: Spire Healthcare Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd...

In Spire Healthcare v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, the Court of Appeal considered the construction and operation of an aggregation clause in the context of hundreds of...
4 May 2021

The Test for Inducement in Contracts Prior to the Insurance Act 2015: Zurich Insurance PLC v Niramax Group Limited...

In Zurich Insurance PLC v Niramax Group Limited, dealing with a contract pre-dating the Insurance Act 2015, the Court of Appeal held that to establish inducement in cases of...
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...
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...
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