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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 claim by a policyholder against its insurers. All counsel…

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AXA Versicherung AG v Arab Insurance Group (BSC) [2017] EWCA Civ 96


In AXA Versicherung AG v Arab Insurance Group (BSC) [2017] EWCA Civ 96, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal by a claimant reinsurer that it had been entitled to avoid two reinsurance treaties entered into with…

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Brit Underwriting Ltd v F & B Trenchless Solutions Ltd [2015] EWHC 2237 (Comm)

In Brit Underwriting Ltd v F & B Trenchless Solutions Ltd [2015] EWHC 2237 (Comm) Carr J had to determine whether insurers were entitled to avoid a contractor’s combined liability…

AXA Versicherung AG v Arab Insurance Group (BSC) [2015] EWHC 1939 (Comm)

In AXA Versicherung AG v Arab Insurance Group (BSC) [2015] EWHC 1939 (Comm), the main issue which Males J had to determine was whether the claimant reinsurer was entitled to…