Court of Appeal - Zurich v Niramax

The Test for Inducement in Contracts Prior to the Insurance Act 2015: Zurich Insurance PLC v Niramax Group Limited [2021] EWCA...


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 non-disclosure it was necessary for the insurer to…

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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 that…

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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…

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…

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…