No apportionment of liability for mesothelioma claim under employers' liability policy *

United Kingdom - February 27 2013
In International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK [2013] EWCA Civ 39, the Court of Appeal found that an insurer under an employers'…

Co-authors: Laura Moorhead.

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High Court confirms the validity of blanket notification *

United Kingdom - February 18 2013
In the recent case of McManus Seddon Runhams (a firm) v European Risk Insurance Company [2013] EWHC 18 (Ch), the High Court was called to rule on the…

Co-authors: Christopher Charlton.

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Subrogated claims *

United Kingdom - August 21 2012
Brit Inns Limited ("Brit Inns"), a company now in liquidation, had engaged the defendant contractor to construct a new building intended to comprise a basement restaurant, a groundfloor bar and residential flats

Co-authors: Charles Weston-Simons.

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Supreme Court confirms that pleural plaques are actionable in Scotland *

United Kingdom - October 27 2011
In a decision which has important ramifications for the UK insurance industry, the Supreme Court in Axa General Insurance Ltd & Ors v Lord Advocate & Ors [2011] UKSC 46 upheld the Scottish Parliament's right to legislate to reverse, in relation to Scotland, the decision of the House of Lords in Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd [2007] UKHL 39 that asymptomatic asbestos-related pleural plaques do not constitute actionable harm.

Co-authors: Christopher Foster, Charles Weston-Simons.

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Bill to bring in Jackson reforms published *

United Kingdom - June 28 2011
The government last week introduced legislation to implement the key proposals made by Lord Justice Jackson for the reform of civil litigation costs and funding,.

Co-authors: Maura McIntosh, Alexander Oddy.

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