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ACE and others to serve proceedings on Howden out of jurisdiction

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 23 2012

In Ace European Ltd & 5 ors v (1) Howden Group (2) Howden North America Inc (formerly Howden Buffalo Inc) 2012 EWHC 2427 (Comm), Mr Justice Field upheld his prior order granting permission to the claimant insurers (the Claimants), to serve proceedings seeking declaratory relief, out of the jurisdiction

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

UK Supreme Court pulls trigger on asbestos liability insurance

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 20 2012

The UK's highest court has issued its decision in the Employers' Liability Insurance "Trigger" Litigation: BAI (Run Off) Ltd v Durham & Ors, 2012 UKSC 14 (28 March 2012), and finally resolved a long-pending dispute over insurance claims by the relatives of workers who died after being exposed to asbestos

English law: coverage of asbestos exposure hinges on wording in employers’ liability insurance

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 15 2011

The English courts continue to wrestle with the issues surrounding which policies of insurance, if any, must answer in both the public or commercial liability and employment contexts for alleged exposure to asbestos causing illness years later