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Court considers reinsurance contacts covering September 11 losses

  • Vedder Price PC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 24 2013

The case arose from a tribunal award relating to reinsurance contracts covering losses arising out of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre

Aggregation & the World Trade Center

  • Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 3 2013

The events of 11 September 2001 spawned more than a decade’s worth of litigation, a large proportion of which has been directed at the effect of

Twin Towers: one plot, two events under the English doctrine of unities

  • Locke Lord LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 21 2013

The English Commercial Court has recently upheld an arbitral award handed down in January 2013, under the terms of various aviation retrocession

Time is money: aviation insurers look to the sky as ECJ opens the door to delayed flight claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 7 2013

Aviation insurers could face a new stream of claims after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed that airlines should pay compensation to

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Ash cloud constitutes "extraordinary circumstances" for airlines under EC Regulation 261

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 18 2011

The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano that shut down much of Europe's air space in April 2010 has been held to be an example of "extraordinary circumstances" under Art 5(3) of EC Regulation 2612004 (the Regulation), exempting airlines from paying compensation for the cancellation of flights

The ash cloud - a silver lining for consumers

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 9 2011

It appeared as though the dust had (quite literally) begun to settle after the nightmare that was the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud

Rebels without a cause (of action): Emerald Supplies v. British Airways plc: class actions and litigation funding present opportunities for and threats to insurers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 17 2009

The UK litigation landscape is changing and arguably heading West

Privy Council: liability for plane crash

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 15 2009

In Felicia Andrina George (Administratrix of the Estate of Hughes Williams, Deceased) v Eagle Air Services Ltd 2009 UKPC 21 the administratrix of the estate sought compensation for the death of her husband in an air crash

Interpretation of a reinsurance contract Korea National Insurance Corporation v Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality AG, Commercial Court, 24 July 2007

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • South Korea, United Kingdom
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  • October 19 2007

Korea National Insurance Corporation ("KNIC") insured a North Korean airline under an aviation hull and liability policy