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Attacking fraudulent claims: learning the lessons from Fairclough Homes v Summers

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • July 3 2012

On 27 June 2012 the Supreme Court handed down its Judgment in the case of Fairclough Homes v Summers 2012 UKSC 26, a decision that had been hailed as a potentially “game changing” case in the insurance industry’s fight against fraudulent claims

Post settlement surveillance a warning!

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 26 2011

In 2008 Mr Noble received damages totalling £3,397,000 for personal injuries sustained in a road traffic accident in 2003

Locke v Stuart & AXA 2011 EWHC 399 (QB)

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 26 2011

The claimant failed in his modest claim for personal injuries (valued at £1,500) allegedly sustained in a road traffic accident

Discrimination: ECJ rules on gender as a risk factor in insurance

  • RPC
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 2 2011

In December 2010 we reported on the potential impact on consumers and insurers alike should the European Court of Justice (ECJ) follow the Advocate General's opinion in Association Belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats (Case C-23609

Insolvent insureds: better rights for claimants to pursue insurers directly are on the way

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2010

The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 25 March 2010

Consumer insurance law: pre-contract disclosure and misrepresentation report and draft Bill published

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 18 2009

On 15 December 2009 The Law Commission published their report and draft Bill to reform the law on what a consumer must tell an insurer before taking out insurance

Summary assessment not allowed where the nature of the insurance terms meant they would need to be determined at trial

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 5 2009

The appellant insurers (C) appealed against a decision that they were not entitled to summary judgment in a case where their insured (AW) had made a claim for lost property following a theft from their warehouse