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Breach is the battle, causation and loss the war

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 8 2013

Awards of damages in three recent cases provide powerful ammunition for insurers seeking to reduce their claims exposure. Clack v Wrigleys Solicitors

Court of Appeal rules that a solicitor should not be subject to a non party costs order for failing to obtain after the event insurance

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The court's jurisdiction to make a non party costs order (NCPO) against a solicitor who has acted under a conditional fee agreement (CFA) without

Alan Sugar, a flock of sheep, an iron paddle-wheel steamship and performance bonds

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2013

What do Alan Sugar, a flock of sheep and a paddle-wheel steamship have in common? Answer: the recent Court of Appeal case between Aviva and Hackney

The thorny issue of successor practices who takes on the burden?

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 27 2011

The definition of what constitutes a “Successor Practice” in the Minimum Terms and Conditions of Professional Indemnity Insurance for solicitors (“the Successor Practice definition”) exists in order to determine which insurer covers claims against firms which have merged, been taken over, or have otherwise joined with another firm

Concurrent liability

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 23 2011

A builder, by virtue of his contract to build a building, does not assume any liability in tort in relation to defects in the building giving rise to pure economic loss

Where to sue in the EU? That is the question

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 11 2012

The judgment in Sherdley v Nordea Life and Pensions SA, handed down by Rix LJ in February 2012, clarified some important principles governing jurisdiction clauses and insurance contract disputes under EU Regulation 442001, commonly referred to as the Brussels Regulation

The interpretation of claims cooperation clauses

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 9 2007

AIG provided directors and officers cover (“the D&O Policy”) to Smartforce which was listed on the NASDAQ exchange. AIG reinsured a proportion of the US$15 million risk with, amongst others, Faraday

Churchill Car Insurance v Kelly effect of fraudulent head of claim

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 13 2007

In negligence claims a claimant should not forfeit his entire claim because he has dishonestly claimed in respect of unjustified heads of loss

The interpretation of claims cooperation clauses

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 9 2007

AIG provided directors and officers cover (“the D&O Policy”) to Smartforce which was listed on the NASDAQ exchange

Abolition of recoverability of legal insurance premiums and success fees welcome relief for defendants or removal of access to justice for claimants?

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 5 2013

In this series of blog posts we are looking at the main provisions of the Jackson Reforms and their likely impact on the litigation landscape

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