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HIH Casualty and General Insurance Limited v JLT Risk Solutions Limited 2007 EWCA Civ 710

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • September 5 2007

The Court of Appeal has found that brokers who acted for both the insured and reinsured in relation to a film finance policy owed post-placement duties to ensure that the reinsured was aware of possible coverage issues

The burden of peer professional opinion

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia
  • -
  • September 11 2012

In June 2012, The Supreme Court of Victoria considered the statutory and common law standard of care for professionals

UK decision provides guidance for FIS with mitigation costs clauses

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 8 2012

Standard Life operated a Life Pension Sterling Fund, which included a substantial proportion of asset backed securities

Insurance premium tax chargeable on administration fees

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 30 2009

There has been a long-running debate as to whether Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) is chargeable on fees which are not payable under the main insurance contract

HLB Kidsons v Lloyd’s Underwriters (and others)

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 30 2009

The Court of Appeal has denied the appeal of HLB Kidsons in relation to the correct interpretation of a notification provision in a “claims made” policy

ECJ decision - are portfolio transfers exempt from VAT as insurance transactions?

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 20 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently confirmed that a portfolio transfer of life reinsurance contracts will be subject to VAT

Proving causation in loss of chance cases

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 11 2012

The NSW Court of Appeal recently considered the relevant principles to be applied in loss of chance cases and in particular the essential requirement to prove causation

Quebec Court of Appeal orders insurer to indemnify investors swindled out of savings by their financial adviser

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 11 2012

On August 2, 2012, the Quebec Court of Appeal, per the Honourable Marie-France Bich, J.A., handed down a unanimous decision in Alimentation Denis et Mario Guillemette inc. and upheld the judgment of the Honourable François Huot, J.S.C., ordering an insurer to pay $460,000 to investors who had lost their life savings as a result of negligent acts committed by their financial planner and the firms for which he worked

Quebec Court of Appeal limits the subrogation rights of insurers under a builders’ risk insurance policy

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 7 2009

Efficiency and success in completing a construction project will often depend on the cooperative attitude prevailing among all the various participants performing work on the job site

High Court reaffirms personal responsibility in intoxication cases

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 6 2010

The High Court has recently confirmed the Cole principle, that intoxicated people are legally responsible for their actions, applies equally to wrongful death claims arising from intoxication