‘The whiplash reforms could cost claimant lawyers £80m in lost fees a year, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said yesterday as it unveiled its final impact assessment (IA) of the changes contained in the Civil Liability Bill.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court’s ruling that an insurance policy holder cannot be forced to disclose documents covered by litigation privilege is open to appeal because of apparent inconsistencies in the ruling’s approach to privilege.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today (20 March 2018) unveiled the Civil Liability Bill, offering hope of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists.’
Ministry of Justice, 20th March 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Publication of the Civil Liability Bill yesterday met with a polarised response and a commitment from the chief executives of 26 leading insurance companies to pass on the savings to customers – dismissed as empty promises by claimant solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Car insurance premiums are to fall by £35 a year after the government announced measures to curb the high number of whiplash claims that currently cost UK drivers over £1bn a year. The justice secretary, David Gauke, unveiled plans to introduce the civil liability bill through the House of Lords, which will set out changes to the way that whiplash claims are calculated and paid.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Tonicstar v Allianz the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of Teare J at first instance and, in turn, the decision of Morison J in X Company v Y Company (17 July 2000) as to the meaning of a common form of insurance arbitration agreement.’
4 New Square, 14th March 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
‘In Spire Healthcare, the Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos and Simon LJ) heard an appeal to determine whether the policy of combined liability insurance aggregated the limits of cover. Graham Eklund QC of 4 New Square successfully represented Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc. The Court’s decision is considered by Ben Smiley of 4 New Square.’
4 New Square, 9th March 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today finally published the Civil Liability Bill, which the government said “offered hope” of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists by reducing the “unacceptably high number of whiplash claims”.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In the ‘MV Renos’ the Court of Appeal had to determine whether the Respondents (“Owners”) had lost the right to abandon the vessel and claim that it was a constructive total loss (“CTL”).’
4 New Square, 21st February 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
‘In Nesbit Law Group LLP the Court of Appeal had to determine the proper construction of an exclusion clause in a series of Fidelity Guarantee Indemnity policies and whether the insurer should be permitted to amend its defence (the application having been made weeks before the hearing of the appeal) to allege various breaches of a loan agreement by insured which breaches were necessary for the insured to be caught by the exclusion clause.’
4 New Square, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
‘A woman posing as a widow from Grenfell Tower pretended her “dead” husband had been miraculously found in a cave as part of a £19,000 fraud.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Organised criminals and fraudsters are stealing the identities of dead people in order to get cheaper car insurance, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government plans to introduce its whiplash reforms in April 2019, it emerged today [12 February].’
Legal Futures, 12th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A divorce battle between a couple who have spent almost £2m on lawyers’ fees while fighting over assets worth £6.6m at most, has been described as a “scandalous waste of court time” by a judge.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Society has been granted permission to intervene in the Supreme Court’s hearing of a case that made a major strike against the practice of third-party capture in personal injury.’
Litigation Futures, 29th January 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Plans to reduce regulatory reporting restrictions for UK insurers and mutuals under the Solvency II Directive have been published by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).’
OUT-LAW,.com, 15th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The recent judgment in the Morrisons case Various Claimants and WM Morrisons Supermarket PLC concerning the vicariously liability of employers for the actions of employees involved in breaches of data is potentially highly significant for the insurance industry – both for the insurer and the insured.’
Six Pump Court, 8th January 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘Peel Port Shareholder Finance Company Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2017] EWHC 876 (TCC) serves as a reminder of the court’s approach to the rules on pre-action disclosure and the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (the 2010 act).’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th January 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a Leeds law firm’s challenge to a ruling that it submitted a series of dishonest costs claims.’
Litigation Futures, 18th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A regional costs judge was “quite wrong” to assume that “his underwriting skill was better than that of the underwriter” and slashing an after-the-event insurance premium by 85%, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 18th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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