‘On 17 January 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Herculito Maritime Ltd & Ors v Gunvor International BV & Ors unanimously dismissing the appeal. In this post David McKie, Partner at CMS, comments on that judgment.’
UKSC Blog, 27th February 2024
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The fixed tariff for whiplash claims should be extended to other injuries to help reduce motor insurance premiums, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) argued yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 28th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Whiplash claimants, insurers and their lawyers will be watching the Supreme Court closely tomorrow when it hears the appeal on how to value so-called mixed injury claims.’
Legal Futures, 19th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An at-fault driver is liable for losses agreed in advance between a claimant and her hire car company, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th February 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘First introduced for banks and insurers in March 2017, regulatory references are now a requirement for all firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, under the senior manager and certification regime.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 12th February 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Consumer claims firm SSB Law, which went into administration earlier this month owing six litigation funders £200m, faces up to 1,400 professional negligence claims, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 31st January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for leading police on a dangerous 141-mile car chase through half a dozen police force areas because his partner was in labour and he wanted to get to her in time.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An insurer was not entitled to hold back evidence that a claimant was a friend of the owner of the vehicle he collided with, hoping the claimant would lie about it in his witness statement, the High Court has held.’
Legal Futures, 8th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge was correct to find that damage caused by the detonation of a 79-year-old German bomb was the fault of the Luftwaffe and not a 2021 bomb disposal squad, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In University of Exeter v Allianz Insurance plc, three judges led by Lord Justice Coulson dismissed an appeal by the University of Exeter against a High Court ruling earlier this year over a denied insurance claim for damage caused.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th December 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The period between a liability decision and the insurer making a first offer is where the ever-lengthening delays in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal are occurring, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has ruled that a claim over the misselling of a payment protection insurance policy was not time-barred as the commercial lender failed to disclose that it was charging a “substantial commission” on the policy.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In this case note Simon Howarth KC discusses the CoA’s review of R (Assurant) V FOS [2023] EWCA Civ 1049 and the jurisdiction issues that arose as a result.’
Hailsham Chambers, 5th October 2023
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘The Supreme Court has given judgment in Smith and Burrell v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2023] UKSC 34, overturning the Court of Appeal and disagreeing with the bank’s limitation argument.’
Henderson Chambers, 5th October 2023
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘This was the broad question which confronted the Court of Appeal in RSA v. Tughans [2023] EWCA Civ 999, and the unanimous answer was Yes. The case is of interest both because of the result and because of the importance accorded by the Court to the policy underlying compulsion on professionals to have at least a specified minimum level of professional indemnity insurance.’
Hailsham Chambers, 4th September 2023
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘4 New Square Chambers’ Carola Binney explores the developing use of estoppel in the successful pursuit of claims against insurers.’
4 New Square, 28th September 2023
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘Insurer assertions that the number of mixed injury cases has risen dramatically since the launch of the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal are not borne out by the evidence, it was argued last week.’
Legal Futures, 25th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Five companies have been fined a total of £590,000 for collectively making 1.9 million unwanted marketing calls to elderly and vulnerable people.’
The Independent, 21st September 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) does not have to compensate policyholders for the legal costs they were awarded after taking legal action against an insurer that became insolvent before paying them, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced district judge has ruled it is “irrelevant” how medical reporting costs are broken down, as the debate over non-party disclosure takes another turn.
Law Society's Gazette, 12th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Multiple-injury motor claims with a bearing on thousands of other cases will be tested in the Supreme Court, it was confirmed today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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