Insurance Legislation By Helen Faulkner Legislative changes are bringing major changes to the Insurance landscape. This collection houses DAC Beachcroft's alerts on the pertinent issues.
The Insurance Act 2015 By Nick Young The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force in August 2016 and will represent a significant change to insurance contract law in this country. This collection provides practical advice and looks at various topics relating to the Act. You can save…
Grounded aircraft – fewer risks for insurers and operators? By Alex Stovold For aviation insurers, the impact of Covid-19 is stark. Whilst recovery in the Asia-Pacific region is ahead of the rest of the world, the prospect of repeat multiple waves of the infection globally, a cautious public and multiple quarantine systems…
Thoughts on the first rulings of the labour jurisdiction in Spain concerning force majeure By José María Pimentel On 3 rd June 2020, the judge of the Labour Court of Teruel handed down the first ruling in Spain that dispelled all doubts as to whether or not Covid19 would be considered a case of force majeure and, if it were to be assessed, if it would render…
Judgment on FCA business interruption litigation The Court has this morning delivered the keenly awaited Judgment in the FCA Test Case litigation concerning COVID-19 Business Interruption claims. The Judgment provides guidance on disease clauses, hybrid clauses, prevention of access clauses and…
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) in Litigation By Anthony Carrington Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) has been available in policing for a number of years and has become increasingly used by private companies to manage spaces such as car parks. In the last few years we have seen private ANPR data become…
Catastrophic loss and fundamental dishonesty: Where better to hide a tree than a forest? By Laura Wiseman It is a commonly held misconception that fraudulent claims and fundamental dishonesty are problems found only in the world of low value and high volume claims: the false whiplash injury in the low impact rear-end shunt, the staged accident and the…
Restoring companies to the register: A new role for insurers? The recently decided case of Holmes v S & B Concrete Limited [2020] EWHC 2277 (QB) has thrown into the spotlight the issue of restoring dissolved companies to the Register for the purposes of bringing a personal injury claim.
Actions Have Consequences… and Sanctions By Stephanie Welsher At least, that was the decision of HHJ Gosnall following the Claimant’s appeal against the decision of DDJ Ellington in the case of Mason v Laing where the claimant, in a claim for soft tissue injury, had failed to disclose the first fixed fee…
Fundamental Dishonesty: Appeal Decision Pays Off By Catherine Burt For insurers the decision of Mr Justice Spencer on appeal in the case of Pegg v Webb & Anor [2020] EWHC 2095 (QB) can be taken as a welcome vote of confidence in the process of pursuing dishonesty and supportive of a robust approach being taken…
COVID-19: Litigation in the Time of a Pandemic LATEST UPDATES By David Williams The procedures of the Courts across the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom are changing from day to day. We have updated our alert to reflect further changes, and will continue to update this alert, which is published on our website,…
Independence Day for the hospitality industry The world around us slowly relaxes as we creep towards the lifting of restrictions that have affected our daily lives for the last few months. On 4 th July cafes, restaurants and pubs that play such an important role in our collective social life,…
