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                                                SUEZ FORTUNE INVESTMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER v TALBOT UNDERWRITING LTD AND OTHERS (THE “BRILLANTE VIRTUOSO”) (No 2)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 1
                                            
                                            Insurance (marine, war risks) – Wilful misconduct – Piracy – Malicious acts – Breach of warranty – Warranty of legality – Rights of bank as co-assured.
                                        
                                            
                                                CORBETT AND OTHERS v VERO INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 63
                                            
                                            Insurance (contract works) – Windows scratched by subcontractors – Policy excluding any part of the contract works “defective in material or workmanship” – Distinction between “damage” and “defect”.
                                        
                                            
                                                MANCHIKALAPATI AND OTHERS v ZURICH INSURANCE PLC AND ANOTHER
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 77
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Measure of indemnity – Calculation of cap on liability – Payment in advance of repairs being effected – Double insurance – Causation – Number of claims.
                                        
                                            
                                                MUNICH RE CAPITAL LTD v ASCOT CORPORATE NAME LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 115
                                            
                                            Reinsurance – Back-to-back cover – Duration of reinsurance – Period of cover for construction all risks policy extended – No extension of reinsurance – Whether reinsurance cover applied.
                                        
                                            
                                                DODDS AND OTHERS v SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 129
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Settlement contract – Misrepresentation by insurers as to sums payable – Continuing duty of utmost good faith – Whether settlement could be overturned.
                                        
                                            
                                                HISCOX DEDICATED CORPORATE MEMBER LTD AS REPRESENTATIVE OF SYNDICATE 33 AT LLOYD’S AND ANOTHER v WEYERHAEUSER CO
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 161
                                            
                                            Insurance (liability) – Arbitration – Excess policy incorporating terms of primary policy – Whether London arbitration clause in primary policy was incorporated into excess policy – Conflict with US Service of Suit clause – Anti-suit injunction.
                                        
                                            
                                                MOORE v IAG NEW ZEALAND LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 167
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Aggregation – Whether consecutive earthquakes were a series of events or losses – Whether earthquakes had a common cause.
                                        
                                            
                                                R (ON THE APPLICATION OF CRITCHLEY) v FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SERVICE LTD: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC (TRADING AS HALIFAX) (FIRST INTERESTED PARTY) THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY (SECOND INTERESTED PARTY)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 176
                                            
                                            Insurance (payment protection insurance) – Allegation of mis-selling – Complaint dismissed by Financial Ombudsman Service – Judicial review – Whether Ombudsman decision perverse or irrational – Utmost good faith – Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, section 228(2) – Financial Conduct Authority Handbook DISP.
                                        
                                            
                                                WATSON v HEMINGWAY DESIGN LTD AND OTHERS
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 194
                                            
                                            Insurance – Claims made in employment tribunal against insolvent employer – Whether tribunal having jurisdiction to determine the liability of the employer's insurers – Effect of arbitration clause – Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010, section 2.
                                        
                                            
                                                ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA INSURANCE LTD v CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S OF LONDON SUBSCRIBING TO POLICY NUMBER B105809GCOM0430
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 203
                                            
                                            Insurance – Double insurance and contribution – Effect of “other insurance” clauses – Whether exclusion clause took priority over excess clause.
                                        
                                            
                                                CARROLL v TAYLOR AND OTHERS
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 216
                                            
                                            Insurance (motor) – Whether injuries arising out of use of motor vehicle – Claimant robbed and abandoned by taxi driver – Injured 45 minutes later – Road Traffic Act 1988, section 145 – European Communities (Rights Against Insurers) Regulations 2002.
                                        
                                            
                                                DANBOL PTY LTD v SWISS RE INTERNATIONAL SE
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 229
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Held covered – Insurers offering temporary cover following termination of policy – Whether offer binding on insurers – Bilateral contract – Unilateral contract.
                                        
                                            
                                                PUTTA v ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 239
                                            
                                            Insurance (motor) – Hire of replacement vehicle – Entitlement of claimant to use credit hire – Whether claimant was impecunious – Basic hire rate.
                                        
                                            
                                                RUST-HACKNER AND OTHERS v NÜRNBERGER VERSICHERUNG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT ÖSTERREICH: KL v UNIQA ÖSTERREICH VERSICHERUNGEN AG: LK v DONAU VERSICHERUNG AG VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP: MJ v ALLIANZ ELEMENTAR LEBENSVERSICHERUNGSAKTIENGESELLSCHAFT: NI v ALLIANZ ELEMENTAR LEBENSVERSICHERUNGSAKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 248
                                            
                                            Insurance (life) – Cooling-off period – Running of time – Effect of insurers failing to provide accurate information as to right of cancellation in cooling off period – European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/138/EC (Solvency II).
                                        
                                            
                                                AB AND ANOTHER v TRANSFORM MEDICAL GROUP (CS) LTD AND ANOTHER
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 265
                                            
                                            Insurance – Third-party rights – Defendant and insurers entering into settlement agreement for claims under policy – Defendant going into administration – Whether settlement agreement void for prejudicing rights of third-party claimants – Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930.
                                        
                                            
                                                ASPEN UNDERWRITING LTD AND OTHERS v CREDIT EUROPE BANK NV
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 274
                                            
                                            Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction – Recovery of paid insurance proceeds – Settlement agreement – Exclusive jurisdiction clause in policy – Whether binding on mortgagee bank – “Matters relating to insurance” – Insurance – Hull and machinery policy – Brussels Regulation Recast.
                                        
                                            
                                                PC CASE GEAR PTY LTD v INSTRAT INSURANCE BROKERS PTY LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 288
                                            
                                            Insurance – Broker – Copyright infringement claim against client not covered by policy – Whether broker in breach of duty – Effect of settlement with third party – Measure of damages.
                                        
                                            
                                                SWASHPLATE PTY LTD v LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO (TRADING AS LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 322
                                            
                                            Insurance (marine) – Goods in transit – Commencement of risk – Effect of words “From: 19 May 2018 … To: Date of Arrival” – Cargo loaded in US but insured under policy issued in Australia, with 15 hours’ time difference – Institute Cargo Clauses 2009.
                                        
                                            
                                                HUTCHINSON v MAPFRE ESPANA COMPANIA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS SA AND ANOTHER
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 333
                                            
                                            Insurance (liability) – Jurisdiction – Direct claim against liability insurer – Consumer jurisdiction against defendant marketing in consumer's jurisdiction of domicile where the purchase had been made in the defendant's domicile – Insurance contract clause ostensibly defining the risk but operating with the effect of a jurisdiction clause – Brussels Regulation Recast, European Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, articles 13, 15, 17, 18, 29 and 30.
                                        
                                            
                                                MATHIESON AND ANOTHER v TOWER INSURANCE LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 350
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Measure of indemnity – Aggregation – Claimants’ property damaged in successive earthquakes – Whether claimants could recover for each earthquake.
                                        
                                            
                                                UK ACORN FINANCE LTD v MARKEL (UK) LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 356
                                            
                                            Insurance (professional indemnity) – Non-disclosure and misrepresentation – Breach of warranty – Waiver – Effect of unintentional non-disclosure clause – Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930.
                                        
                                            
                                                YOUNG v ROYAL AND SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 388
                                            
                                            Insurance – Duty of fair presentation – Waiver of disclosure – Insurance Act 2015, section 5(3)(e).
                                        
                                            
                                                ENDURANCE CORPORATE CAPITAL LTD v SARTEX QUILTS & TEXTILES LTD
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 397
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Measure of indemnity for damaged building – Time at which assessment of loss is to be made – Mitigation of loss – Betterment.
                                        
                                            
                                                THE LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD v THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN (THE “PRESTIGE”) (NO 3)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 413
                                            
                                            Arbitration – Third-party claims – Direct action against insurer – Binding effect of arbitration clause – Conditional benefit doctrine – State immunity – Application for appointment of arbitrator – Anti-suit injunctions and damages – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 18, 48 and 66 – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 3 and 9 – Senior Courts Act 1981, sections 37 and 50.
                                        
                                            
                                                AXA INSURANCE UK LTD v EUI LTD (T/A ELEPHANT INSURANCE)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 459
                                            
                                            Insurance (motor) – Contribution between insurers – Driver involved in accident returning from work – Meaning of “social, domestic and pleasure” purposes – Meaning of “private motor car”.
                                        
                                            
                                                GENERALI ITALIA SPA AND OTHERS v PELAGIC FISHERIES CORPORATION AND ANOTHER
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 466
                                            
                                            Insurance (marine) – Jurisdiction – Contracts providing for English law and exclusive jurisdiction – Reference in contracts to standard form wording including Italian law and jurisdiction clause – Proceedings commenced in Italy and stayed – Whether English court should determine validity of English exclusive jurisdiction clause – Whether clause binding – European Parliament and Council Regulation 1215/2012/EU, articles 25, 29, 30 and 31.
                                        
                                            
                                                GRIFFITHS v LIBERTY SYNDICATE 4472
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 485
                                            
                                            Insurance (property) – Limitation of action – Date of accrual of cause of action – Effect of policy terms – Limitation Act 1980, section 5.
                                        
                                            
                                                THE LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD v THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN THE LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD v THE FRENCH STATE (THE “PRESTIGE”) (NO 4)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 494
                                            
                                            Arbitration – Claims against France and Spain for failure to honour arbitration award and failure to honour enforcement judgment in respect of the award – Whether France and Spain entitled to sovereign immunity – Jurisdiction of the English courts – Whether good arguable case in respect of award claims – Whether judgment claims governed by insurance jurisdiction rules – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 2, 3, 9 and 12 – Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Direction 6B – Service Regulation, European Council Regulation 1393/2007/EC – Brussels Regulation Recast, Regulation 1215/2012/EU, articles 10 to 14.
                                        
                                            
                                                THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY v ARCH INSURANCE (UK) LTD AND OTHERS HOSPITALITY INSURANCE GROUP LTD AND ANOTHER (INTERVENING)
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 527
                                            
                                            Insurance (business interruption) – Covid-19 – Notifiable disease – National lockdown – Whether business interruption policy extensions responded to loss.
                                        
                                            
                                                TKC LONDON LTD v ALLIANZ INSURANCE PLC
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 631
                                            
                                            Insurance (business interruption) – Meaning of “loss” – Meaning of “accident” – Inherent vice – Causation – Striking out – CPR 24.2.
                                        
                                            
                                                FRUCOR BEVERAGES LTD AND OTHERS v BLUMBERG AND OTHERS
                                                
                                            
                                            
                                    
                                                [2020] Lloyd's Rep IR 656
                                            
                                            Insurance (motor) – Hire of replacement vehicle – Champerty – Whether hiring charges could be recovered from the defendant – Reasonableness of the charges – Effect of delay to repairs.