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Motor insurance
Mr Evans’s long battle for additional compensation following injuries suffered by him at the hands of a hit-and-run driver now seems to be over, following a striking out by HHJ Mackie QC: Evans v Secretary of State for the Environment,..
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01 August 2006
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Exclusive jurisdiction clauses
The Court of Appeal has, in Konkola Copper Mines plc v Coromin
[2006] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 410, upheld the decision of Colman J. In outline, a mine in Zambia owned by KCM was insured under a local Zambian policy issued by Zambian insurers, and also..
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01 August 2006
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Conflict of laws
Prifti v Musini Soceidad Anoima de Seguros y Reaseguros (No 2)
[2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR 221, a decision of Christopher Clarke J, is a sequel to the earlier ruling of Andrew Smith J in Prifti v Musini Soceidad Anoima de Seguros y Reaseguros
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01 August 2006
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Good faith and fraud
Micro Design Group Ltd and another v Norwich Union Insurance Ltd
[2005] EWHC 3093 (TCC) turns primarily on its facts, but a number of points of law did arise. In March 2003 NU issued policies to Micro Design Group (Ince House Ltd) and Micro Design..
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01 August 2006
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The T&N litigation
The insolvency of T&N in the face of a mass of asbestos injury claims by employees and others has given rise to much insurance-related litigation in England and elsewhere. T&N went into administration in England, and into Chapter 11..
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01 August 2006
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Duties owed during the currency of the policy
It is settled law that the duties of a broker do not cease when the risk is placed, but continue throughout the currency of the policy up to and including the claims stage. In
HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v JLT Risk Solutions Ltd [2006]..
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01 August 2006
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