Liability insurance: claims made policies

The first instance decision of Ms Vivien Rose QC in McManus v European Risk Insurance Co [2013] EWHC 18 (Ch) raised an important point for the professional indemnity market: what is a valid notification of circumstances. The judge’s controversial ruling (in the sense that any ruling would have been controversial) was subject to an appeal, [2013] EWCA Civ 1545, but there was no challenge to the fundamental issue at stake in this case.

McManus : the facts