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Coverage for deliberate acts II

The Court of Appeal has in Patrick v Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 421 upheld the first instance decision [2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR 194, and has confirmed that what matters is not the deliberate nature of an act but rather the intention to produce harm or at least reckless disregard for the possibility of harm.

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