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Liability insurance: notification of circumstances

Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd v McCullough [2021] EWHC 2798 (Comm), a short judgment of Cockerill J, demonstrates that failure by the assured to comply with a condition precedent for notification of circumstances that may give rise to a claim against the assured is fatal to any claim against the insurers.

McCullough : the facts

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