T&N wins employers’ liability case

Turner & Newall (T&N), the engineering group, has won its case against its employers’ liability insurer, Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) over asbestos liabilities involving former employees. The High Court ruled that RSA is liable for compensation claims in cases brought by former employees of T&N with asbestos-related diseases. The ruling was in favour of T&N’s administrators and T&N’s captive insurer Curzon. The High Court ruled that RSA could not interpret narrow exclusions in the policy to cover all asbestos-related disease. RSA is expected to appeal.