Questionable financial standing and the rules of disclosure

In Harcourt v FEF Griffin , a claimant sought an order from the UK High Court to compel the defendant to disclose the nature and extent of its insurance cover. In his decision, the judge ruled that the claimant was entitled to have access to details of the defendants’ insurance cover. Maxine Cupitt , partner, and Daniel Spendlove , associate, in the insurance and reinsurance group of law firm CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, consider the implications of the judgement as well as the extent to which the outcome of this case was influenced by its particular facts

In a decision in June of this year the High Court ruled that a claimant was entitled to have access to details of the defendants’ insurance cover.