Fenchurch Law, the leading UK firm working exclusively for policyholders and brokers on complex insurance disputes, has further expanded its team of specialist claims dispute lawyers with the appointment of Tom Hunter as an associate. Tom joins the Fenchurch Law team with experience in financial lines claims defence work and coverage issues including advising on […]

We’re delighted to announce that Fenchurch Law has received Investor in Customers’ Gold assessment award, recognising our commitment to client service. Investor In Customers is an independent client experience agency which conducts client experience assessments, helps develop insights into client satisfaction, and awards annual accreditations.  This was our first assessment with them. By measuring how […]

Dalecroft Properties Limited – v – Underwriters subscribing to Certificate Number 755/BA004/2008/OIS/00000282/2008/005 [2017] EWHC 1263 (Comm) This recent decision by the Commercial Court provides a neat recap of the applicable law pre the Insurance Act 2015, which still applies to many claims brought by policyholders today. The Claimant, Dalecroft Properties Limited (‘Dalecroft’), owned a property […]

Can a Claimant obtain an order for pre-action disclosure against a solvent insured? The Claimant, Peel Port Shareholder Finance Company Ltd (‘Peel Port’), suffered a fire at its premises at Sheerness Docks, Kent, on 14 January 2013. Its case was that the damage was caused by the activities of ‘European Active Projects Ltd’ (‘EAPL’). Peel […]

The law distinguishes between businesses and consumers in many areas, with the consumer benefiting from a more favourable regime as a result of their need for greater protection in the commercial market place. In the insurance arena, consumers can look to a number of statutory and regulatory provisions designed to protect their rights, including those […]

A recent decision by the Technology and Construction Court has considered causation issues in the context of a property insurance claim. Was the damage accidental or inevitable? The insured, Leeds Beckett University (‘the University’), acquired the site of a former brewery on which to build a number of accommodation blocks in 1993. The blocks were […]

Fenchurch Law, the UK’s leading firm working exclusively for policyholders and brokers on complex insurance disputes, has announced the appointment of Alex Rosenfield as an associate. Alex joins Fenchurch Law’s profession team utilising his experience of property damage, business interruption and professional indemnity claims to represent a broad range of professionals including accountants, insolvency practitioners, […]

Following our success at last year’s Post Magazine Claims Awards, we are proud to have been nominated again in 2017 for the Insurance Law Firm of the Year Award. In 2016, we were honoured to have received the award that recognises, that specifically recognises a firm that demonstrates technical ability and the application of innovative […]

When the Insurance Act 2015 came into force in August 2016, it was hailed as the biggest reform of this area of law in over a century. The old law had been criticised by the Law Commission as “out of date” and “no longer reflecting the realities of today’s commercial practices”. The Act addressed those […]