The long-awaited judgment in the “At the Premises” (“ATP”) judgment has now been handed down, and the expected policyholder-friendly outcome marks another welcome milestone in the journey towards bringing these cases to a conclusion, even if the route by which the Court of Appeal got there took some less expected twists and turns. While there […]

Last week saw the publication of the second and final Grenfell Tower Inquiry report (“Report”) examining the circumstances that led to the tragedy which claimed 72 lives more than seven years ago. The damning Report concluded that the “culmination of decades of failure by central government” and the “systematic dishonesty” of product manufacturers contributed to […]

MS Amlin v King Trader & Ors: “Fox in the henhouse?” – a cautionary tale MS Amlin Marine NV on behalf of MS Amlin Syndicate AML/2001 -v- King Trader Ltd & others (Solomon Trader) [2024] EWHC 1813 (Comm) is the latest in a string of recent cases that confirm the court’s reluctance to interfere with […]

Insurance If your property has been damaged due to the recent nationwide spate of riots, your first port of call for remedy should be your insurers. Affected individuals should notify their insurers of any damage as a result of the riots, as soon as possible. Most property policies will include standard cover for physical damage […]

Ever since the introduction of the Insurance Act 2015, there has been debate about how causation works in the context of section 11 and in particular the provision in sub-section 11(3) whereby the policyholder is excused from the usual consequences of a breach of warranty if it can show that its “non-compliance with the [warranty] […]