The UK’s data protection authority, the ICO, has announced twice in two days this week that it proposes to levy significant fines on organisations for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect in May 2018. First it announced that it intends to fine British Airways some £183 million for a data … Read more
In Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate Capital Limited [2019] EWHC 1103 (Comm), David Railton QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Commercial Court decided that the reinstatement basis was the appropriate measure of indemnity for a property severely damaged by fire which had not been reinstated. The Judge found … Read more
Young v Royal and Sun Alliance plc [2019] CSOH 32 is the first case to be decided under the Insurance Act 2015. It was alleged that the insured had breached its duty of fair presentation and the issue for the Scottish Court was whether the insurer had waived its right to disclosure of particular information … Read more
The Court of Appeal recently allowed RSA’s appeal in Euro Pools Plc (in administration) v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 808 (click here for the full judgment). Overturning the first instance decision, the Court of Appeal’s decision provides further valuable guidance on the key principles relevant to the question of whether … Read more
We are pleased to share with you our Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review of 2018, published today, which provides an overview and analysis of the key cases and developments affecting those engaged in or with contentious matters in the insurance and reinsurance market. Please click here or on the picture below to access the 2018 … Read more
Cyber insurance is still (just about) the new kid on the block. It is commonly thought of as a tool to mitigate exposure to ever-evolving cyber risks. That is right up to a point; but the increasing exposure of business to losses potentially covered by cyber insurance is, in our view, in material part driven … Read more
In the recent judgment in Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2018] EWCA Civ 233 the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the High Court’s decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for its employee’s misuse of data, despite: (i) Morrisons having done as much as it reasonably could to prevent the misuse; and … Read more
In Mamancochet Mining Limited v Aegis Managing Agency Limited and Others [2018] EWHC 2643, the High Court held that, in order to avoid payment of a claim, insurers were required to show that payment would expose them to sanctions under US or EU law. A mere exposure to the risk of a sanction was not … Read more
