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Riot compensation does not cover consequential loss
The Supreme Court has allowed the MOPC’s appeal and confirmed that the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 created a self-contained statutory riot compensation scheme which did not extend to cover consequential…
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Bisphenol A and Endocrine Disruptors – A Global Threat?
How much do we really know about the chemicals we are exposed to in food packaging, and might there be an association with hormone disruption, fertility issues and cancer?
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High Risk Foods in Criminal and Civil Cases
Recent draft guidance from the FSA on undercooked burgers requires food businesses to validate their procedures and issue consumer advisory statements. Will those steps assist food businesses in…
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Vicarious liability is on the move…
As the opening sentence of Lord Reed’s judgment in Cox says, “vicarious liability is on the move” and the conjoined appeals of Cox v Ministry of Justice and Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc…
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Part 36 offer for defendant to accept 95%: was this a genuine attempt to settle?
The issue of whether a Part 36 offer is a “genuine attempt to settle the claim” is not new. The Civil Procedure Rules Committee recognised its importance by including it in the 2015 amendments to Part…
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Insurance Fraud Taskforce have their say
The Insurance Fraud Taskforce have now delivered their final report. Their findings will not come as a surprise, as the Taskforce released their initial recommendations in two tranches over September…
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Late payment of insurance claims - Third Reading of the Enterprise Bill
In our two previous Briefing Notes we have discussed the detailed provisions of the Enterprise Bill 2015 that relate to the late payment of insurance claims. If it is enacted the Enterprise Bill will…
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Avoidance Upheld
The Commercial Court in London has recently upheld an underwriter’s avoidance of an insurance policy covering a multi-million Euro Super Yacht M/Y GALATEA (“the Yacht”). The Court found that, before…
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Part 36 offers: whether genuine attempt to settle
When Part 36 was reformed in April, one of the amendments was aimed at addressing “cynical Part 36 offers”. The court always had to consider a number of factors when deciding whether it is unjust to…
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What are the initial recommendations from the Insurance Fraud Taskforce?
The Insurance Fraud Taskforce, under the chairmanship of David Hertzell have been very busy since they released their interim report back in March of this year, but they have now released the first…
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