A new scope/purpose of duty test in professional negligence cases

A summary of the Supreme Court judgment in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP   On 18 June 2021, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment in
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Don’t count on cover if diamonds aren’t forever…

Remedies for misrepresentation – Jones v Zurich Insurance Plc The loss of a diamond, with a value of £15,000, from a ring is not the sort of thing that one
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For the Heart of Everything Football !!

Helen Tilley and Robert Harrison of our Exclusive Member in UK, CPB, discuss recent research on cardiac risks associated with playing football. Following a recent 10 year study of UK
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Does a broker owe a ‘duty to nanny’?

A summary of the case of ABN Amro Bank N.V. v Royal & Sun Alliance plc and 13 Underwriters and Edge Brokers (London) Limited. With the nature and extent of
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Insurtech in Claims: Faster, better, cheaper

Insuralex´s Exclusive member in UK (Carter, Perry Bailey) and Insuralex´s Sponsor (Lowers Forensics International) provide a summary of key developments related to Insurtech and Insurance Claims. THOUGH INSURERS, BROKERS, MANAGING
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R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire

Supreme Court confirms that Coroners’ Inquests shall apply the lower civil standard of proof to all forms of Inquest conclusions of suicide and unlawful killing In this long-running Judicial Review
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Does a failure to mediate inevitably lead to costs sanctions?

A summary of the case of Patel & Ors v Barlows & Ors [2020] EWHC 2795 (Ch) In our previous article, Mark Aizlewood and Dean De Cesare considered recent case
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FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case

FCA business interruption insurance test case – Supreme Court judgment A summary of the Supreme Court judgment in the FCA business interruption insurance test case On 15 January 2021, the Supreme
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FCA business interruption insurance test case – a recap as we await judgment

A summary of the background to the test case and the keys issues following the conclusion of the hearing On 30 July 2020, the High Court hearing of the FCA’s
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Covid-19: Furlough FAQs

ONE MILLION businesses are using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fund the wages of 7.5 million employees at a cost to the government of £12bn a month. The scheme,
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