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Article 30/03/2021
Lacrosse appeal: widely accepted professional practice can be negligent
On 26 March 2021, the Victorian Court of Appeal handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the construction consultants’ appeal of the 2019 Lacrosse decision.
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Article 30/03/2021
Lacrosse appeal: Who is responsible?
The facts of the Lacrosse case are well known. In November 2014, a late night cigarette discarded on a balcony of the 21-storey Lacrosse building in Docklands, Victoria, ignited a fire that spread to the external cladding, resulting in excess of A$12 million in damage.
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Article 10/02/2021
COVID-19 commercial property litigation trends in the United States
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Report 29/01/2021
London Market forecast 2021
On the surface, the London Market enters 2021 looking very different to its 2020 version. Underwriting rooms lay empty, offices unoccupied, pubs eerily quiet. But beyond the physical stillness, this world leading hub has not paused for breath. Digital systems and solutions have taken centre stage as the London Market has responded to a seismic shift in working patterns and insurance risks.
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News 27/11/2020
Kennedys celebrates 20 years in Hong Kong with office move
Kennedys is celebrating 20 years in Hong Kong, and is also moving to new offices.
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News 02/11/2020
Kennedys duo set to strengthen Middle East capabilities
Kennedys has announced that partners Victoria Clucas and Bill Evans have moved from London to Dubai as part of the firm’s plans to strengthen its capabilities across the Gulf and Middle East region.
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Article 29/10/2020
Top tips on housing disrepair and claims during COVID-19
Landlords have a duty to repair the structure and exterior of premises, which includes the supply of water, gas, electricity and sanitation where the landlord knows or ought to have known about the defect. Repairing obligations continued unchanged throughout lockdown and remain. Tenants should report repairs as early as possible so landlords can take appropriate action.
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News 09/10/2020
Kennedys again achieves multiple ‘top tier’ rankings in The Legal 500 2021 rankings
We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 UK has seen us ranked as a ‘top-tier firm’ in nine practice areas.
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Article 07/10/2020
Impact of climate change on insurance claims – views from Canada and the UK
It is estimated that extreme weather events cost the world US$150 billion in 2019. In Canada, insurers are facing mounting pressure to re-evaluate traditional products which often insufficiently respond to the property losses experienced by their insureds as a result of natural disasters such as the recent hail storm in Calgary which led to estimated losses of $1.2bn.
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Case review 22/05/2020
Insurer’s coverage: how to effectively ‘extinguish’ a claim
This recent Scottish decision confirms that insureds must provide fair presentation of all material risks prior to the commencement of a policy of insurance to ensure that coverage will be provided and any failure to this will enable an insurer to void the policy.