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Article 2021-10-22
On 8 October 2021, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its first instance decision in the second Australian business interruption insurance test case, in which insurers were largely successful. While the decision is a favourable outcome for insurers, an expedited appeal has already been listed before the Full Court of the Federal Court. It is therefore possible that the findings of the court could be overturned before the end of the year.
Case review 2021-10-20
The Supreme Court has handed down its judgment on this tragic and long standing case - FS Cairo v Brownlie.
Case review 2021-10-18
This High Court decision provides guidance to parties wishing to make an application for pre-action disclosure. Deputy Master Brightwell was clear that a request for documentation needs to be clear and focused.
Case review 2021-10-14
In a judgment handed down on 9 August 2021, the Privy Council further refined the principle of “reflective loss” following the landmark Supreme Court decision in Sevilleja v Marex Finance [2020].
Case review 2021-10-13
This claim arose from a tragic fatal accident at a station owned and operated by London Underground Limited on 22 January 2017. In this matter, Kennedys acted on behalf of London Underground Limited.
Blog 2021-10-12
In UK RTA claims, claimants traditionally had little trouble proving their injuries. However, developments in the law over recent years have been a game-changer.
Case review 2021-10-07
Today, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment addressing a fundamental question: what is the proper approach of the court towards ‘uncontroverted’ expert evidence?
Case review 2021-10-07
Judgment was handed down on Friday in the long running matter of Stansfield v BBC. The former BBC TV presenter was awarded £2.42 million (reduced by 33% to £1.6 million for contributory negligence) in respect of his mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) workplace injury claim.
Case review 2021-10-06
Today, the Supreme Court determined that defendants, in cases to which qualified one-way costs shifting apply, are not entitled to seek set-off of their own entitlement to costs against claimant’s costs entitlement (a “costs against costs set off”) where the defendant’s costs exceed the level of damages recovered by the claimant.
Case review 2021-09-27
In CLMS Management v Amwins Brokerage of Georgia, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a decision of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington to enforce a pre-dispute arbitration agreement in an insurance contract pursuant to the New York Convention, finding that the Convention overrides contradictory state law.
