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Covid-19 business interruption claims: Court of Appeal clarifies composite policies and furlough payments
Posted: 17/03/2025
On 21 February 2025, the Court of Appeal judgment in Bath Racecourse & Others v (1) Liberty Mutual, (2) Allianz Insurance PLC and (3) Aviva Insurance Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 153 concluded the latest skirmish in the long-running battle between insurers and policyholders over unpaid Covid-19 business interruption claims. Nearly five years......>>
Riedweg v HCC International Insurance PLC – Contribution Act claims by liability insurers
Posted: 20/02/2025
With construction industry insolvencies remaining at a stubbornly high level, the judgment in Riedweg v HCC International Insurance PLC [2024] EWHC 2805 (Ch) is an important one for liability insurers facing direct claims against them under The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (‘TPRAIA’) following their insured contractor......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper appoints leading aviation specialist
Posted: 01/10/2024
Top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has hired Patrick Slomski to strengthen its capabilities in the aviation and aerospace sector. Patrick, who joins as a partner from Clyde & Co, has developed a highly successful practice covering both contentious and non-contentious civil and defence industry aerospace matters. His contentious work......>>
Fraud data in the travel insurance industry – key takeaways from Innovate This 2024
Posted: 13/09/2024
Partners Mark Lee and Joanne Vengadesan attended the Innovate This 2024 conference on 11 September 2024, an in-person event for insurers, insurance distributors and insurtechs working in the travel and health industries. The overarching theme of the conference was ‘Exploring innovation in travel and health insurance’, and Mark......>>
The F1 – inevitable characteristics of cargo formed by blending are not an insured fortuity
Posted: 15/08/2024
In its recent decision in MOK Petro Energy FZC v Argo (No.604) Limited, The F1 [2024] EWHC 1935 (Comm), the High Court examined whether an inherent feature of a blended gasoline cargo could constitute physical damage for the purposes of a particular average insurance claim under the ICC (‘Institute Cargo Clauses’) (A). The claimant, MOK......>>
US$9.7 billion Russian aviation claims ‘very unlikely’ to receive a fair trial in Russia
Posted: 01/05/2024
Over 70 Russian operator claims will continue to be heard by the English courts following a recent decision of the Commercial Court, in which Mr Justice Henshaw found that the claimants were ‘very unlikely’ to receive a fair trial in Russia. The judge rejected the jurisdictional challenges brought by the defendants who had sought to rely on......>>
‘Big Kahuna’ - the proper forum for a limitation claim does not default to the jurisdiction of the tort
Posted: 25/04/2024
In Zurich Insurance Company Limited & Ors and Halcyon Yacht Charter LLP & Ors [2024] EWHC 937 (Admlty) (BIG KAHUNA), the English Admiralty Court confirmed the well-established principle that a shipowner is afforded the right to limit their liability in a separate jurisdiction to where an underlying substantive claim is tried (or arbitrated).
How the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash case has affected the world of winter sports cover
Posted: 08/02/2024
In March 2023, a trial involving American actress Gwyneth Paltrow caught the attention of both the general public and the media. Concerning a skiing collision in Utah in 2016, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson had alleged that Paltrow was skiing ‘out of control’, knocked him down, and then departed without offering any help. The dramatic......>>
The Polar – pay the premium and still be liable
Posted: 29/01/2024
The Red Sea is currently the subject of seemingly indiscriminate missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels while the war in Ukraine is nearing the end of its second year. Amid multiple global crises, maritime parties must increasingly apply their minds to war risks considerations, and charter party clauses stipulating that charterers must meet......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s aviation insurance team named in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024
Posted: 22/01/2024
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s aviation insurance team has been listed by The Lawyer in its preview of the top 20 cases for 2024. The Russian aviation claims case, on which the team is advising, relates to multiple billion-dollar claims for the alleged loss of aircraft and engines following the invasion of Ukraine. The subsequent implementation......>>

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