Archives for 2006

Home Thoughts From Abroad - Issue 1 (11 December 2006)

Welcome to the first issue of our new newsletter Home Thoughts from Abroad.  This series of publications will chart the progress of the reform of English insurance contract law in a series of brief notes over the next year or so Edward Coulson

Slap it on the Plastic and Worry About it Later (18 June 2006)

The interaction of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and ordinary Merchant Credit Agreements can give rise to a surprising source of liability for brokers.  In this edition Joanne Staphnill provides an overview of financial and professional indemnity problems, some of which have only recently come to light, for brokers who accept credit card payments, and for their Insurers.  

Inversions May 2006 (18 May 2006)

Welcome to the 4th Edition of Inversions.  This issue contains articles written by our Insurance Lawyers on topical subjects, including:

• The Spectre Approaches: Class Actions in the UK? by Misha Nateghi
• Negligent Underwriting - Are reinsurers owed a duty of care? by Michael Robin and Sherry Goodman
• Ideal Governance in an Ideal World? by Misha Nateghi and Lara Phillips
• Dishonesty - Clarification by Edward Coulson
• My Offer Has Lapsed...But It May Still Be Effective by Jason Ford and Joanne Staphnill
• Shock Decision: Landowners Have Human Rights - Pye -v- Graham - the ECHR's decision by Edward Coulson
• Residences, Retirement and Rattling Reversals - the last minute switch that startled the Pensions Industry by Amanda Peel
• Further Tribulations at the Court Door...Moy -v- Pettman Smith Revisited by Edward Coulson
• HIPs and their Pitfalls by Sarah Richards
• Claiming an Indemnity: Lumbermans Doubted by Paul Chaplin
• Stop Press - A surprise to solicitors?...duty to disclose by Sarah Richards