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: ADVANTAGE INSURANCE CO LTD v STOODLEY AND ANOTHER; Insurance (motor) - Liability of insurer to indemnify policyholder driving another vehicle - Notice of discontinuance - Road Traffic Act 1988, sections 145 and 148 - Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/103/EC - CPR Parts 8 and 38.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 1

: WHEELDON BROTHERS WASTE LTD v MILLENNIUM INSURANCE CO LTD; Insurance – Permission to appeal from decision of Technology and Construction Court – Whether findings of fact open to challenge.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 2

: AVONDALE EXHIBITIONS LTD v ARTHUR J GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LTD; Insurance (broker) - Assured in breach of duty of disclosure of convictions - Whether assured told broker of convictions - Whether broker failing to warn assured of duty of disclosure.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 3

: MOBIS PARTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v XL INSURANCE CO SE; Insurance (property and business interruption) - Warehouse collapse in storm - Stock later lost by fire - Whether policy should be rectified to include financial limit for storm or hail damage - Whether loss of contents proximately caused by storm - Whether stock lost in storm had to be replaced before indemnity payable - Business interruption - Whether depreciation should be deducted from indemnity for loss of gross profit.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 4

: MANITOWOQ PLATINUM PTY LTD AND ANOTHER v WFI INSURANCE LTD; Insurance (liability) - Construction of policy - General condition requiring compliance with Australian standards - Whether requirement absolute or dependent on lack of reasonable care - Effect of breach.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 5

: PREZZO LTD v HIGH POINT ESTATES LTD; Insurance (property) - Subrogation - Landlord and tenant - Whether landlord covenanted to insure building for tenant - Whether landlord's insurers had subrogation rights against tenant.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 6

: HAVEN INSURANCE CO LTD v EUI LTD (T/A ELEPHANT INSURANCE); Motor insurance - Arbitration - Jurisdiction of arbitrator - Extension of time for commencement of proceedings - Arbitration Act 1996, sections 12 and 67.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 7

: ASPEN UNDERWRITING LTD v CREDIT EUROPE BANK NV; Conflict of laws - Jurisdiction - Hull and machinery policy - Recovery of paid insurance proceeds - Settlement agreement - Exclusive jurisdiction clauses in settlement agreement and policy - Whether binding on mortgagee bank - Tort, delict or quasi-delict - Undisclosed principal - "Matters relating to insurance" - Place where harmful event occurred - Insurance - Brussels Regulation Recast, Regulation 1215/2012/EU, articles 7, 10 and 14.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 8

: BANK OF QUEENSLAND LTD v AIG AUSTRALIA LTD AND OTHERS; Insurance (liability) - Aggregation - Deductible to be borne for each claim - Whether claims were to be aggregated into a single claim.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 9

: BTA BALTIC INSURANCE CO AS v BALTIJAS APDROŠINAŠANAS NAMS AS; Insurance (motor) - Meaning of "use" of vehicle - Passenger causing damage to another vehicle by opening door - Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, 2009/103/EC.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 10

: RSA INSURANCE PLC v ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI; Insurance (liability) - Limitation of actions - Contribution claim - Running of time for contribution - Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 - Limitation Act 1980.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 11

: FUNDO DE GARANTIA AUTOMÓVEL v ALINA ANTÓNIA DESTAPADO PÃO MOLE JULIANA AND ANOTHER; Insurance (motor) - Vehicle unused and uninsured - Vehicle borrowed without consent and involved in accident - Compensation paid by Compensation Body - Whether Compensation Body had subrogation action against registered owner - Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/14/EC.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 12

: WALLETT v VICKERS; Insurance (motor vehicle) - Fatal accident while two cars were racing on a dual carriageway - Joint enterprise - Ex turpi causa - Apportionment of liability.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 13

: ASPEN INSURANCE AND ANOTHER v SANGSTER & ANNAND LTD; Insurance (public liability) - Effect of exclusion clause - Whether reasonable care test to be implied - Whether causal link between breach and loss required - Whether public liability policy applied to contract claims.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 14

: CAMERON v LIVERPOOL VICTORIA INSURANCE CO LTD; MOTOR INSURERS' BUREAU (INTERVENING); Insurance (motor) - Action against unidentified driver - Service of claim form - Road Traffic Act 1988, section 151 - Civil Procedure Rules, Parts 6 and 7.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 15

: DALAMD LTD v BUTTERWORTH SPENGLER COMMERCIAL LTD; Insurance (property damage and business interruption) – Brokers – Duties on placement of risk – Duties to advise on coverage – Claim against brokers where insurers deny liability –Causation – Whether insurers had defences independent of brokers’ breaches of duty.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 16

: LEWIS v TINDALE AND OTHERS; Insurance (motor) – Compulsory insurance – Whether insurance required for use of vehicle on private land – Whether policy to be construed as covering such liability – Whether Motor Insurers’ Bureau liable to satisfy judgment – Whether EU law directly effective – Whether MIB was an emanation of the state – Road Traffic Act 1988, section 145 – Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/103/EC.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 17

: QBE INSURANCE (INTERNATIONAL) LTD v ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA INSURANCE LTD; Insurance (property) – Double insurance – Contribution – Date on which policy incepted – Implied term – Rectification.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 18

: PALLISER LTD v FATE LTD AND OTHERS; Insurance (liability) – Landlord and tenant – Whether landlord’s policy covered liability for negligent damage to demised premises caused by landlord – Whether landlord immune from suit – Measure of damages – Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 19

: AUSTRALASIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PTY LTD v AIG AUSTRALIA LTD; Insurance (liability) – Defence costs – Whether defence costs apportionable between insured and uninsured claims – Whether deductible extended to first-party costs.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 20

: R&S PILLING (T/A PHOENIX ENGINEERING) v UK INSURANCE LTD; Insurance (motor) – Assured setting fire to buildings while carrying out repairs on car – Whether policy covered liability – Whether liability caused by or arising out of use of vehicle on road or public place – Road Traffic Act 1988, section 145(3).; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 21

: R & B DIRECTIONAL DRILLING PTY LTD AND ANOTHER v CGU INSURANCE LTD (NO 2); Insurance (liability) – Defective installation of metal sleeve allowed concrete to penetrate conduits for cables – Whether physical damage to metal sleeve – Exclusion for property under assured’s control – Exclusion for faulty workmanship – Exclusion for assumed liability.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 22

: CATLIN SYNDICATE LTD v WEYERHAEUSER CO; Insurance (liability) – Incorporation – Jurisdiction – Arbitration – Anti-suit injunctions.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 23

: EQUITAS INSURANCE LTD v MUNICIPAL MUTUAL INSURANCE LTD; Reinsurance – Excess of loss – Mesothelioma – Insurers liable for full amount of claims in each year of coverage – Whether insurers could “spike” outward claims into any year of reinsurance – Implied terms – Utmost good faith – Exercise of discretion.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 24

: MOTOR INSURERS’ BUREAU v LEWIS; Insurance (motor) – Compulsory insurance – Whether insurance required for use of vehicle on private land – Whether policy to be construed as covering such liability – Whether Motor Insurers’ Bureau liable to satisfy judgment – Whether EU law directly effective – Whether MIB was an emanation of the state – Road Traffic Act 1988, section 145 – Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/103/EC.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 25

: SVERIGES ANGFARTYGS ASSURANS FORENING (THE SWEDISH CLUB) AND OTHERS v CONNECT SHIPPING INC AND ANOTHER (THE “RENOS”); Insurance (marine) – Vessel damaged by fire – Measure of indemnity – Constructive total loss – What costs counting towards calculation of measure of indemnity – Meaning of “cost of repairing the damage” – Hold harmless doctrine – Effect of notice of abandonment – Whether salvage costs incurred prior to notice of abandonment could be included – Whether costs incurred under SCOPIC clause counting towards constructive total loss – Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 60 and 62.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 26

: LÍNEA DIRECTA ASEGURADORA SA v SEGURCAIXA, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS; Insurance (motor) – Vehicle parked on private land – Buildings damaged by fire – Whether insurers liable for claim by building owner – European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/103/EC.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 27

: YOUNG v ROYAL AND SUN ALLIANCE PLC; Insurance – Duty of fair presentation – Waiver of disclosure – Insurance Act 2015, section 3(5)(e).; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 28

: KABOKO MINING LTD v VAN HEERDEN (NO 3); Insurance (Directors’ and Officers’ liability) – Exclusion for any claim related to company’s insolvency – Causation – Scope of exclusion.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 29

: RANDGOLD RESOURCES LTD AND ANOTHER v SANTAM LTD AND ANOTHER; Reinsurance – Cut-through clause – Claims control clause – Dispute between assured and insurers – Whether assured entitled to seek a declaration of the liability of the reinsurers to the insurers – Conditions for declaratory relief – Effect of Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 30

: COLLEY v SHUKER AND OTHERS; Insurance (motor) – Avoidance of policy for breach of duty of fair presentation – Compatibility with EU law – Extension of time for service of claim form – Road Traffic Act 1988, section 151(2) – Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 – Consolidated Motor Insurance Directive, European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/103/EC – Civil Procedure Rules, Part 7.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 31

: XU AND ANOTHER v IAG NEW ZEALAND LTD; Insurance (property) – Sale of damaged house and assignment of proceeds of insurance – Amount recoverable from insurers by purchaser – Whether right to rebuild assignable.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 32

: EURO POOLS PLC v ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC; Insurance (liability) – Professional indemnity – Claims made policy – Notification of circumstances.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 33

: MCKEEVER v NORTHERNREEF INSURANCE CO SA; Insurance (marine) – Perils of the seas – Piracy – Suing and labouring – Breach of warranty – Unseaworthiness – Negligence – Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 33, 39, 55 and schedule 1, rule 7.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 34

: SARTEX QUILTS & TEXTILES LTD v ENDURANCE CORPORATE CAPITAL LTD; Insurance (property) – Policy written on reinstatement basis – No reinstatement took place – Measure of indemnity – Whether policy contained a co-insurance clause.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 35

: LACKEY v MALLORCA MEGA RESORTS SL AND ANOTHER; Insurance (liability) – Claimant injured in hotel in Spain – Whether claimant could sue insurers in England – Whether hotel could be joined to English proceedings – Insurance jurisdiction rules – Whether victim contracted as consumer – Brussels Regulation Recast, Regulation (EU) 1215/2012, articles 13, 17 and 18.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 36

: ALLIANZ INSURANCE AUSTRALIA LTD v CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S OF LONDON SUBSCRIBING TO POLICY NUMBER B105809GCOM0430; Insurance (liability) – Double insurance – Contribution – One policy containing an exclusion clause and one policy containing an excess clause – Effect of conflicting clauses on contribution.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 37

: AIG AUSTRALIA LTD v KABOKO MINING LTD; Insurance (Directors’ and Officers’ liability) – Exclusion for loss arising from a claim arising out of, based upon or attributable to the actual or alleged insolvency of the company – Claims against directors for breach of fiduciary and other duties leading to loss of commercial opportunity – Whether claims fell within the insolvency exclusion.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 38

: IN THE MATTER OF PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO LTD IN THE MATTER OF ROTHESAY LIFE PLC; Insurance (transfer of business) – Sanction of court for transfer of annuity business – Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Part VII.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 40

: SUEZ FORTUNE INVESTMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER v TALBOT UNDERWRITING LTD AND OTHERS (THE “BRILLANTE VIRTUOSO”); Insurance (marine, war risks) – Wilful misconduct – Piracy – Malicious acts – Breach of warranty – Warranty of legality – Rights of bank as co-assured.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 42

: TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO LTD v XYZ; Insurance (liability) – Non-party costs orders against liability insurers – Criteria for grant – Distinction between insured and partly insured claims – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 51.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 43

: BANK OF QUEENSLAND LTD v AIG AUSTRALIA LTD AND ANOTHER; Insurance (liability) – Aggregation – Deductible to be borne for each claim – Whether claims were to be aggregated into a single claim.; [2019] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 44

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