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Please find a link to the judgment here - Russian Aircraft Lessor Policy Claims [2025] EWHC 1430 (Comm) Introduction   On 11 June 2025, judgment was handed down following the long awaited Russian aviation “mega trial” heard in the Commercial Court between October 2024 and January 2025. The judgment is substantial for a number of reasons, not least because it runs to 230 pages, but also because the £809 million awarded is the largest amount ever awarded by the UK courts. Of particular significance to policyholders however, is Mr Justice Butcher’s detailed application of causation principles, and his commentary on “the grip of the peril” which he first considered in Stonegate Pub Company Ltd v MS Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 2548 (Comm) and which was recently affirmed in Sky UK Ltd & Anor v Riverstone Managing Agency Ltd & Ors [2023] EWHC 1207 (Comm).

 A panoply of coverage disputes reached the English courts in 2024 across diverse industry sectors, highlighting the London market’s sophisticated role in managing risk and boosting commercial resilience through geopolitically turbulent times.

 2 April 2025: Fenchurch Law, the UK’s leading firm for insurance policyholders, and New York-based Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) have announced a new partnership, uniting two leading firms focused on representing insurance policyholders in coverage disputes.

15 April 2024 Fenchurch Law, the UK’s leading firm working exclusively for insurance policyholders and brokers, plans to offer its specialist legal support outside of the UK for the first time, announcing plans for the opening of a new office in Singapore.