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In Brotherton v. Aseguradora Colseguros and Another [16th July 2003] Unreported, the Court of Appeal considered the duty on a reinsured to disclose to a reinsurer the existence of allegations of misconduct against the underlying assured

In the recent case of Saini v All Saints Haque Centre, Bungay and Paul (2008) the EAT has confirmed that employees can bring claims for religious discrimination based on not just their own religion or belief but based on the religion or belief of a third party, known as "associative discrimination".

This article examines the current legislation regarding Solicitors' duty to report suspicions of criminal activity to the National Criminal Intelligence Service.

On 11 December 2005, possibly the largest explosion ever to occur in Europe took place at the Buncefield Oil Depot near Hemel Hempstead. As might be expected, there was immediate speculation as to cause, with possibilities including arson, terrorism, fuel leak, storage tank failure and pipeline failure.

Reports of new write-downs and revelations of banks’ increasing exposure to sub-prime debt have been an ongoing feature of 2008.

The highly anticipated final report of Lord Justice Jackson was published on 14 January 2010, proposing substantial reforms to costs in civil litigation matters.

The Court of Appeal has provided potentially far reaching and much awaited clarification of the nature and scope of the obligation to respond to subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"). In practical terms, the judgment is likely to reduce the burden, for data controllers, of the obligation to comply with subject access requests, particularly where the personal data sought is held in a manual filing system. More significantly, the decision could also restrict the am

In 1979, 72 per cent of passengers on one aircraft contracted influenza. The attack rate was associated with the ventilation system not being in operation during a three hour ground delay.

Zohar Zik examines the court decision in U.S. Bank National Association v Southwest Airlines Company, which addresses potential pitfalls associated with the practice of substituting engines and parts of leased aircraft.

A look at the exclusive jurisdiction clauses in GAFTA arbitration.

Most company directors do not live in fear of investigations by the Companies Investigation Branch ("CIB") of the DTI. Nor should they. That said, the investigative powers of the CIB have recently been strengthened.

The involvement of excess insurers can give rise to a multitude of claims handling issues and disputes, vis-à-vis the insured and/or the primary insurer. While market practice is instructive, there is surprisingly little English legal authority on these topics.

Inconsistent application of product liability laws in courts across the EU is causing headaches for product manufacturers. Giles Kavanagh of Barlow Lyde &Gilbert outlines the issues.</P> </I><P>The European Commission instructed the law firm Lovells to report into the operation of EC Council Directive 85/374 (the Directive) in December 2001. England was the first country to implement the Directive into domestic law in the form of the Co

Following Ridehalgh v Horsefield (1994), the court will make a wasted costs order against a solicitor or barrister in civil proceedings if it can be shown that: the legal representative has acted improperly, unreasonably or negligently; his conduct has caused a party to incur unnecessary costs; or it is just in all the circumstances to order him to compensate the party for the whole or part of those costs.

In the Margaretic case, a shareholder successfully argued his case against the administrators of a company for his claim of losses suffered by him as a result of depreciation of the value of his shares.

We report on the Solicitors Regulation Authority's imminent consultation on introducing a whistle-blowing policy to the SRA Handbook for the first time.