This blog post is by Spencer Turner of 12 King’s Bench Walk. In Lackey v Mallorca Mega Resorts and Anor [2019] EWHC 1028 (QB), Master Davison held that the Claimant, who had been paralysed as a result of an accident at a holiday resort, could sue a Spanish hotel and its insurer in England. There…
Read moreAssens Havn v Navigators Management (UK) Limited Case C-368/16 – jurisdiction clauses, third party actions against insurers
This blog post is by Philip Mead of 12 King’s Bench Walk. Claims in matters relating to insurance: does an exclusive jurisdiction clause between the insurer and the policyholder bind a third party bringing a direct right of action against the insurer? No, held the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-368/16,…
Read moreCruise and Maritime Services International Limited v Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited [2017] EWHC 843 (Comm) – Athens Convention, Insurance
This blog post is by James Beeton of 12 King’s Bench Walk. In this short but interesting judgment, Knowles J considered the liability of insurance underwriters in the context of sums paid out by a cruise company following a sickness outbreak on a cruise ship. His judgment emphasises the centrality in disputes of this nature of the contractual relationship between the…
Read moreKeefe v Hoteles Piñero Canarias SL – Judgments Regulation, Jurisdiction, Insurers
On Tuesday 7 March 2017, the Supreme Court heard submissions in this important case concerning jurisdiction under the Judgments Regulation. Philip Mead of 12 King’s Bench Walk appeared for the Appellant (led before the Supreme Court by James Collins QC). This blog summarises the submissions heard by the court.
Read moreKeefe v Hoteles Piñero Canarias SL to be heard by Supreme Court
Philip Mead, a member of 12KBW’s International and Travel team, appears in the Supreme Court tomorrow, in an important case about cross-border tort and insurance jurisdictional disputes. This blog will feature a write-up of the submissions heard by the court after the hearing. Philip appears for the appellant, a Spanish hotel company, in Keefe v Hoteles Pinero Canarias…
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