London Market - August 2010

This edition includes a brief update on:

Case summaries

Widefree Limited (trading as Abrahams & Ballard) v Brit Insurance Limited [2009] EWHC 3671 (QB) (Jewellers Block, Unexplained Loss Exclusion, Condition Precedent, Breach of Warranty)
Crowson v HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd (2010) Unreported (Brokers Duty of Care, Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance, Third Party Rights)
Goldsmith Williams (A Firm) v Travelers Insurance Co Ltd [2010] EWHC 26 QB (Fraud, Exclusion Clause, Professional Indemnity Insurance)

Loyaltrend Limited v Brit UW Limited [2010] EWHC 425 (Comm) (Notification, Date of Material Damage)
Nicolas G Jones v (1) Environcom Limited (2) Environcom England Limited and Miles Smith Insurance Brokers [2010] EWHC 759 (Comm) (Non-Disclosure, Brokers Duty of Care, Causation)
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA v CX Reinsurance Company Ltd [2010] EWHC 974 (Comm) (XOL Reinsurance, Follow Settlements, Burden of Proof)
Orient-Express Hotels Limited v Assicurazioni General S.p.A (UK Branch) Trading as Generali Global Risk [2010] EWHC 1186 (Comm) (Business Interruption, Causation, ‘But For’ Test)
Clare Horwood & Others v Land of Leather Limited (in Administration), Zurich Insurance PLC & Others [2010] EWHC 546 (Comm) (Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers Act 1930), Breach of Condition By Insured a Bar to Third Party Claims)
The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited v HSBC Insurance (UK) Limited 2010 EWHC (Comm) (Double Insurance, Damage to Property Between Exchange and Completion)

Colour Quest Ltd v Total Downstream UK Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 180 (Pure Economic Loss, Beneficial (Not Legal) Owner)

Mitchell v Hiscox Underwriting Limited [2010] CSIH 18 (Avoidance, Misrepresentation)