News & Updates

Hull Insurance in the Age of Autonomy

CJC Associate, Richard Murray, discusses the potential impact of autonomous shipping and cyber risks on marine underwriting and English insurance law in the March 2017 edition of 'theBridge' magazine; reproduced here with the kind...

Policies, perils and proofs...

This article discusses why a key distinction can become blurred and offers a reminder that a valid policy claim always needs something out of the ordinary – a fortuity. However, does this requirement exist in a policy which is framed as "all...

Quarterly Case Update, April 2017

Our latest quarterly case update containing a digest of and commentary on interesting and important recent decisions. Feel free to direct comments or questions to any of the contributors to this edition of the quarterly update or to your usual CJC contact. ...

To Boldly Go

To boldly go: insurance policies governed by UK law and made or varied on after 4 May 2017 may now include an implied term that insurers must pay within a reasonable time. Section 13A of the Insurance Act 2015 creates a brand-new action for damages with new...

CJC Singapore Seminar Series

CJC Singapore is running a Seminar Series in 2017 at our offices on Amoy Street.  Topics will be varied and talks interactive.  If you are based in Singapore or are visiting at that time, feel free to join us for food, a glass of wine, beer or a...

LMAA 2017 TERMS - Evolution, not revolution

In this article we consider the changes made by these new terms, which will apply to all LMAA arbitrations started on or after 1 May this year. Please click link below to view the article. LMAA 2017 TERMS – EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION ...

In the Penalty Area

In the Penalty Area:  Non payment of calls, retrospective cancellation of cover and penalty clauses This article examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v Beavis...

The guiding Star Polaris

This article discusses the 17 November 2016 High Court decision in the "STAR POLARIS" [2016] EWHC 2941 (Comm). At first this seems an important new case on interpretation of the standard SAJ form, and also recoverability of damages. Instead,...

Justified claims supported by collateral lies

In the context of the Insurance Act 2015, which came into force on 12 August last year, this article reviews the "DC MERWESTONE" [2016] UKSC 45, given just a few weeks beforehand, where the Supreme Court considered  fraudulent devices ,...
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