Civil procedure – Joinder – Property consultants instructing defendant to renew professional indemnity insurance – Defendant engaging sub-broker to obtain excess insurance cover – Excess insurer relying upon limiting condition…
Commercial property, Insurance
Mortgage – Valuation – Misrepresentation – Defendant’s representative valuing property in excess of actual value – Claimant agreeing mortgage in reliance upon defendant’s valuation – Mortgagor defaulting on loan –…
Deceit, Fraudulent misrepresentation
Public liability policy – Indemnity – Claimant constructing supermarket over railway cutting – Claimant settling claim for loss during construction works – Whether underlying insurance policy providing indemnity – Preliminary…
Insurance; Contract
Deceit, Vicarious liability
Commercial property – Loans – Valuation report alleging false and material representations – Claimant acting in reliance upon statements to its detriment – Claimant seeking summary judgment – Whether claimant’s…
Arbitration proceedings — Service by e-mail — Whether effective service — Whether e-mail address to be agreed by parties — Application dismissed
Rent review arbitration — Comparables — Landlord seeking to rely upon recent letting the terms of which were subject to a confidentiality agreement — Witness summonses against parties to that…
Arbitrator determining rent one year after agreement of initial rent – Parties failing to reach prior agreement on dimensions as required by arbitrator’s directions – Arbitrator accepting initial rent as…