Aidan Christie KC speaks on Lloyd’s Market Association panel on Subscription Market Brokerage Commissions
Aidan Christie KC joined a Lloyd’s Market Association panel talk on Subscription Market Brokerage Commissions before an insurance industry audience. The panel covered Spitzer, the current UK law and also competition/anti-trust topics. A recording of the talk is available upon request from the Lloyd’s Market Association. See here.
Court of Appeal judgment handed down in Unipolsai Assucurazioni S.p.A -v- Covéa Insurance Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 1110
Property catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance: was the outbreak of Covid-19 a “catastrophe” and aggregation of Covid-19 business interruption losses under hours clause. – – Reinsurance disputes come to court only rarely. And arbitration appeals reach the Court of Appeal infrequently. This case was, therefore, unusual. It was an appeal to the Court of Appeal […]
14th October 2024
The ATP Litigation
The decision of the Court of Appeal in London International Exhibition Centre Plc v Allianz Insurance Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 1026 is another milestone in the long-running litigation between policyholders and insurers in relation to the recovery of business interruption losses as a result of Covid-19. In its landmark decision in Financial Conduct Authority v […]
16th September 2024
4 Pump Court features in The Lawyer Top 10 Appeals 2024
The Lawyer‘s Top 10 Appeals of 2024 has been released reflecting some of the key issues facing the legal industry and the world today. Featured in the list of cases is ‘London International Exhibition Centre v Allianz and others’. The case, which was one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2023, will be heard […]
5th February 2024
24 members from 4 Pump Court have been commended in the Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report across 9 practice areas
We are pleased to announce that 23 members from 4 Pump Court have been commended in the Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report across 9 practice areas. Arbitration– Rachel Ansell KC and Nick Vineall KC Business crime defence– Nigel Tozzi KC Construction– Rachel Ansell KC, James Bowling, Sean Brannigan KC, Thomas Crangle, Simon Henderson, […]
14th July 2023
A significant development in Covid-19 BI insurance litigation – concurrent causation applies to “at the premises”...
On 16 June 2023, the High Court handed down judgment in the above matter ([2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm)), which involved members of chambers, Aidan Christie KC, Michael Davie KC, Martyn Naylor and Anna Hoffmann. The judgment considered the application of the analysis by the Supreme Court in the seminal case The FCA v Arch & […]
21st June 2023
Who’s Who Legal Rankings 2021
We are delighted to have been ranked in the Who’s Who Legal 2021 Guides. Those below have been recognised for their expertise in the following areas: Arbitration Nicholas Vineall KC – National Guide Rachel Ansell KC – National Guide Civil Fraud Nigel Tozzi KC – National Leader Construction Sean Brannigan KC – Global Guide and […]
4th June 2021
Aidan Christie KC’s position as Chair of the Independent Decision-making Body comes to a close
Aidan Christie KC‘s position as Chair of the Independent Decision-making Body (IDB), has come to a close after 8 years of participation on the IDB and its predecessor, the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC). Aidan was appointed a member of the Board of the BSB in October 2015 and Chair of the PCC at the same […]
27th April 2020
Aldridge v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited
Aidan Christie KC represented the successful defendant in this recent interesting case, which may be one of the last claims to be dealt with under the pre 2015 Act law. Mr Justice Baker held that insurers were entitled to avoid the policy for material misrepresentation and non-disclosure. The Judgment also dealt with issues relating to […]
14th December 2016
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