Insurance Law Monthly

In Lowe v Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London Subscribing to Policy Number ATCSI00100 [2024] FCA 858 Jackman J in the Federal Court of Australia considered whether a rugby player's injuries suffered in a tackle gave rise to "hemiplegia" and, if so, whether the injuries were solely and independently the result of the tackle.

Technip Saudi Arabia Ltd v Mediterranean and Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance Co [2024] EWCA Civ 481; [2024] Lloyd's Rep IR 428 was an appeal from the decision of Jacobs J, [2024] Lloyd's Rep IR 320, rejecting a claim under an offshore construction insurance policy written on the WELCAR form. The appeal was on one point only, namely the interpretation of an existing property endorsement. However, a number of other points were discussed by the judge and they are worthy of note here.

In Gatwick Investment Ltd and Others v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE [2024] EWHC 124 (Comm), Jacobs J considered a series of preliminary issues on the meaning of the wording of a number of insurance policies issued by different insurers to different policyholders. The wordings were similar and the various cases for the most part raised the same issues.