HUTCHINSON v MAPFRE ESPANA COMPANIA DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS SA AND ANOTHER

[2020] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 19

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mrs Justice Andrews

Insurance (liability) – Jurisdiction – Direct claim against liability insurer – Consumer jurisdiction against defendant marketing in consumer’s jurisdiction of domicile where the purchase had been made in the defendant’s domicile – Insurance contract clause ostensibly defining the risk but operating with the effect of a jurisdiction clause – Brussels Regulation Recast, European Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, articles 13, 15, 17, 18, 29 and 30.