Parker v Mowlem Plc & Ors
Decision date: 11 April 2008
Neutral citation: [2008] EWCA Civ 1022
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
Short overview
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The claimant, injured at work, sued multiple defendants including a subcontractor whose insurers sought a preliminary ruling that they were not obliged to indemnify. The court decided the insurers were not bound to indemnify (unchallenged) and dismissed the claimant’s appeal against a costs order that made the claimant liable for the insurers’ costs of the preliminary issue. The Court of Appeal held the judge had been entitled to exercise his discretion to order the claimant to pay those costs.
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Obiter dicta
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