Laker Vent Engineering Ltd v Templeton Insurance Ltd
Decision date: 11 February 2009
Neutral citation: [2009] EWCA Civ 62
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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This appeal arises from a trial declaration that Templeton Insurance was bound under a Constructors Protection legal expenses policy to indemnify Laker Vent Engineering for legal costs and expenses arising from an arbitration with a third party beginning in 2005, and that Templeton was liable for any liability to pay others' legal costs up to £245,000. Templeton defended on grounds of non‑disclosure of a "material circumstance" before renewal and failure to comply with the policy's claims‑notification clause; the trial judge rejected both defences. Templeton obtained permission to appeal and now challenges the judge's factual and legal conclusions on non‑disclosure and notification.
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