EUI Ltd v Bristol Alliance Ltd Partnership
Decision date: 11 October 2011
Neutral citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 1267
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This dispute concerned whether a motor insurer had to indemnify the owner of commercial premises for damage caused by a deliberate act of the insured driver, where the property owner’s loss was insured and pursued by subrogation. The Court addressed the interaction of the Road Traffic Act, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau scheme and relevant EU material cited in the judgment. The court concluded that the claimant was entitled to recover from the motor insurers and ordered the appeal allowed.
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