Nesbit Law Group LLP v Acasta European Insurance Company Ltd
Decision date: 21 February 2018
Neutral citation: [2018] EWCA Civ 268
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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This appeal concerned the construction of an exclusion in Financial Guarantee Indemnity policies and, if Acasta’s construction were correct, whether Acasta could be permitted to amend its defence to plead breaches of a 28 June 2010 refinancing agreement between Nesbit and Clydesdale. The Court of Appeal dismissed Acasta’s appeal, allowed amendment only to raise the construction point but refused permission to amend so as to plead breaches of the Refinancing Agreement. A prior order had awarded Nesbit judgment for insured irrecoverable costs.
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