Pemberton Greenish LLP v Henry
Decision date: 16 February 2017
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This is a subrogated claim by Pemberton Greenish’s insurers against consultant solicitor Jane Henry for losses arising from a property/mortgage transaction; the insurer’s policy allowed subrogation only where loss was caused by dishonest acts or omissions. The judge applied the established test for dishonesty and noted the need for cogent evidence for such allegations, found breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and some worrying conduct by the defendant, but concluded there was not sufficiently cogent evidence that the claimant’s losses were caused by the defendant’s dishonesty. Accordingly the claimant’s subrogated recovery was not established.
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