GEOFF HILL v GENERALI BIZTOSITÓ ZRT
Decision date: 14 December 2021
Neutral citation: [2021] EWHC 3381 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This case concerns whether an insurer's subrogated claim may be pursued in an English court in the name of an English insured together with the insured's own uninsured-loss claim, arising from a pre‑Brexit road accident in Germany. The judge below held that the English court had no jurisdiction over the subrogated claim and stayed that claim, while staying the uninsured-loss claim pending appeal; permission to appeal was granted.
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