Insurance

We've brought together a round-up of some recent litigation cases that may be of interest to you.

An application for pre-action disclosure can be a strategic means of flushing out information from the other side to support your claim. That is, if your gamble pays off.

The courts are becoming increasingly relaxed about how people sign their contracts. We’ve seen a variety of examples in recent years – a name typed into the bottom of an email, clicking an “I accept” box on a website and identifying information in the header of a SWIFT message. These reflect the realities of modern business, where most communications take place by telephone or electronically, and the people involved are often under time pressure to get things done.

Secret recordings of one kind or another have been with us for decades but the ubiquitous smartphone promises to revolutionise the way in which we determine disputes. Two recent cases illustrate the point.