Solicitor

02 December 2016

Issue: 7725 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

Rahim v Arch Insurance Co. (Europe) Ltd [2016] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 142 (Nov)

The Commercial Court dismissed the claimant solicitor’s claim for an indemnity against the defendant professional indemnity insurer with regard to the payment of costs, following a decision that a solicitor in the firm in which the claimant had been a partner had carried out mortgage frauds. The court held that the defendant could rely on a policy exclusion in her insurance policy.

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Charles Russell Speechlys—Gustina Singgih

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