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29 July 2016
Issue: 7709 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Statement

Versloot Dredging BV and another v HDI Gerline Industrie Versicherung AG and others [2016] UKSC 45, [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Jul)

The Supreme Court allowed the appellant shipowners’ appeal in a case where a false statement had been made as to the cause of damage to a vessel, but had been irrelevant, in the sense that the claim would have been equally recoverable whether it had been true or false. The court held that the rule concerning fraudulent claims did not defeat a claim that was wholly good in law.

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Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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