Insurance and Reinsurance
Fountain Court is well established as a leader in the field of Insurance and Reinsurance, both in litigation and arbitration. The excellence of its many barristers specialising in this field is consistently recognised in all the leading directories.
Disputes concerning avoidance or termination of cover, points of construction and a wide range of coverage issues are a staple part of the practice of Fountain Court in this area, as are professional negligence claims arising out of the conduct of business in the insurance and reinsurance markets. Please refer to our Professional Negligence Practice Area for details.
Members of Fountain Court have appeared in many of the leading insurance and reinsurance cases such as: Sphere Drake v Stirling Cooke Brown, European International Reinsurance Company v Curzon & Marsh, the Carvill litigation, Euler Hermes v Apple Computer BV, the Cable & Wireless/Pender litigation, the Film Finance litigation, SACE v Morgan Grenfell, Callery v Gray, Gan v Tai Ping Insurance, Dodson v Peter Dodson Insurance Services, Agnew v Lansforsakringsbolagen A.B., Arab Bank Plc v Zurich Insurance Co., DSG. v QBE International Insurance Ltd., Credit Lyonnais v New Hampshire Insurance Co., Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd, Toomey v Eagle Star Insurance Co., Lord Napier & Ettrick v Hunter and Feasey v Sun Life Assurance of Canada.
Fountain Court has also acted in major disputes arising in connection with the collapse of Enron, the regulatory and other actions brought in the USA against leading Wall Street investment banks in relation to IPO and research analyst activities, the aftermath of 9/11 and its impact on Lloyd’s of London, the mis-selling of split capital trusts and the failure of the Independent Insurance Company.
Senior members of Fountain Court are regularly appointed as arbitrators in (re)insurance disputes and under the Lloyd's arbitration scheme: Anthony Boswood QC, Michael Lerego QC, Michael Crane QC, Stephen Moriarty QC and Timothy Howe QC have all acted in this capacity.
Our Publications in this Practice Area
- Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance
- Encyclopaedia of Insurance Law
- Multi-State Risks & Back-to-Back Reinsurance