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Sian Mirchandani KC speaking at the Professional Indemnity Insurance Conference at Robinson College, Cambridge

4th July 2022

4 New Square Chambers’ Sian Mirchandani KC will join the panel at the Professional Indemnity Insurance Conference “What’s Past is Prologue….” taking place on 4-6 July at…

Roger Stewart KC, Helen Evans and Ben Smiley speaking in the BILA Virtual Lecture Series: Recent Developments in Professional Liability

18th March 2022
1pm - 2pm BST

Roger Stewart KC, Helen Evans and Ben Smiley will analyse important decisions in the professional liability sphere from the past year, concerning illegality, scope of duty…

Mulsanne Insurance Company Ltd v Marshmallow Financial Services Ltd

Judgment has been handed down in the Chancery Division following a substantial expedited trial in this litigation between a specialist insurance company and its former intermediary. …

Clare Dixon KC acts for successful insurer in dismissal of funder’s claim on solicitor’s professional indemnity insurance

Clare Dixon KC was instructed by Simmons & Simmons LLP to represent insurers in a claim brought by Doorway Capital Limited (“DCL”) against the professional indemnity…

Aggregation clauses in insurance contracts: Spire Healthcare Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 17

The year is off to a successful start for Ben Elkington KC and Ben Smiley, who acted for the appellant insurer in Spire Healthcare v Royal…

Ben Elkington KC and Ben Smiley act for successful insurer in the Court of Appeal in £10m aggregation dispute

Ben Elkington KC and Ben Smiley were instructed by DWF to represent RSA in the Court of Appeal, seeking the reversal of the judgment of HHJ…

Ben Elkington KC persuades the Court of Appeal to over-turn the dismissal of a £6.5m property damage claim

4 New Square’s Ben Elkington KC persuades the Court of Appeal to over-turn the dismissal of a £6.5m property damage claim.  Ben was instructed on an…

4 New Square Chambers Nominated for Six Awards at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2021

4 New Square Chambers is delighted to have received six nominations in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2021:    Insurance Silk of the Year – Ben Elkington…

David Halpern KC is the successful Respondent in an important appeal for professional indemnity lawyers and insurers

On 6 August, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Bishop of Leeds v Dixon Coles & Gill [2021] EWCA Civ 1221, in which David Halpern…

Court of Appeal rules on the test of inducement in insurance non-disclosure cases

4 New Square on both sides of important Court of Appeal ruling on the test of inducement to be applied where an insurer seeks to avoid…