Euro Pools v RSA (on appeal): The Court of Appeal provides crystal clear guidance on scope of notification of a circumstance

What constitutes a notifiable circumstance? The Court of Appeal has concluded that Moulder J’s approach at first instance was wrong, particularly when assessing the requisite knowledge required of an insured when notifying a circumstance. The question of whether a claim arises from a notified circumstance cannot simply be a subjective one.

In this article, David McArdle and Jon Quirk set out the key facts and future effects on the notification of circumstances to insurers.