UK Businesses Wait to See if Their Insurers Will Appeal COVID-19 Insurance Ruling September 16, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Murray Pulman says he is as tough as they come, but battles with his insurer have left him...
London Court Rules Some Insurers Should Not Have Denied Business Interruption Claims September 15, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley London judges have ruled that some of the world’s biggest insurers were wrong to reject tens of thousands of claims...
Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse ‘Pointless and Wasteful’ July 22, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian...
Anglo-Australian Miner BHP Faces $6.3B Lawsuit in UK over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster July 15, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a 5 billion-pound ($6.3 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian...
UK Regulator Seeks Court Review in July to Resolve COVID-19 Insurance Dispute May 8, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to get business interruption insurance policies examined by a court as soon as July,...
Top Insurers Face Lawsuit from UK Hospitality Sector on Rejected Biz Interruption Claims April 30, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Top insurers such as AXA, RSA, QBE and Zurich face a potential multi-million-pound lawsuit from British pubs, hotels, restaurants and...
Update: U.K.-Based Foreign Exchange Firm, Travelex, Crippled by Ransomware Attack January 8, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Staff at foreign exchange firm Travelex are using pen and paper to serve thousands of customers after the company said...
Mining Giant BHP Faces $5B Damages Claim over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster May 8, 2019 By Kirstin Ridley and Barbara Lewis Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP is facing a landmark, $5.0 billion damages claim in England for being “woefully negligent” in the...
Danske Bank Faces Shareholder Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal January 22, 2019 By Kirstin Ridley Litigation funder IMF Bentham has teamed up with legal experts Quinn Emanuel and Njord Law Firm and plans to file...
BHP Readies for Largest English Group Lawsuit over 2015 Brazil Mine Disaster November 26, 2018 By Kirstin Ridley and Barbara Lewis Mining giant BHP says it will fight an unprecedented English lawsuit filed by hundreds of thousands of Brazilians for multi-billion...