‘Fraudulent devices’

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on September 19, 2018 Posted in Insurance

The English Supreme Court had the following to say regarding the standard insurance policy fraud clause which excludes liability if the insured makes a claim ‘by fraudulent devices’. The court said: ‘The expression is borrowed from a standard clause avoiding contracts of fire insurance which was widely used in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. … Continue reading

Judge unleashes tirade against prolix documents

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on April 9, 2015 Posted in General

A New York federal judge unleashed a tirade against three law firms, threatening sanctions, because of oversized filings at court “brimming with irrelevant and redundant allegations” in a trademark suit. He ordered them to trim down their pleadings to be short and plain. The court said the voluminous pleading is self-defeating because it chokes the … Continue reading

Insurance Council of Australia code in plain language

By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on August 11, 2014 Posted in Insurance

The Insurance Council of Australia has published a revised General Insurance Code of Practice. It contains nothing unique or startling but it will give insurers some good ideas, written in plain language, about things you might want to incorporate in your own Treating Customers Fairly philosophy.… Continue reading