United Kingdom Widens Scope For Contribution For Child Abuse Compensation

The Catholic Child Welfare Society and Others v. Various Claimants and The institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools and others. 
United Kingdom Supreme Court, [2012] UKSC 56

Child abuse and its ramifications have been taking up a significant amount of British media attention over the past months. A case before the Supreme Court, the highest Court of Appeal, did not, however, receive many column inches. It does have serious ramifications for insurers and for clerical institutions.

A priest and member of a religious order …

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Court Reinstates Policy, Finds Application Ambiguous

Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Christy 
(N.H. Sept. 28, 2012)
An attorney in a two-partner law firm confessed to forging documents to misappropriate money from a client’s estate. The attorney entered into a settlement agreement with the estate in April 2007, setting forth a payment plan for the attorney to satisfy his obligations to the estate. A month later, the second partner at the law firm executed a renewal application for professional liability coverage on behalf of the law firm. Question 6(a) on the renewal …

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