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Cork local media reported on a significant house fire in December 2021 when an electric golf trolley “burst” into flames after making a “hissing and cracking” noise. The trolley was being charged in a bedroom and the occupant noticed the battery was getting hot and then a “ flame bursting from it”. He threw it out but the fire had already spread and there was extensive damage to the house. We have dealt with a number of fires involving batteries and chargers or laptops placed on beds etc....

I am delighted  to announce that Ronan O’Mahony, Chartered Quantity Surveyor has joined FCLA. Ronan holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics (Quantity Surveying) First Class Honours and he has completed the APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) attaining Chartered status via The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors – MRICS MSCSI. Ronan has previous experience with a firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors and also with a building and  civil engineering contractor and has worked as a Senior...

Our article outlines how the Commercial Court decision was based very much on the UK Supreme Court decision but again largely confined to Policies with radius cover.  There was a “sting in the tail” in terms of the indemnity period and we suggested that this will create issues or difficulty in terms of quantum but that the further “quantum hearing” on the 17th February 2021 should clarify matters.

In this article we provide a detailed analysis of the UK Supreme Court decision and how in reality it dealt with the “pervasive” argument and how the Orient Express Hotel decision was more or less overruled.

In this article we outline the position in relation to Great Lakes -v- Western Trading (2016) and the Sartex Quilts & Textiles -v- Endurance Corporate Capital is referred to in the Insurance Times.  We outline how the insured’s intentions are paramount and how in reality “payouts” are controlled and dictated by the terms of the Policy conditions, more particularly the Reinstatement Memorandum.

Over a number of years Insurers had retained arbitrary amounts (see previous articles on this website) and due to pressure from various concerns, eventually incorporated conditions in their Policy whereby the specified amount was outlined as a term and condition.