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Commercial Water Damage and Insurance Claims – Your Step By Step Guide To Getting It Right

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In this article, we aim to let you know how, as a business owner, the best way to protect your enterprise from water damage. We will also discuss the best steps to take to get your business up and running again after water damage has been suffered, including dealing with insurance claims. [Read More...]

Cut-Out Fuse Fires

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Fires caused by cut out fuses have always proved to be contentious when it comes to making a case for negligence. The reason? Firstly, it has always been difficult to establish that a cut-out fuse caused the fire in question, and secondly, even if it can be established that a distributer has a duty of care, how far can the scope of the duty extend? Is it reasonable to require electricity distributers’ to bear the cost of regular inspections and maintenance of all their domestic cut-out assemblies, especially if the link between a cut-out fuse and a fire is difficult to establish? [Read More...]

Fire Claims - Can a Customer Rely on Manufacturers’ Representations Regarding Their Products?

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If a consumer purchases a product which fails to do what the manufacturer states that it will, are the manufacturers of the product liable for losses suffered by the buyer if that product is found to be defective? Can a manufacturer’s representations be blindly followed, even after it becomes clear that they are false? Thermolevel probe failure - £20 million fire damage claim.Can a Customer Rely on a Manufacturer’s Product Claims? Thermolevel failure causes fire. [Read More...]

Fracking and Insurance Claims

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Although many in the UK Government support the continued development of fracking when it comes to drilling for shale gas, there is still some uncertainty as to how far the controls and requirements will extend when it comes to regulating the industry. With the debate surrounding the issue becoming more intense in recent months, questions must be asked about the implications of fracking in the United Kingdom for insurers? How will underwriters manage the task of assessing risk, when it is possible that potential hazards to human health and property may not yet been identified or confirmed as being linked to the fracking process? [Read More...]

At last, a niche litigation specialist, with a hands on approach to disputes and disasters

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Leading London-based Law firm Fisher Scoggins Waters has been a fierce defender of its clients’ rights and interests since its foundation in 2002, dealing with high-profile cases such as the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, the Hatfield rail disaster and the Buncefield Fire depot explosion. [Read More...]

Dream home or purely for profit; that is the question – Zennstrom v Wilks, Moseley and others

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Managing partner and litigation expert Charlotte Waters from Fisher Scoggins Waters chats to Heather Campbell about the pitfalls that can befall the home owner in relation to the Defective Premises Act. Charlotte has particular strength in the field of major property damage disputes – most typically design or construction defects. [Read More...]

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