Claims of alleged fraud not exempt from Denton

  “The court cannot ignore that insurers are professional litigants, who can properly be held responsible for any blatant disregard of their own commercial interests.” – Gentry v Miller & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 141 at 34.   Such was the warning sent to insurers…

Gentry v Miller: Denton Applies Even Where Fraud Is Alleged; Such Allegations Do Not of Themselves Outweigh Procedural Default

Does an allegation of fraud against a claimant weigh against a strict application of the Denton principles? In Gentry v Miller and UK Insurance Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 141, the Court of Appeal made clear that Denton applies in the usual way. The fact fraud…

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