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Court concludes contract of insurance can come into effect based on an email exchange, provided the terms can be clearly identified. The issue of when a contract of insurance comes into effect was brought into focus recently with an English High Court judgment handed down last month. In Markel Bermuda v Caesars Entertainment (2021), the

Devonshires were instructed by a small UK based consultancy company in respect of a debt that had been owed for two years.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to more reinsurance disputes needing resolution. With no readily available playbook to direct how such disputes are to be answered, the market is gravitating towards lawyers again.

We are pleased to have been represented so strongly in this year’s Best Lawyers rankings.

“Levelling up” is a political hot topic at present. However, recent legal and case law developments, starting with the UK’s Insurance Act 2015, have also shown an insurance legal agenda to “level up” policyholders’ interests with those of insurers.

We are delighted to announce that we have promoted two lawyers to partner, taking the total number of partners at the firm to 43.

Partner Stephen Netherway features in Insurance Day, discussing how Brexit has changed the way insurers can seek legal redress in the courts when dealing with parties in EU member states.

Happy Anniversary to our Leeds office, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary tomorrow!

Our Leeds office has recruited two new Solicitors to our growing team in the city.

Devonshires maintains 100% newly-qualified retention rate for two years running.

The most recent Legal 500 directory has been published, and we are delighted to have not only maintained our previous rankings, but secure two increased rankings.

We are delighted to announce that our Debt Recovery team has been ranked Tier 1 of the Legal 500 rankings.