“…In Axa Insurance Limited v Akther & Derby & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1166; [2010] 1 W.L.R. 1662, the claims by the ATE insurer against the negligent solicitors were of two kinds: a failure properly to vet claims to ensure that the pr…”
“…The Court of Appeal considered the implications of Sephton in Axa Insurance Ltd v Akther & Darby [2009] EWCA Civ 1166, [2010] 1 WLR 1662 (“Axa”). Longmore LJ observed in paragraph 70 that “a contingent liability does not ‘of itself’ constitute ‘damage’”, “[t]here must be somet…”