“…e litigation culminated in a Court of Appeal decision in favour of the Policyholders: Manchikalapati v Zurich Insurance Plc and East West Insurance Company Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 2163, [2019] 187 ConLR 62 (“Manchikalapati 2019”). The final result was a consent order in favour of the Policyholders for £9,728,420.63 (exclusive of VAT) and a co…”
“… their favour. The difficulties that defendants can place in the way of individual claimants in large residential blocks can be seen in Manchikalapati v Zurich [2019] EWCA Civ 2163; [2020] B.L.R. 1.…”
“…d Harvey Ltd v Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd [1996] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 161, approved and applied by this court in Manchikalapati v Zurich Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 2163 [2020] Lloyd’s Rep I.R. at [180]-[182], and a decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Raybestos-Manhattan Inc. v Industrial Risk Insurers (1981) 289 …”
“…e. If any further authority is needed for this principle, it is provided by the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Manchikalapati v Zurich Insurance plc [2019] EWCA Civ 2163, paras 9799, and the authorities there cited.…”