The Business Law Reports
[2022] Bus LR 170
Court of Appeal
Spire Healthcare Ltd
v
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd
[2022] EWCA Civ 17
2021 Dec 9;2022 Jan 11
Underhill, Bean, Andrews LJJ
Insurance— Contract— Construction— Surgeon working at claimant’s hospital performing operations negligently on first group of patents and carrying out unnecessary surgical procedures on second— Groups bringing proceedings against claimant— Claimant seeking indemnity from defendant insurer following settlement of claims— Policy containing aggregation clause in respect of claims consequent on or attributable to one source or original cause— Whether each group of claims consequent on or attributable to one source or original cause— Whether claims to be aggregated