Hearings
England & Wales
02 Aug 2022 [2022] EWHC 2228 (Admin), QBD
05 Sep 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1006; [2024] 1 WLR 1383; [2024] 2 All ER 232; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 929; [2023] WLR(D) 372, CA (Popplewell, Andrews, Falk LJJ)
R (Manchikalapati) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Subject Matter
INSURANCE — Liability insurance — Statutory scheme — Insurer declining policyholders’ claims under insurance policies — Court ordering insurer to pay damages, interest and costs to policyholders — Insurer paying damages but going into administration without paying interest or costs — Policyholders seeking to recover interest and costs under compensation scheme — Whether claim for compensation “in respect of a protected claim” — Guidance on approach to interpreting compensation scheme rules — Policyholder Protection Rules, rr 1.2, 3.1(2), 9.1
[2023] EWCA Civ 1006; [2024] 1 WLR 1383; [2024] 2 All ER 232; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 929; [2023] WLR(D) 372, CA
Appellate History
R (Manchikalapati) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme [2022] EWHC 2228 (Admin), QBD
Decision of Dexter Dias QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed
R (Manchikalapati) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme [2023] EWCA Civ 1006; [2024] 1 WLR 1383; [2024] 2 All ER 232; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 929; [2023] WLR(D) 372, CA
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