Case studies

Following a drawn-out battle with Chinese guarantors, members of our London-based team instructed by the shipowners, were successful in the Court of Appeal in the case of Spar Shipping AS v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Limited.

This case involved a fire on a car carrier, Asian Chorus, as it was passing through the Malacca Straits. Spanish cargo underwriters instructed our Madrid office over the loss and damage of 114 cars.

We have been instructed by Maersk, which owns and operates the Maersk Karachi, in relation to the collapse of a shore crane onto her deck, and the tragic loss of the crane operator.

Following the grounding of one of the world’s largest megayachts in the Eastern Mediterranean, our Piraeus office was instructed to assist the assured megayacht owners with recovery of the costs of one the most expensive megayacht repair claims under their policy of insurance.

We have been instructed by the Swedish P&I Club (as the leading hull and machinery underwriters) and the following market in a claim for US$15 million brought by the former owners of MV Renos following an engine room fire that took place near Suez in 2012.

Our group actions team is representing around 90 businesses in a major Commercial Court claim against NFU Mutual, challenging its refusal to pay Covid-19 business interruption claims — a case with potentially far-reaching implications for insurers.

Penningtons Manches Cooper has successfully defended a High Court challenge to a group claim, in a ruling that supports cost-effective collective redress and confirms that multiple claimants can use a single claim form where it is considered convenient.

We are currently acting for an energy supply company which is facing an existential threat to the business by way of a public investigation by Ofgem as its regulator.

We have settled a claim for a young woman whose bladder was negligently injured during appendix removal surgery resulting in a bladder injury and long-term urinary urgency and urinary incontinence.

The personal injury team at Penningtons has just settled a claim for substantial damages for a client who sustained a serious spinal injury rendering her tetraplegic after being hit by a taxi on the A303.

We have achieved a multi-million pound settlement for a young man who was hit while crossing the road by a vehicle that was being driven unlawfully and negligently. As a result, he sustained a catastrophic spinal injury.

We were instructed to represent the widow of a care home resident with dementia who entered a room in the home while he was unsupervised. He subsequently became entangled in equipment and died.