ENGLAND AND ENGLAND v GUARDIAN INSURANCE LTD

[2000] Lloyd's Rep IR 404

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Thornton QC

Insurance (house and homes policy) - Subrogation - Insurers settling with insureds - Insureds later obtaining judgment - Insureds funded by legal aid - Whether insurers entitled to lien over recoveries - Whether lien had priority over Legal Aid Fund’s charge - Whether insureds entitled to make deductions from recoveries for uninsured losses and for costs incurred in obtaining recoveries.