WORSLEY v TAMBRANDS LTD JACKSON (ON BEHALF OF SYNDICATE 582 AT LLOYD’S)

[2002] Lloyd's Rep IR 382

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Hegarty QC

Insurance (legal expenses) - Liability of insurers for costs awarded against assured in unsuccessful action against third party - Supreme Court Act 1981, section 51 - Whether circumstances exceptional - Whether insurers were self-motivated - Whether insurers were wanton or officious intermeddlers - Causation.