Commercial Law and Common Law
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David Hertzell was appointed as Commissioner on 1 July 2007, in succession to Professor Hugh Beale QC, FBA. He began his legal career as a trainee solicitor with Davies Arnold Cooper in 1981 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1983. Davies Arnold Cooper made Mr Hertzell a Partner in 1989. He became Managing partner in 1992; a post he held until 1996 and again from 1999 to 2006. Apart from his management responsibilities Mr Hertzell specialised in professional indemnity, reinsurance, captive insurance and regulatory issues. David Hertzell has represented both domestic and international insurers and reinsurers in a wide range of disputes and has managed a professional indemnity scheme for a major UK insurance company. He is the Chair of the Captive and Risk Financing Focus Group of AIRMIC and is a member of the Law Society, The Chartered Insurance Institute and the Managing Partners Forum. He has written and published a number of articles on commercial insurance law. The Team:Tammy Goriely (team manager) Insurance Contract Law In July 2007 we published our first consultation paper which considers the law of misrepresentation, non-disclosure and breach of warranty. We received 105 responses - separate summaries of the responses on consumer insurance reform and on business insurance reform are available on the project page. The responses showed strong support for statutory reform of consumers’ duties to provide pre-contract information to insurers, and the two Law Commissions are giving priority to drafting a Bill on this, which we plan to publish in autumn 2009. In 2009 we will also publish further issues papers on business insurance and damages for late payment. Further information is available. Property Interests in Intermediated Investment Securities Illegal Transactions Consumer Remedies for Faulty Goods Private Rights of Redress under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive Further information is available. For more information contact the commercial and common law team. |