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It's Cocoa, Jim, but not as we know it: Court's modern interpretation of underwriters' and brokers' duties #3 - A broker's harsh reality

Published on 19 April 2021. By Tim Bull, Partner and Matthew Wood, Senior Associate and Elizabeth Singleton, Associate (Australian Qualified)

This is the third article in our series following the decision in ABN Amro Bank N.V. v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc and 13 Underwriters and Edge Brokers (London) Limited, in which RPC acted for Edge. Please click here for our first article, setting out a more detailed background to the case.

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It's Cocoa, Jim, but not as we know it: Court's modern interpretation of underwriters' and brokers' duties #2 – The underwriters defence

Published on 09 April 2021. By Tim Bull, Partner and Matthew Wood, Senior Associate and Elizabeth Singleton, Associate (Australian Qualified)

A modern show of the historic defence strategy at its worst, or should that be best? We'll let you decide.

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It's Cocoa, Jim, but not as we know it: Court's modern interpretation of underwriters' and brokers' duties #1 - An overview of the case

Published on 30 March 2021. By Tim Bull, Partner and Matthew Wood, Senior Associate and Elizabeth Singleton, Associate (Australian Qualified)

In this series of articles we take a look at the decision in ABN Amro Bank N.V. v Royal & Sun Alliance plc and 13 Underwriters and Edge Brokers (London) Limited. In this article we give an overview of the case. The remaining articles will focus on particular areas of the case, these will be: 1. Underwriters' duties 2. Brokers' duties 3.Witness evidence

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