Welcome to another edition of Keoghs’ regular Property Insurance AWARE.

This issue focuses on key developments affecting the legal and insurance industries including the forthcoming Insurance Act. Particular emphasis is given to the Deregulation Act 2015 and the impact that this is likely to have on the motor insurance industry.

We also consider other issues regularly dealt with by our commercial litigation team including the court's approach to awarding costs in small claims on the basis of unreasonable behaviour and claims for distress and inconvenience. We also include articles in relation to incorporation of contractual terms, orders for pre-action disclosure and what we consider to be best practice in relation to subrogated recovery claims. The recent changes to Part 36 and the consequences of the same are also considered,