Court throws out Quinn appeal over information disclosure

High Court

The Court of Appeal has dismissed Quinn's appeal against the decision made in Quinn Direct Insurance v The Law Society of England and Wales, which refused the insurer access to confidential documents relating to a firm of solicitors that was being investigated by the Law Society.

Speaking to Insurance Age's sister title Post shortly after the court granted leave for the appeal earlier this year, a spokeswoman for Quinn claimed that the case was "central to the rights of insurers to have access to documents to enable them to deal with a number of practical problems including the consequences of dishonesty".

In 2007 the Law Society took possession of files and documents relating to the firm as part of a large scale fraud investigation. Quinn had provided the firm with

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