HAYWARD MAY HAVE BEEN WAYWARD BUT THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACKWARD: SETTLED CLAIM NOT RE-OPENED

In Hayward -v- Zurich Insurance Company PLC [2015] EWCA Civ 327 today the Court of Appeal overturned a decision that a claimant should repay a large part of a personal injury award from an earlier settled action.  This decision makes it very difficult for defendants to reopen settled cases. THE CASE...