UK – Lloyd's underwriters have right to documents

The UK Court of Appeal has held that a Llloyd's underwriter who returned to their insured's broker all of the documents shown to them in the placing of reinsurance and making claims have a right to view those documents when needed, despite the lack of contractual privity between them. Goshawk Dedicated Ltd. v. Tsyler & Co., [2006] EWCA Civ 54 (Feb. 7, 2006).