Anthony McGeough
Anthony is an Associate Solicitor specialising in insurance coverage disputes.
Anthony began his career as a trainee at BLM, acting for insurers in coverage and liability disputes in relation to construction, professional negligence and EL/PL matters. He then moved to Edwin Coe as an Associate and focused primarily on property and business interruption coverage disputes with insurers.
His work at Fenchurch Law encompasses a wide range of insurance policy coverage issues, with particular focus on:
- Property & Construction
- Directors & Officers
- Cyber
- COVID-19 Business Interruption disputes
- disputes involving misrepresentation and non-disclosures
- disputes involving breaches of conditions and warranties
- disputes with allegations of fraud or dishonesty
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2018
Experience
- Berrymans Lace Mawer (2016 - 2018)
- Edwin Coe LLP (2018 - 2021)
Membership
- Society of Construction Law
- BILA (British Insurance Law Association)
Qualifications
- LLB (Hons) (2014)
- Legal Practice Course (2015)
Education
- University of Sussex
- BPP (Holborn)
1 Contributions by Anthony McGeough
PRACTICE NOTES
Commercial insurance fraud and dishonesty: definition, proof, fair presentation, inducement, fraudulent claims and insurer remedies under the Insurance Act 2015, and attribution across agents, assignees and co-insureds
This Practice Note reviews the authorities on the meaning of ‘fraud’ and sets out the core principles applicable to business insureds, both when arranging insurance at inception and throughout the claims process. What amounts to fraud, and how is it established?
Fraud
There is no rigid definition of fraud in the insurance sphere. A leading statement of the test for deceit appears in Lord Herschell’s speech in Derry v Peek: first, an action for deceit requires proof of fraud; nothing less will do. Secondly, fraud is made out where a false representation is shown to have been made (i) knowingly, (ii) without any belief in its truth, or (iii) recklessly, being indifferent as to whether it is true or false. Although the second and third limbs are often described separately, the third is really an example of the second, because a person who makes a statement in such circumstances cannot genuinely believe it to be true. To avoid a false statement being characterised as fraudulent, there must always be an honest belief in its accuracy. More recent authorities have further clarified the meaning of ‘fraud’ and the principles that apply to business insureds at policy inception and during the claims process...
Insurance & Reinsurance
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