RSA and Enstar insurers in £1.1m Haringey Council child abuse court actions
Enstar-owned Mercantile Indemnity has been ordered to pay out £1.1m after an appeal against a Haringey Council child sexual abuse payout failed. Mercantile appealed a 2019 judgment where RSA was the original insurer after it inherited the claim as part of a book of business, Post can reveal.
The appeal result was handed down in February and has since gained national interest.
The claimant in the original 2018 High Court action, James, as he was known in a recent BBC article, attended
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