Decision made to not appeal Dodds vs Southern Response

Southern Response accepts the findings of the Court of Appeal in the case of K. & A. Dodds v Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd and the Crown’s decision not to appeal that judgment.

Southern Response will be paying the damages awarded to Mr and Mrs Dodds by the Court shortly, and arrangements have already been made to cover their legal costs.

Southern Response’s General Manager, Casey Hurren, said: “We accept the Court of Appeal’s findings and, while we regret that Mr and Mrs Dodds have been in the middle of this, we are pleased that this court decision has provided us with some of the principles on which we will be able to base our response to other affected policyholders.  We are now working closely with the Government to formulate that response in more detail.”