Tort of Deceit in UK Law
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Insurance Fraud and the Role of the Civil Law
Two UK Supreme Court decisions have considered insurance fraud. The first, Versloot Dredging BV v HDI‐Gerling Industries Versicherung (The DC Merwestone), concerned the use of a fraudulent device b...... ... to settle a claim, is entitled to set aside the settlement under the tort of deceit where it subsequently discovers proof that it was in fact ... ...
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Measures in Misrepresentation: Recent Steps in Awarding Damages
... ... only allowed damages for fraudulent misrepresentation in the tort of deceit'; the only remedy for innocent or negligent ... ...
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RECENT PERIODICAL LITERATURE
... ... A dilemma arises frequently in the United States in tort actions against Government officers. On the one hand it must ... ) an action for breach will lie as for the tort of deceit; (c) damages for mental injury to be limited by ... ...
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Armitage v Nurse & Others
The Appellant in this case, referred to throughout the Court of Appeal's judgment as ‘Paula’, was the principal beneficiary under a settlement which contained a trustee exemption clause in the foll...... ... "actual fraud" in Clause 15 is not used to describe the common law tort of deceit. As the Judge appre-ciated it simply means dishonesty. I accept ... ...
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Lies, Collateral Lies and Insurance Claims: The Changing Landscape in Insurance Law
... ... 7 A similar stance has been taken in English cases on the tort of deceit. 8 ... Of course, one can justifiably say that insurance ... ...
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Remoteness Criteria in Equity
... ... not contained by the rules of remoteness and causation that apply in tort or contract, thereby inviting the development of tailored equitable rules ... 10 Foreseeability does not, however, contain liability for deceit nor is there authority that it contains liability for any of the other ... ...
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A Smorgasbord of Principles—De Facto Spouses and the Matrimonial Home
... ... implied contract;B proprietary estoppel;" quasi-contract;5 the tort of deceit;6 implied partnership? and unjust enrichment. s No doubt ... ...
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES LAW COMMISSION WORKING PAPER NO. 87*: CHOICE OF LAW IN TORT AND DELICT
... ... deceit and any economic tort), both the facts and the law are complex. The elements in the tort or delict may be ... ...
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First Catch Your Defendant—Limitation and the Unknown Tortfeasor
... ... as part of the cause of action, e.g., in the tort of deceit.’ It does not include claims in respect of such ... ...
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Forgery
... ... and sometimes complex procedures and actions to weave a web of deceit in order to create a legitimate front and to conceal their tracks. These ... the general principles which apply to civil liability of fraud in the tort of deceit or should there be a stricter rule to challenge a will, which ... ...
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