Admission of Liability in UK Law

  • Castanho v Brown & Root (U.K.) Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Diciembre 1980
    ......, so far, obtained two interim payments totalling £27,250 and an admission of liability by the second defendant. On the 14th May 1979 the plaintiff ......
  • Gan Insurance Company Ltd v Tai Ping Insurance Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Julio 2001
    ...... by Tai Ping on an erection all risks and third party liability insurance taken out by Winbond Insurance Corporation ("Winbond"). This ... the settlement agreement dated 30 th July 1997 contained an admission in writing. This turned upon whether such an admission was constituted by ......
  • Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Diciembre 1985
    ......, where a sum was conceded by way of set-off without an admission of liability. . . 24 At the trial the claims for injunctions which ......
  • Halford v Brookes and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 Noviembre 1990
    ......Eventually, in August 1986 counsel advised on liability and quantum and in March 1987 full legal aid was granted for the ... his defence in these civil proceedings necessarily involves an admission of liability to a limited extent, because, on any view, the second ......
  • Al-Rawi & others v The Security Service & others
    • Supreme Court
    • 13 Julio 2011
    ......, but they put in issue the alleged mistreatment and denied any liability for the claimants' detention or alleged mistreatment. At a case management ... why, these particular claims having been settled without admission of liability, they are to be the subject of an inquiry under the ......
  • Bradford & Bingley Plc v Rashid
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Julio 2006
    ...... was, on the true construction of the letter, not a "hypothetical admission or concession for the purpose of securing a settlement" but a statement of ... would by definition be an unqualified admission of liability. But I think that such a remedy would be to throw out the baby with the ......
  • Gale v Superdrug Stores Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 Abril 1996
    ......Well before any proceedings were started, an admission of liability in correspondence by their insurers was followed up by an ......
  • Parkinson (Sir Lindsay) & Company Ltd v Triplan Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 Enero 1973
    ...... Court proceedings with a corresponding effect on your clients' liability for costs should an award be made in your clients' favour below the figure ...Again it will consider whether there is an admission by the defendants on the pleadings or elsewhere that money is due. If ......
  • Edwards v Skyways Ltd
    • Queen's Bench Division
    ...... to make a payment, although indicating that pre-existing legal liability was not admitted, did not carry a necessary or even probable implication ... described in express terms as “ex gratia” or “without admission of liability.” The two phrases are, I think, synonymous. No one would ......
  • Hardoon v Belilios
    • Privy Council
    • 1901
    ....... . Calls Paid by Registered Owner of Shares - Liability of Beneficial Owner - Indemnity. . . A party who is sui juris and ... upon them, although he attempted to protect himself from any admission of liability by entering these payments in his books as made on behalf of ......
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