Contra Proferentem in UK Law
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The contra proferentem rule and insurance policies – again
The application of the contra proferentum rule was one of the issues which the English High Court considered in Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Limited and Others. The rule provid...
- Contra Proferentem: When To Exclude An Exclusion Cause
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Contra proferentem (again) the war exclusion & proximate cause (UK)
This interesting judgment dealt with a bomb which was dropped by hostile German forces in Exeter in 1942. The bomb did not explode and lay undiscovered until 2021 when it was unearthed during build...
- Contra Proferentem - Another Latin Principle Bites The Dust?
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Recent Contract Law Cases Relevant in the Financial Services Industry
This DechertOnPoint examines some decisions of the English courts in the past year that may have relevance in the financial services industry. It is aimed primarily at in-house counsel and covers d...... ... : excluding liability for misrepresentation interpretation the contra proferentem rule letters of intent, subject to contract and contract ... ...
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Interpretation Of Exclusion Clauses
The Court of Appeal has twice in two months handed down judgments on how the return to literalism (post the Supreme Court’s ruling in Arnold v Britton) applies to exclusion clauses. This is an impo...... ... Interpretation of exclusion clauses and contra proferentem ... An exclusion clause is one which excludes or restricts ... ...
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Court Of Appeal Confirms More Relaxed Approach To Exclusion Clauses In Commercial Contracts
... ... v Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the contra proferentem rule, the rule requiring any ambiguity in an exclusion clause ... ...
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When Is A Cause A Proximate Cause?
... ... The insured also sought to rely ... on the contra proferentem rule ... Applying the guidance set out in FCA v Arch [2021] ... ...
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Covid-19 BI Update: Coronavirus, The Plague Of The 21st Century? Apparently Not.
... ... in wonderland" approach ... The "contra proferentem" rule was also considered ... briefly, as it was introduced by ... ...
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More News From The English Court On Business Interruption Insurance And COVID-19
... ... construction, to apply (where appropriate) the contra ... proferentem approach etc. In the FCA Test Case the ... Court confirmed ... ...
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