Beresford v Royal Insurance Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1938 |
| Date | 1938 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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135 cases
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Marles v Philip Trant & Sons Ltd (no 2)
...in order to obtain the insurance moneys payable on his death, his representatives were not allowed to recover the amount. ( Beresford v. Royal Insurance Company, reported in 1937 2 King's Bench Division at page 197, and 1938 Appeal Cases at page 586.) When a solicitor sought to be indemnifi......
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Hardy v Motor Insurers' Bureau
...for the consequences of a criminal offence where his own wicked and deliberate intent is an essential ingredient in it. See Beresford v. Royal Insurance Co. 1938 Appeal Cases, p. 5S6. This rule is not rested on an implied exception in the policy of insurance. It is based on the broad rule o......
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9 books & journal articles
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REFORMING ILLEGALITY IN PRIVATE LAW
...of Appeal did not mention anything of outraged dignity in barring the claim, though the serious offence of manslaughter was involved. 97 [1938] AC 586. 98 [1938] AC 586 at 599. 99 (1991) 100 ALR 29. 100 (1991) 100 ALR 29 at 54. 101 [1955] 2 QB 525 at 535. 102 [1954] 1 QB 29. 103 Ashmore, Be......
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CONTRACTUAL ILLEGALITY AND CONFLICT OF LAWS
...Insurance Ltd.[1978] Q.B. 283, Cleaver v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association[1892] 1 Q.B. 147 and Beresford v. Royal Insurance Co. Ltd.[1938] A.C. 586. 275 [1994] 3 S.L.R. 224. 276 [1994] 3 S.L.R. 224 at 241. 277 Chapter 224, 1985 Revised Edition, Singapore Statutes. The proposition that ......
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Table of cases
...2010 ONCA 868 .................................................................................. 587 Beresford v Royal Insurance Co Ltd, [1938] AC 586 (HL) ................................ 296 Berryere v Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co, [1964] ILR 1-129 (Man QB), aff’d (1965), 51 DLR (2d) 603, ......
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Coverage
...any, of this policy, this policy shall immediately become void.” Ibid at 605. 54 Ibid at 608. 55 See Beresford v Royal Insurance Co Ltd , [1938] AC 586 (HL). 56 See, for example, Ontario Insurance Act , RSO 1990, c I.8, s 188(1): “Where a contract contains an undertaking, express or implied......
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