Black King Shipping Corporation v Massie (Litsion Pride)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1985 |
| Date | 1985 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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53 cases
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Bank of Nova Scotia v Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd (The Good Luck)
...of the contract with reference to "relevant facts which are relevant to later stages of the contract": see Litsion Pride [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 437: Hirst J. (ii) Continuance of an obligation to speak after the making of the contract can be illustrated by reference to other contracts, in wh......
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Banque Financiere de la Cite S.A. (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A.) v Westgate Insurance Company Ltd (formerly Hodge General & Mercantile Company Ltd); Banque Keyser Ullmann S.A. v Skandia (U.K.) Insurance Company Ltd
...of insurance is made, the duty is in some circumstances capable of arising even after that time. Thus, in The 'Litsion Pride' (1985) 1 Lloyds Rep. 437 Hirst J. held that the insured was in breach of this duty in failing to disclose to the underwriters the fact that a ship was entering a dan......
- Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)
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Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)
...and fraud. Such a position had been successfully argued in Black King Shipping Corporation v Massie (The Litsion Pride)UNK ([1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 437, 512) where the notion of culpability was adopted. The underwriters' defence in the present case resembled that of underwriters in Royal Boska......
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1 firm's commentaries
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The Continuing Duty of Good Faith?
...that will be of rare practical benefit to insurers; it will be interesting to see how this analysis develops in the coming years. 1 [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 437 2 LTL 31st July 2001, TLR 3rd September 2001 3 [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 437 The content of this article is intended to provide a general g......
6 books & journal articles
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The Insurance Act 2015: Rebalancing the Interests of Insurer and Assured
...Lord Mansfield’s formulation was ‘void’. Carter vBoehm n 4 above.18 Black King Shipping Corp vMassie (The Litsion Pride) [1985] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 437; K/S-Merc ScandiaXXXXII vLloyd’s Underwriters (The Mercandian Continent) [2001] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 563; ManifestShipping Co Ltd vUni-Polaris Insurance ......
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More Questions Than Answers? Caribbean Jurisprudence on the Duty of Uberrimae Fides
...Marine Insurance Act (section 20 in 109. Birds’ Modern Insurance (n 88), 128. 110. The Star Sea (n 28); Black King Shipping v Massie [1985] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 437 (QB Com Ct) ( The Litsion Pride ). American case law is replete with references of the obligation of the insurer to the insured at th......
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Post‐Contractual Good Faith – Change in Judicial Attitude?
...vLancashire & General Assurance Co.2 Marine Insurance Act 1906, s 17.3 Eg, Black King Shipping Corp vMassie (The Litsion Pride) [1985] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 437; ContinentalIllinois National Bank & Trust Co of Chicago and Zenofon Maritime SA vAlliance Assurance CoLtd (The Captain Panagos DP) [1986]......
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The continuing duty of utmost good faith
...International Inc and Reliance Group Inc v Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd [1984] 1 Lloyd's Rep 476. 2 [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 437. 135 (1998) 10 SA Merc LJ 135© Juta and Company (Pty) 136 (1998) 10 SA Merc LJ requires the insured to make full disclosure of all material ......
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