Britton v Royal Insurance Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1866 |
| Date | 1866 |
| Court | Assizes |
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38 cases
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Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG; The DC Merwestone
...& Carry plcWLR [2014] 2 WLR 1269. Beacon Insurance Co Ltd v Maharaj Bookstore LtdUNK [2014] UKPC 21. Britton v Royal Insurance CoENR (1866) 4 F & F 905. Broniowski v PolandHRC (2005) 40 EHRR 21. Cassell & Co Ltd v BroomeELR [1972] AC 1027. Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd v Games Video Co (GVC) ......
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Porter v Zurich Insurance Company
...the policy monies when he has intentionally brought about the event upon which the policy specifies the monies to be payable: see Britton v Royal Insurance Co (1866) 4 F & F 905 at 908. It has been said that this is a prima facie rule of construction of the contract of insurance, by which i......
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Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)
...Marine Insurance Act 1906 provided the remedy of avoidance of the policy. His Lordship said that since Britton v Royal Insurance CoENR ((1866) 4 F & F 905, 909) the law was that a fraudulent claim discharged underwriters from all liability under the policy: see also Orakpo v Barclays Insura......
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Ennia General Insurance Company Ltd Appellant v J. Astaphan & Company (1970) Ltd Respondent [ECSC]
...is aware and (b) which may affect the other's judgment in a particular way. The facts must be material to what is involved. In BRITTON v. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY (1866) 4 F. & F. 905, Mr. Justice Willes said "The contract of insurance is one of perfect good faith on both sides and it is mos......
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"Collateral lies" do not necessarily undermine an insurance claim
...came into effect in August 2016, please see “New insurance laws – a field day for policy holders?”2 1 (Britton v Royal Insurance Co (1866) 4 F & F 905). 2 http://www.allenovery.com/publications/en‑gb/Pages/New‑insurance‑laws‑a‑field‑day‑for‑policyholders.aspx Jade Lay...
4 books & journal articles
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Post-Contract Disclosures in Insurance Law
...Liberian Insurance Agency Inc. v. Mosse [1977] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 560. 51 [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 437. 52 Britton v. The Royal Insurance Co. (1866) 4 F. & F. 905; 176 E.R. 843; Mustapha Ally v. Hand-In-Hand Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. (1968) 13 W.I.R. 210. post-contract period to disclose the locatio......
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The continuing duty of utmost good faith
...Bank of Chicago v Alliance Insurance Co (The 'Captain Panagos') [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 470. 24 In Britton v The Royal Insurance Co (1866) 4 F & F 905 the usual form of wording was described as being 'in accordance with legal principle and sound policy'. The same assumption was made in Insuran......
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Post‐Contractual Good Faith – Change in Judicial Attitude?
...See The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64.41 See, e.g. Orakpo vBarclays Insurance Services Co Ltd, n 3 above; and Britton vRoyal InsuranceCo (1866) 4 F&F 905, 906.42 ALRC Rep, n 17 above, at para 10.122.43 NSW Medical Defence Union Ltd vTransport Industries Insurance Co Ltd (1985) NSWLR 107,108.The ......
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Fraudulent Insurance Claims
...insurer to avoid all liability under the contract including liability for the fraudulent claim (see eg Britton v The Royal Insurance Co (1866) 4 F & F 905, 176 ER 843). The insurer is entitled to avoidance not only prospectively but also retrospectively, that is, ab initio (see Black King S......