Caudle and Others v Sharp ; Grove v Sharp

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeClarke J.
Judgment Date23 February 1994
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Date23 February 1994

Queen's Bench Division

Before Mr Justice Clarke

Caudle and Others
and
Sharp Grove v Sharp

Negligence - insurance - writing reinsurance contracts - continuing failure is one event

Continuing failure was one event

A continuing failure to take proper steps to investigate the risks inherent in writing reinsurance contracts could amount to one event from which the negligent writing of each subsequent contract flowed.

Mr Justice Clarke so held in a reserved judgment in the Queen's Bench Division dismissing the appeals of (i) Mr B F Caudle, Mr D R Neil, St Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (UK) Ltd and Sphere Drake Insurance plc and (ii) of Mr Peter Grove, all reinsurers under reinsurance contracts with the respondent, Mr Alec Sharp, the representative underwriter of...

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