Fenton v Thorley & Company Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1903
Date1903

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  • Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. Of Canada, 2010 SCC 33
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 25 October 2010
    ...Life Co., 2003 SCC 16, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 158, at para.20; Canadian Indemnity, at pp.315-16; originating in Fenton v. Thorley & Co., [1903] A.C. 443, at p. 448). When an event is unlooked for, unexpected or not intended by the insured, it is fortuitous. This is a requirement of coverage; t......
  • What Is An 'Accident': The Story Of A Muddled Definition
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 2 April 2020
    ...identify as an "accident". After all, don't we all know an accident when we see one? Footnotes 1 Fenton v. Thorley & Co., Ltd., [1903] A.C. 443. 2 Stats v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1153, 87 D.L.R. (3d) 3Voisin v. Royal Insurance Co. of Canada (1988), 66 O.R. (2d) 4......
5 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Insurance Law. Second Edition Enforcing Insurance Contracts
    • 23 June 2015
    ...[1990] BCJ No 720 (CA) ...................................................................... 503, 504 Fenton v J Thorley & Co Ltd, [1903] AC 443 (HL) ...................................300, 304 Ferguson v National Life Assurance Co of Canada (1996), 1 OTC 81, 36 CCLI (2d) 95, [1996] OJ No ......
  • Delict
    • South Africa
    • Juta Yearbook of South African Law No. , March 2022
    • 28 March 2022
    ...Paras 1–3.360 Para 12.361 Nicosia v Workmen’s Compensation Commission 1954 (3) SA 897 (T) 900D–902C; Fenton v J Thorley and Co Limited 1903 AC 443 at 448; MEC for the Department of Health, Free State Province v DN 2015 (1) SA 182 (SCA) para 33.362 Para 14 (emphasis added).363 1966 (1) SA 41......
  • Coverage
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Insurance Law. Second Edition Enforcing Insurance Contracts
    • 23 June 2015
    ...in Walkem Machinery was predicated on the absurdity of excluding negligence from coverage in a liability policy: ibid at 1172–73. 77 [1903] AC 443 at 448 (HL) [ Fenton ]. 78 Stats , above note 19 at 1164. Coverage 301 also discussed Candler v London & Lancashire Guarantee & Accident Company......
  • Hit and Miss?: An Elementary Analysis of Domestic Criminal Statutes and Involuntary Manslaughter in Fatal Maritime Collisions and near Miss Incidents
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-1, February 2014
    • 1 February 2014
    ...In many instances, 30 C. Hodgetts, ‘The Devil or the Deep Blue Sea’ (2012) 45 (4) Nautilus International Telegraph 22.31 Fenton v Thorley [1903] AC 443 at 453.32 Ibid. at The Journal of Criminal Law42collisions or near miss incidents occur as a result of risks which have not been foreseen, ......
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