Free Lanka Insurance Company Ltd v Ranasinghe

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1963
Date1963
Year1963
CourtPrivy Council
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73 cases
  • Bacchus et Al v Khan
    • Guyana
    • Court of Appeal (Guyana)
    • 8 Abril 1982
    ...as an ‘inchoate or contingent right’ against the insurer. It was something more than a mere hope or expectation. (See Free Lanka Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ranasinghe [1964] 1 All E.R. 457 P.C.) On judgment being obtained the injured person acquired a legal right enforceable by him to recover th......
  • Udaras Uchtala Na Heireann v M (A Minor)
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 27 Noviembre 2019
    ...the cases of Director of Public Works v. Ho Po Sang & Ors. [1961] A.C. 901 and Free Lanka Insurance Company Limited v. Ranasinghe [1964] A.C. 541, Lord Justice Buckley went on to say at p. 12; - “… … those two cases draw the distinction between what can be called an accrued right and what i......
  • CU 142 1989
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
    • 11 Abril 1990
    ...to decide whether some right should or should not be given.” In the later case of Freelanka Insurance Company Limited and A.E. Ranasinghe [1964] AC 541 Lord Evershed, when delivering the judgment of the Board on an appeal to the Privy Council from Ceylon, said that their Lordships were well......
  • Harker v Caledonian Insurance Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 5 Febrero 1979
    ...decision arising from similar legislation (the Motor Oar Ordinance 1938) in Ceylon, Free Lank Insurance Co. Ltd. v. A. E. Ranasinghe (1964) Appeal Cases 541, reversing a decision of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (1961) 63 New Law Reports 529 in favour of the plaintiff in question- There is al......
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