Lek v Mathews
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1927 |
| Year | 1927 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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19 cases
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Jimmie William Frederick Hornal v Neuberger Products Ltd
...or malicious damage must be as fully proved as a criminal charge: but the latest case in the House of Lords, ( Lek v. Mathews 29 Lloyd's List Reports, page 141) shows that that is putting too high a burden on the insurance company. Lord Sumner said that "on a civil issue I do not think mor......
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Ennia General Insurance Company Ltd Appellant v J. Astaphan & Company (1970) Ltd Respondent [ECSC]
...Counsel cited DERRY v. PEEK (1889) 14 A.C. 337 and he also quoted the following pasage from the judgment of Viscount Sumner in LEK v. MATTHEWS (1927) 29 LL.R. 141, which, he contended, represented exactly what recurred in the instant case: "Finally, though it may not be necessary top decide......
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2 books & journal articles
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The Standard of Proof in Civil Cases: An Insurance Fraud Perspective
...CASES: AN INSURANCE FRAUD PERSPECTIVE18 (1835) 2 Bing NC 222.19 (1873–74) LR 9 Ex 93.20 (1923) 15 Ll L Rep 186.21 Ibid. at 187.22 (1927) 29 Ll L Rep 141.23 (1951) P 35.24 [1951] AC 391.25 [1951] P words than anything else. It is of course true that by our law a higherstandard of proof is re......
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Lecture
...Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG[2016] 3 WLR 543; [2016] UKSC 45 at [28]. 60[2016] 3 WLR 543; [2016] UKSC 45. 61(1927) 29 Ll L Rep 141. 62Lek v Mathews(1927) 29 Ll L Rep 141 at 141. 63Lek v Mathews(1926) 25 Ll L Rep 525 at 544. 64Lek v Mathews(1927) 29 Ll L Rep 141 at 164......