Melik (Victor) & Company Ltd v Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1980
Date1980
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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8 cases
  • Milton Furniture Ltd v Brit Insurance Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 1 April 2014
    ...Sofi v Prudential [1993] 2 Ll Rep 559, this test was interpreted as akin to recklessness in the context of property damage. 164 In Victor Melik v Norwich Union [1980] 1 Ll Rep 523, Woolf J was concerned with the construction of a stipulation which required the insured to keep the burglar al......
  • Brink's Inc and Another v Singapore Airlines Ltd and Another
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 15 May 1998
    ...1 WLR 1027 (distd) Highgrade Traders Ltd, Re [1984] BCLC 151 (refd) Melik & Co Ltd v Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society and Kemp [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 523 (folld) Philippine Victory, Re The (26 November 1991) (refd) Waugh v British Railways Board [1980] AC 521 (folld) Steven Chong SC and P......
  • AC Ward & Son Ltd v Caitlin (Five) Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 3 December 2009
    ...was “in operation” provided it was switched on even if, unbeknownst to the insured, there was a fault in the system and of Woolf J in Melik v Norwich Union [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 523 at 531 that a burglar alarm was “kept in full operation at all times when the property was unattended” notwith......
  • Ansari v New India Assurance
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 November 2008
    ... ... Limited A Merrill Communications Company 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 ... As is usual in a fire, a senior fire officer will arrive and try and ... ” He asked about the insurance and the fire officer then continued ... ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • Some aspects of waiver of litigation privilege in commonwealth jurisdictions
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 9-2, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...to any claim, and they were therefore privileged. See also Victor Melik and Co Ltd v. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 523, at 525, per Woolf, J. 9 McAvan v. London Transport Executive, supra; Re Highgrade Traders Ltd [1984] BCLC 151. 10 Grant v. Downs (1976) 13......

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