Niger Company Ltd v Guardian Assurance Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1920
Year1920
CourtHouse of Lords
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9 cases
  • Wünsche Handelsgesellschaft International mbH v Tai Ping Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 March 1998
    ...the judgment of Waller LJ: Niger Co Ltd v Guardian Assurance Co LtdUNK(1920) 4 Ll L Rep 337 (Rowlatt J); (1921) 6 Ll L Rep 239 (CA); (1922) 13 Ll L Rep 75 (HL) Rheinhart Co v Joshua Hoyle & Sons LtdUNK[1961] 1 Ll Rep 346 Simon, Israel & Co v SedgwickELR[1893] 1 QB 303 Symington & Co v Union......
  • Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG; The DC Merwestone
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 20 July 2016
    ...v Patton (1872) LR7 QB 304, Lishman v Northern Maritime Insurance Co (1875) LR 10 CP 179, Niger Co Ltd v Guardian Assurance Co Ltd (1922) 13 Lloyd's Rep 75 and New Hampshire Insurance Co v MGN Ltd [1997] LRLR 24, all confirmed in The Star Sea. There is no occasion in the present case to pu......
  • Manifest Shipping Company Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Company Ltd (Star Sea)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 18 January 2001
  • K/S Merc-Scandia XXXXII v Lloyd's Underwriters [QBD (Comm)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 23 June 2000
    ...(1866) 4 F & F 905; 176 ER 843. Carter v BoehmENRENR (1766) 3 Burr 1905; 97 ER 1162. Commercial Union Assurance Co v Niger Co LtdUNK (1922) 13 Ll L Rep 75. Cory v PattonELR (1872) LR 7 QB 304. Cox v Bankside Members Agency LtdUNK [1995] 2 Ll Rep 437. Firma C-Trade SA v Newcastle Protection ......
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1 books & journal articles
  • OF SHIFTING WINDS – INSURED'S PRE-CONTRACTUAL DUTY OF GOOD FAITH IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...non-disclosure, which is so widely relied on by insurers that Lord Sumner warned in Niger Company, Ltd v Guardian Assurance Company(1922) 13 Ll L Rep 75 at 82 that this indispensable shield for an insurer should not be turned into an engine of oppression against the insured, was not pleaded......

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