Phoenix General Insurance Company of Greece S.A. v Halvanon Insurance Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE KERR,LORD JUSTICE PARKER,LORD JUSTICE BALCOMBE
Judgment Date09 October 1986
Judgment citation (vLex)[1986] EWCA Civ J1009-8
Docket Number86/0860
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date09 October 1986
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74 cases
  • TSC Education Sdn Bhd v Kolej Yayasan Pelajaran MARA and Another
    • Malaysia
    • Unspecified court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Esso Standard Oil v Jose's Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 11 Marzo 1999
    ...294; sub nom. Chettiar v. Chettiar, [1962] 1 All E.R. 494. (17) Phoenix Gen. Ins. Co. of Greece S.A. v. Halvanon Ins. Co. Ltd.ELRUNK, [1988] Q.B. 216; [1986] 1 All E.R. 908; on appeal, sub nom. Phoenix Gen. Ins. Co. of Greece S.A. v. Administratia Asigurarilor de Stat, [1987] 2 All E.R. 152......
  • Jose's Ltd v Esso Standard Oil SA Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 16 Agosto 2000
    ...184 C.L.R. 538; 132 Aust. L.R. 133, distinguished. (5) Phoenix Gen. Ins. Co. of Greece S.A. v. Halvanon Ins. Co. Ltd.ELR, [1988] Q.B. 216; sub nom. Phoenix Gen. Ins. Co. of Greece S.A. v. Administratia Asigurarilor de Stat, [1987] 2 All E.R. 152, distinguished. (6) St. John Shipping Corp. v......
  • Datuk Tan Leng Teck v Sarjana Sdn Bhd and Others
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 Enero 1997
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1 firm's commentaries
  • What inspection rights does a reinsurer have over an insurer's books?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 30 Marzo 2016
    ...treaty (barring any express term to the contrary). (See Phoenix General Insurance Co of Greece SA v Halvanon Insurance Co Ltd [1985] 2 Lloyd's Rep 599; Charman v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Plc [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 607) Reinsurers should be cautious when relying on an implied right as......
6 books & journal articles
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 Agosto 2020
    ...by an unlicensed 219 See, for example, Shaw v Groom , [1970] 2 QB 504 (CA); Phoenix General Ins Co of Greece SA v Halvanon Ins Co Ltd, [1988] QB 216 (CA); Howard v Shirlstar Container Transport Ltd, [1990] 3 All ER 366 (CA). 220 See, for example, Maschinenfabrik Seydelmann K-G v Presswood B......
  • Post-Contract Disclosures in Insurance Law
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 1-2, December 1991
    • 1 Diciembre 1991
    ...v. Massie, The Litsion Pride [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 437 (marine); Phoenix General Insurance Co. v. Administratia A sigurarilor de Stat [1987] 2 All E.R. 152 (aviation). 70 (1866) 4 F. & F. 905; 176 E.R. 843. 71 (1968) 13 W.I.R. 210. 72 See Ewer v. National Employers' Mutual General Insur......
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 Diciembre 1998
    ...referred to by Kirby J in the recent Australian High Court decision of Fitzgerald v FJ Leonhardt Pty Ltd(1997) 71 ALJR 653 at 662. 365 [1988] QB 216. 366 These include, eg, the centrality as well as difficulties of statutory interpretation in the context of statutory illegality; the issue o......
  • REFORMING ILLEGALITY IN PRIVATE LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2009, December 2009
    • 1 Diciembre 2009
    ...Re Mahmoud v Ispahani[1921] 2 KB 716, and the dicta of Kerr LJ in Phoenix General Insurance Co of Greece SA v Halvanon Insurance Co Ltd[1988] QB 216. 165 (1995) 184 CLR 538. 166 A Phang, “Of Illegality and Presumptions — Australian Departures and Possible Approaches”(1996) 11 JCL 53 at 72—7......
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