Siu Yin Kwan and Another v Eastern Insurance Company Ltd (The Barquentine Osprey)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 09 December 1993 |
| Date | 09 December 1993 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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Contract formation
...Young. 395 Maynegrain Pty Ltd v Compaina Bank [1982] 2 NSWLR 141 at 149–150, per Hope JA; Siu Yin Kwan v Eastern Insurance Co Ltd [1994] 2 AC 199 at 207 (PC); Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Forum Architects [2002] BLR 378 at 390 [28], per HHJ LLoyd QC; Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc ......
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Implied Terms in Undisclosed Agency
...All remainingerrors are mine alone.1 The leading statement of the doctr ine can be found in Siu Yin Kwan vEastern Insurance Co Ltd[1994] 2 AC 199 (Siu Yin Kwan), 277, and see also Amer ican Law Institute, Restatement of theLaw Third,Agency (St Paul, MN: American Law Institute Publishers, 20......
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...This is consistent with the view taken by the Privy Council on appeal from Hong Kong (Siu Yin Kwan v Eastern Insurance Co Ltd[1994] 1 All ER 213) that the UK Life Assurance Act 1774 Act (which is similar to s.61A) did not apply to indemnity insurance. 4 Life and personal accident insurances......