Sprung v Royal Insurance (UK) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeBeldam,Evans,Pill L JJ
Judgment Date14 June 1996
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date14 June 1996

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25 cases
3 firm's commentaries
  • Insurance Contract Law Reform - Proposed Amendments to the Duty of Good Faith
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 21 December 2010
    ...(The Lips) [1988] AC 395 and followed reluctantly by the Court of Appeal in the key case of Sprung v Royal Insurance (UK) Limited [1997] CLC 70. The Law Commission considers that Sprung is out of line with the principles of ordinary contract law. The general position is that a defendant is ......
  • Insurance And Reinsurance 2016
    • Bermuda
    • Mondaq Bermuda
    • 22 September 2016
    ...Court, a Bermuda court is likely to follow the principle enunciated by the English Court of Appeal in Sprung v Royal Assurance plc [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep IR 111, that a claim for non-payment of insurance is a claim for damages for breach of contract, and that a claim for damages for non-payme......
  • Brokers’ Duty When Placing Business Interruption Insurance
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 6 January 2015
    ...Some writers have found the case of Arbory controversial since it appears to override the rule in Sprung v Royal Insurance (UK) Ltd [1997] CLC 70 (which held that an insured is not entitled to the recovery of damages for the non-payment or late payment of insurance monies). However, the jud......
2 books & journal articles
  • Insurance Law Reform by Degrees: Late Payment and Insurable Interest
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 80-3, May 2017
    • 1 May 2017
    ...Mobil Oil Inc vWest of England Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association (The Padre Island)[1991] 2 AC 1; Sprung vRoyal Insurance (UK) Ltd [1997] CLC 70 (CoA); Vent o u r is vMountain(The Italia Express) (No 3) [1992] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 281 (Comm Ct).3Photo Production Ltd vSecuricor Transport Ltd ......
  • Insurance contract law and regulation and competition in the UK insurance industry: The missing link
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance No. 8-2, February 2000
    • 1 February 2000
    ...greater leniency in the case of consumers. A good example of this point in insurance is the case of Sprung v Royal Insurance (UK) Ltd. [1997] C.L.C. 70. See Birds, J. (1997) 'No damages remedy when insurers unjustifi-ably repudiate liability', Journal of Business Law, No. 368. (22) SI 1994/......