Ventouris v Mountain

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date23 February 1990
Date23 February 1990
CourtQueen's Bench Division

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  • Barclays Bank Plc v Eustice
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 July 1995
    ...said to the other will not be revealed to third parties. 39 This second desideratum has recently been expressed thus by Bingham LJ in Ventouris v Mountain [1991] 472 at p.475 and I gratefully adopt his words: "The doctrine of legal professional privilege is rooted in the public interest whi......
  • Ventouris v Mountain
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 February 1991
  • Versloot Dredging BV and Another v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 14 June 2013
    ...but the assured cannot recover for losses caused by the insurer's wrongful refusal to pay a valid claim: see Ventouris v Mountain (The Italia Express No 2) [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 281. In this respect the law disadvantages the assured, and is widely regarded as unfair and in need of reform. In......
  • Seele Austria GmbH & Company v Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 6 August 2009
    ...to prevent the indemnified person from suffering damage”: per Lord Goff in The Fanti [1991] 2 AC 1, 35; see also The 'Italia Express' (No 2) [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 281; Sprung v Royal Insurance Co (UK) Ltd [1997] CLC 70. The right arises on the occurrence of the damage since, as a general rul......
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  • Pipelines - Insurance & Legal Aspects In Cases Of Damage
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 7 June 2011
    ...On of the leading cases on this point is National Oil Co of Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and Others – v – Nicholas Collwyn Sturge [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 281. The facts were that between 14th July 1982 and 5th January 1983 persons or supporters of the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) blew......
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  • 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
    ...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 [1980] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 139 (HL).4Sprung vRoyal Insurance (UK) Ltd n2above;Ve n......