Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG; The DC Merwestone
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Christopher Clarke,Vos L JJ,Sir Timothy Lloyd |
| Judgment Date | 16 October 2014 |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Date | 16 October 2014 |
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3 cases
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Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG; The DC Merwestone
...[2016] UKSC 45 Before Lord Mance Lord Clarke Lord Sumption Lord Hughes Lord Toulson THE SUPREME COURT Trinity Term On appeal from: [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 Appellants Richard Lord QC Tom Bird Victoria (Instructed by Holman Fenwick Willan LLP) Respondents Colin Edelman QC Ben Gardner (Instructe......
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Brian Muyepa v Ministry of Defence
...the right to have his claim determined. 377 In Versloot Dredging BV and another v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG and others [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 Lord Justice Clarke observed at paragraph 105: “Since Summers, judges have showed a willingness to strike out claims including personal in......
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Concise Consulting Services (Pty) Limited v King Price Insurance Company Limited
...(3) SA 89 (SCA) (28 November 2014) [3] 1993 (1) SA 69 (A) [4] 1983 (1) SA 1 (A) at p 410H to 411D) [5] [2018] UKSC 48: on appeal from [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 [6] (476/93) [1995] ZASCA 20; 1995 (3) SA 33 (AD); [1995] 2 All SA 357 (A) (27 March 1995) [7] 2003 (2) SA 440 (SCA) at para 8 [8] Act 2......
4 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Authoritatively Confirms Fraudulent Devices Rule
...Dredging BV v HDI-Gerling & others, The DC Merwestone [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 On 16th October 2014, in a judgment of great significance to insurers in all classes of business, the Court of Appeal has authoritatively ruled in underwriters' favour as to the consequences of the use of a fraud......
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English Laws Response To An Insureds Fraudulent Representations - Part 1
...its duties when responding to insurers' queries. Footnotes [1] Versloot Dredging BV v. HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 [2] Versloot Dredging BV v. HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG & Ors [2013] EWHC 1666 (Comm) [3] Agapitos v. Agnew [2003] QB 556......
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Court Of Appeal Strongly Supports The Fraudulent Devices Rule
...this will help to achieve some clarity if and when the bill is enacted. Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your s......
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2014 Highlights, 2015 Horizons
...into force. It is believed that the aim is to bring this 2010 Act into force sometime in 2015. Footnotes i [2014] EWHC 3548 (Comm) ii [2014] EWCA Civ 1349 iii [2014] EWHC 2002 (Comm) iv [2014] EWHC 2105 (Comm) The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject......
2 books & journal articles
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The Insurance Act 2015: Rebalancing the Interests of Insurer and Assured
...of the transparencytest, the characteristics of the assured of the kind in question, and the circum-95 [2013] EWHC 1666 (Comm).96 [2014] EWCA Civ 1349.97 A discretion which has been exercised in respect of exaggerated loss and – rather less obviously,given the wording of the section – fraud......
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Insurance Fraud and the Role of the Civil Law
...For example, Sharon’s Bakery (Europe) Ltd vAxa Insurance Plc [2011] EWHC 210 (Comm) at[76]-[77]16 [2013] EWHC 1666 (Comm); [2014] EWCA Civ 1349; [2016] UKSC 45. Note the criticismof such a rule in Royal Boskalis Westminster NV vMountain [1999] QB 674.C2017 The Author. The Modern Law Review......