West Wake Price & Company v Ching

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Judgment Date1956
Year1956
Date1956

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  • Federal Insurance Co v Nakano Singapore (Pte) Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 30 December 1991
    ... ... reliefs against HS, solicitors who had acted for CZ of West Germany in a passing-off action by CZ(EG) against CZ(WG) ... had been judicially defined by Devlin J in West Wake Price & Co v Ching , at p 829, as follows: `the primary ... insurance policy provided that `in the event of the company disclaiming liability in respect of any claim and an action ... ...
  • Ganesan Carlose & Partners v American Home Assurance Co
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 January 1994
    ... ... facilities granted by the bank to Sourgrapes, which company was controlled by the son`s brother-in-law and in which the ... based their defence on the decision of Devlin J in West Wake Price & Co v Ching that a clause under a policy which ... ...
  • Rohan Construction Ltd v Insurance Corporation of Ireland Plc
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1988
    ...Supreme Court - 10/4/87) [1988] ILRM 373 |Rohan Construction v. Insurance Corporation of Ireland| Citations: WEST WAKE PRICE & CO V CHING 1957 1 WLR 45 FINLAY V MURTAGH 1979 IR 249 REARDON SMITH LINE LTD V HANSEN-TONGEN 1976 3 AER 570 STAFFORDSHIRE AREA AUTHORITY V SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WAT......
  • CMG Pension Trustees Ltd v CGI IT UK Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 11 August 2022
    ...the most familiar description of a “claim” (albeit in a very different context) is the one given by Devlin J (as he then was) in West Wake Price & Co. v Ching [1957] 1 WLR 45 at 55: “I think that the primary meaning of the word “claim” — whether used in a popular sense or in a strict legal......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Insurance
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Callinan J; Quinn Direct Insurance Ltd v he Law Society of England and Wales [2010] EWCA Civ 805 at [11]. 103 West Wake Price v Ching [1956] 3 All ER 821 at 829, per Devlin J; horman v New Hampshire Insurance Co (UK) Ltd (1987) 39 BLR 41 at 49, per Sir John Donaldson MR, at 57–58, per Stock......