Youell v Bland Welch & Company Ltd (No. 2)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1990
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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  • Aneco Reinsurance Underwriting Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Johnson & Higgins Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 18 October 2001
    ...are liable for the full extent of Aneco's loss, amounting to about dollar35m. 8 It is convenient to start with Youell v Bland Welch & Co Ltd (No 2) (The "Superhulls Cover" case) [1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep 431, the facts of which were very similar. Brokers were instructed to obtain reinsurance on ......
  • HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v JLT Risk Solutions Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Punjab National Bank v de Boinville
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 May 1991
    ...and to other professional activities which they carry on, besides giving advice: see the judgment of Phillips J. in Youell Welch & Co. Ltd v. Bland Welch & Co. Ltd [1990] 2 Ll.R. 431 at 459. 81 The question then is whether the Bank were the client of Fieldings. This has to be answered by re......
  • Dunlop Haywards DHL Ltd v Barbon Insurance Group Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 19 November 2009
    ...duty as it applies in the insurance broking context. Phillips J summarised the position as follows in The "Superhulls Cover"case; Youell v Bland Welch & Co. Ltd [1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 431 at 458: "When a Lloyd's broker accepts instructions from a client he implicitly undertakes to exercise r......
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2 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, April 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1, 19, 22 (McHugh J) ('Medlin'). In the United Kingdom, see Youell v Bland Welch & Co Ltd [No 2] [1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep 431, 461, 462 (Phillips J) ('Youell'); Uzinterimpex JSC v Standard Bank plc [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 456, 471 [56] (Moore-Bick LJ, Laws LJ agreeing......
  • DEMYSTIFYING THE RIGHT OF ELECTION IN CONTRACT LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2006, December 2006
    • 1 December 2006
    ...v Raymond Hadley, supra n 114; Furst v Fischer, supra n 114 (cases of waiver by equitable estoppel); The Superhulls Cover Case (No 2)[1990] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 431 at 449 (case of waiver in the sense of election). See also Stoljar, supra n 121, at 503, 513—515, 525, 526, the decisions which he fo......

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