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Forfeiture clauses and claims tainted by fraud

By NRF Digital Team on February 23, 2022

This blog was co-authored by Anika de Kock, Associate and Lara Thom, Candidate Attorney.

In the case of Discovery Insure Limited v Masindi, the court had to consider whether a claim “tainted with fraud” lodged by a policyholder had the effect of rendering the whole claim voidable, even the parts not tainted by fraud…

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Contractual prescription clauses: South African insurers not alone

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By Donald Dinnie on February 17, 2014

South African insurers can take heart from the Hong Kong High Court’s judgment to uphold an insurers’ reliance both on a time limit clause and a forfeiture clause in a commercial insurance policy.

The time limit clause provided that the insurer was not liable for any loss or damage after the expiration of twelve months…

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