This blog was co-authored by: Luke Schooling, Candidate Attorney
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that an indemnity provided by one group company to support an insurance guarantee obtained by another group company was void where the requirements of section 45 of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) were not complied with
A Montana Supreme Court rejected an extraordinary claim by the insured who had kidnapped, physically assaulted, threatened, restrained and injured his estranged wife using the insured vehicle in the course of the kidnap. The court had no difficulty in finding that the insured’s conduct was not accidental for the purposes of the policy and that
In this judgment the appeal court had to consider whether the claimant who owned goods damaged by fire at the insured’s warehouse premises was entitled to an indemnity under the relevant policy of insurance.
The lower court held that on a proper construction of the “interests of other parties” clause in the policy as interpreted
An electronic cigarette store failed in its claim for an indemnity from its insurer for a vape battery that exploded in a customer’s pocket away from its premises. The policy excluded an event “occurring on any premises other than the designated premises shown in the schedule”.
The products-completed exclusion clearly precluded coverage for bodily
Author: James Donald, Candidate Attorney
In an April 2021 judgement, the Eastern Cape high court held that a standard form guest indemnity used by a game reserve was not in conflict with applicable provisions in the Consumer Protection Act 2008 (the CPA). The plaintiff was a tourist to South Africa, on holiday at a
An insurer’s obligation to indemnify the insured does not arise until the insurer has elected whether to indemnify in money or by reinstatement. The election must be made within a reasonable time.
Mutual & Federal concluded an insurance contract with the liquidators of Expectio Properties and agreed to indemnify the insured for damage to the
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered an insurer to pay interest from the date upon which the indemnity should have been furnished rather than the date the insured issued a summons.
In Viking InShore Fishing vs Mutual & Federal Co Ltd the court found that the insurer was liable to pay the claim relating
An Australian case dealt with a pay-to-be-paid wording according to which the insurer would indemnify the insured “in respect of all sums which the insured shall become legally liable to pay, and shall pay, as compensatory damages.” The court held that the words “and shall pay” did not mean that the insurers did not owe