Drake Insurance Plc v Provident Insurance Plc
Decision date: 17 December 2003
Neutral citation: [2003] EWCA Civ 1834
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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This is an inter-insurer dispute where Drake paid a third-party claim by an insured driver and sought a rateable contribution from Provident, which had purported to avoid its policy for non-disclosure. The court allowed Drake's appeal, holding (on the material as supplied) that Provident was not entitled to avoid the policy and that Drake's payment was not a voluntary payment such as to bar recovery.
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