Sahin v Havard & Anor
Decision date: 30 November 2016
Neutral citation: [2016] EWCA Civ 1202
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: high
Short overview
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This appeal arises from a road collision involving an unidentified driver (Mr X) of a hire car; the claimant obtained default judgments against the hirer and then sued the named driver on the basis the hirer (Ms Havard) had permitted an uninsured person to drive. The key issues were whether Ms Havard’s liability was a liability statutorily required to be covered and whether the insurer’s policy in fact covered liability arising from Mr X’s use of the vehicle. The judge held both questions in the negative and dismissed the claim; the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.
Ratio decidendi
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Where the policy expressly indemnified only the insured and persons driving or using the insured vehicle with the permission of the insured, and contained an exclusion for liability arising while the vehicle was being driven by any person not permitted by the Certificate of Insurance, liability arising from use by a person not permitted by the insured did not fall within the policy and the insurer was not liable.
Obiter dicta
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No clear obiter dicta can safely be identified from the judgment.
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