Nemeti & Ors v Sabre Insurance Company Ltd
Decision date: 23 November 2012
Neutral citation: [2012] EWHC 3355 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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This appeal concerned whether the court had power to permit amendment substituting the deceased driver’s estate as defendant outside the relevant limitation period, after the original claim against the insurer was conceded to be unsustainable. The High Court allowed the appeal, holding that Master Eastman had erred and did not have the power to permit the substitution. The appeal was therefore allowed and the substitution was not permitted.
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