Morton Insurance Brokers Ltd. v Sidhu
Decision date: 6 March 2008
Neutral citation: [2008] EWHC 417 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
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This is a claim by Morton Insurance Brokers against their former employee Mr Sidhu for breach of the contractual duty of good faith, alleging he backdated manual Sabre cover notes to pretend motorists had cover at the time of accidents. The judge found on the evidence that Mr Sidhu backdated the disputed cover notes, rejected his explanations, and awarded Morton various heads of loss including the £55,000 paid to Sabre and other specified costs and increased premiums.
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