Kr & Ors v Royal & Sun Alliance Plc
Decision date: 26 January 2006
Neutral citation: [2006] EWHC 48 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
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This dispute concerned claims by former residents of Bryn Alyn against the company's liability insurer under the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 1930 after findings of widespread abuse at Bryn Alyn. The key issues were when the insurer's cover began and whether policy exceptions for deliberate acts excluded the claims. The judge held that the insurer's cover incepted on 22 August 1976 (not before) and that the insurer's defence based on the deliberate-act exceptions failed.
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The judge expressed the view that US decisions were of limited assistance and that resolving the exception required attention to policy wording and public policy considerations.
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