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Article: Liability For Damage Caused By Fire And Applying The Principles In "Biggin V Permanite" In Considering The Reasonableness Of A Settlement.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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The question of who is liable for damage caused by fire is one which crops up more often than you might think. The case of John F Hunt Demolition Ltd v ASME Engineering Ltd [EWHC] 1507 TCC provides a useful recap on questions of responsibility where there is damage is to property, and the contract makes provision for a Joint Names insurance policy. Here, in the end (and in line with previous authority), Judge Coulson QC decided that the sub-contractor in a contractual framework where the employer took responsibility for the insurance of the event causing the loss was not liable to that employer in tort.
The Judge also had to consider the case of Biggin v. ...
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