April
Articles matching "law commission"
The Enterprise Bill: “late” payment of insurance claims
Long-heralded and reportedly dropped from the recent Insurance Act 2015 so as to make the passage of that statute through Parliament more ‘uncontroversial’, the Enterprise Bill now tackles “late”…
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The Enterprise Bill 2015: Late payment of claims
The Insurance Act 2015 was originally going to include provisions introducing damages for late payment of claims. However, this was considered to be too controversial to pass through Parliament under…
Read moreInsurable interest
The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission are revisiting the issue of Insurable Interest. James Whelan considers the new proposals following publication of an issues paper, Issues Paper 10 –…
Read moreThe Insurance Bill 2014
In 2006, the Law Commissions of England and Wales and of Scotland commenced their review of insurance contract law. Following almost eight years of consultation, the draft Insurance Bill was…
Read moreReform of Insurance Contract Law: postscript
We mentioned in our latest update on the final draft of the Insurance Contracts Bill that it was envisaged by the Law Commissions that if there was broad consensus of support for the draft, the Bill…
Read moreReforming Insurance Contract Law: Draft Insurance Contracts Bill and the Law Commissions’ proposals in respect of business insurance
The Law Commission of England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission have recently published a complete draft of the Insurance Contracts Bill and a set of Explanatory Notes.
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The search for reform in fraud goes on
Yesterday’s announcement that the Law Commission would not recommend to the Lord Chancellor that “Fraud by victims of personal injury” should be a project for inclusion in the 12th Programme of Law…
Read moreInsurance contract law reform: remaining draft clauses
The Law Commission of England & Wales and Scottish Law Commission have recently published a second set of draft clauses for inclusion in the proposed Insurance Contracts Bill. This is a further…
Read moreThe Law Commissions' Proposals in Respect of Business Insurance
The Law Commission of England & Wales and Scottish Law Commission have recently published a set of draft clauses for inclusion in the proposed Insurance Contracts Bill.
Read moreInsurance contract law reform – new consultation on business insurance
The Law Commission are conducting a limited consultation on the first available draft clauses from the Insurance Contracts Bill.
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