Barbara Fontana (Administratrix of the Estate of Alan Neil Gosley Deceased) v Skandia Life Assurance Ltd and Molesworths (a Firm): CA 14 Dec 2000

The deceased took out pension and life policies. After failure to make payments they were suspended. The savings element was re-instated, but the deceased did not return the statement as to his health. At first instance the court held the insurance to have been revived.
Held: The correspondence could not be read as offering to re-instate the life insurance without the form. The correspondence was on the basis that the claimant and her solicitors tacitly were not challenging the refusal to pay the life claim.

Citations:

[2000] EWCA Civ 325

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedGibson v Manchester City Council HL 8-Mar-1979
The plaintiff sought specific performance of what he said was a contract for the sale of land.
Held: The appeal succeeded. In a case where a contract is alleged to have been made by an exchange of correspondence between the parties, in which . .
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Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.147358