Where an insurer indemnifies the assured, he is entitled to exercise, through subrogation, any claim the assured may have against the person who caused the losses. Absent an assignment of the claim, it belongs to the assured and the insurer does not have a proprietary interest in it.
Held: The Court declined leave to amend a pleading to add the names of co-plaintiffs whose claims were time barred.
Judges:
Oliver LJ
Citations:
[1983] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 25
Cited by:
Cited – Roberts v Gill and Co Solicitors and Others SC 19-May-2010
The claimant beneficiary in the estate sought damages against solicitors who had acted for the claimant’s brother, the administrator, saying they had allowed him to take control of the assets in the estate. The will provided that property was to be . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.416013