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Heaton and Others v Axa Equity and Law Life Assurance Society Plc and Axa Equity and Law Unit Trust Managers Limited: ChD 27 May 1999

Where a plaintiff settled a claim against one of two defendants, the court would be ready to look carefully at the full details of the settlement to see whether or not the co-defendant was intended also to be released by or under the terms of that settlement.
Times 19-Jul-1999, [1999] EWHC Ch 229
Bailii
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal fromHeaton and others v AXA Equity and Law Life Assurance Society Plc and Another CA 19-May-2000
Where a claimant had settled one claim with one of two joint tortfeasors on an issue which also concerned the action against the second, it was a matter for interpretation of that settlement as to whether or not the claimant could continue the . .

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Updated: 10 October 2021; Ref: scu.136036 br>

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