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Nawaz and Another v Crowe Insurance Group: CA 24 Feb 2003

The claimant had claimed aganst the driver, but gave notice of the intention to make a claim on his insurance by telephone only. The insurers repudiated liability.
Held: Whilst solicitors would be strongly advised to give such notice in writing, an oral notice given to a proper officer of the insurer could be sufficient. In this case oral notice to a legal secretary was sufficient.

Judges:

Woolf LCJ, Kennedy, Scott Baker LJJ

Citations:

Times 11-Mar-2003, [2003] EWCA Civ 316

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Road Traffic Act 1988 152

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedWake v Page and Another CA 9-Feb-2001
Insurers were quite entitled to insist upon service of the statutory seven day notice of an intention to sue. In the absence of a notice very were not liable even though they were fully aware of the possibility of action. However regrettable it was . .
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Insurance, Road Traffic, Litigation Practice

Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.180112

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