Samsoondar v Capital Insurance Company Ltd: PC 14 Dec 2020

(From the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) ‘retrospectivity of a judicial interpretation of a statute, which overturned a previous judicial interpretation, and, in the light of that, there are questions on contractual interpretation and on the compulsory or mistaken discharge of another’s legal liability in the law of unjust enrichment.’

Judges:

Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows

Citations:

[2020] UKPC 33

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Insurance, Equity, Contract

Updated: 12 September 2022; Ref: scu.659463