Waters v The Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Co: 1856

The plaintiff must show an insurable interest in goods to make a claim. This will usually means that he is at least either a part-owner or bailee.

Citations:

(1856) 5 El and Bl 870

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedAlfred Mcalpine Construction Limited v Panatown Limited HL 17-Feb-2000
A main contractor who was building not on his own land, would only be free to claim damages from a sub-contractor for defects in the building where the actual owner of the land would not also have had a remedy. Here, the land owner was able to sue . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Insurance

Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.218912