Changing legal perspectives of the requirement of insurable interest in insurance contracts.
The article explores the requirement of insurable interest in insurance contracts and the varying degrees of statutory reforms thereto in the common law jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, Australia and Nigeria. It is argued that the doctrine has, most often than not, provided a technical defence t...
| Publicado en: | Commonwealth Law Bulletin Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 363 - 394 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2021
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