Commercial Union Assurance Company of N.Z. Ltd v Lamont

JurisdictionNew Zealand
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1989
Date1989

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36 cases
  • Martin v Watson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 13 Julio 1995
    ... ... 884 , P.C.; Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd. v. Brain ( 1935 ) 53 C.L.R ... (2d) 661 and Commercial Union Assurance Co. of N.Z. Ltd. v. Lamont [ ... by the secretary of the defendant company, which offered to provide solicitors and counsel ... ...
  • Keith Brown v Constable Neville Heaven and Others
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 2 Junio 2011
    ...more so where he deliberately deceives the police by supplying false information without which they would not have proceeded (Commercial Union Assurance v Lamont), 1989 3 NZLR 187 [C A]; Tewani v Singh [1908] 24 TLR 884; J Haman v Anroop [1951] LRBG 172. 50 30. In the case of Martin v Wat......
  • Jonathan Rees (1st Claimant) Glenn Vian (2nd Claimant) Sidney Fillery (3rd Claimant) Garry Vian (4th Claimant) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 17 Febrero 2017
    ...to apply these tests, but I would adopt the approach suggested by Richardson J in Commercial Union Assurance Co. of NZ Limited v Lamont [1989] 3 NZLR 187, 199 when he said that the tests should be the same when the police had conducted an investigation and decided to prosecute, but that the......
  • Mahon and Another v Rahn and Others (No 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 Junio 2000
    ...by counsel. 257 The fourth case considered by Lord Keith was the decision of the New Zealand Court of Appeal in Commercial Union Assurance Co of NZ Ltd v Lamont [1989] 3 NZLR 187. In that case the plaintiff had been acquitted of a charge of attempting to obtain money from an insurance compa......
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