Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 01 (May)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

John Leighton Williams QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court
Representation The claimant appeared in person.
  Jeremy Pendlebury (instructed by Vizards Wyeth, Kent) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 1 May 2008

Catchwords

Negligence - Duty to take care - Insurance - Defendant insurance brokers arranging insurance policy covering contents, fixture and fittings and loss of profits in respect of claimant's public house - Claimant seeking indemnity under policy - Insurer rescinding policy on basis of non-disclosure of fact - Whether defendants liable.

The Case

The claimant's claim, seeking damages for the negligence of the defendant's insurance broker in arranging an insurance policy covering contents, fixtures and fittings, and loss of profits in respect of his public house, was dismissed in circumstances where he had charged an admission fee on Fridays and Saturdays, but had informed the defendant insurance brokers that there was no charge for admission.

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