1st Edition
The Law of Insurance Warranties Flawed Reform and a New Perspective
By Alastair Owen
Copyright 2021
308 Pages
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Informa Law from Routledge
308 Pages
by
Informa Law from Routledge
308 Pages
by
Informa Law from Routledge
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The book provides a detailed review of efforts to reform the law on insurance warranties in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, arguing that none of these have been successful. The text proposes a radical new approach to reform of this area of the law, demonstrating through detailed stress testing of these proposals that they would deliver more consistent and equitable outcomes than those achieved... Read more
1. Introduction
Section One: History, Issues and Challenges
2. The Evolution and History of Insurance Warranties
3. The Law of Insurance Warranties Prior to the Insurance Act 2015
4. Implied Warranties
5. Challenges and Issues: Problems with the Law on Warranties and Potential Solutions
for Resolving Them
6. The Law Commission’s Historic Reviews of Insurance Warranties and Proposal for Reform in England and Wales 1957 to 2012
Section Two: Reform Initiatives in Australia, New Zealand and the UK
7. The Law on Insurance Warranties in Australia
8. The Law on Insurance Warranties in New Zealand
9. The 2014 Law Commission Proposals for Reform of the Law of Warranties
10. The Insurance Act 2015: An Effective Reform of the Law on Warranties?
11. Implied Warranties
12. An International Comparative Analysis: Stress-Testing the Existing Law on Insurance Warranties in Australia, New Zealand and the UK
Section 3: An Alternate Approach to the Treatment of Insurance Warranties
13. A New Approach
14 Stress-Testing the Alternate Approach
15. Conclusion
Biography
Dr Alastair Owen has had a successful career in the international energy sector, holding senior positions in Australia, India, Hong Kong and South Korea, as well as the UK. He studied law as an undergraduate and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Insead and holds both an LLM in International Commercial Law and a PhD in Law.
