Charter Reinsurance Company Ltd v Fagan & Ors

HOUSE OF LORDS

OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE

CHARTER REINSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS APPOINTED 23RD JUNE 1994) (RESPONDENTS)

v.

FAGAN

(SUED ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF

OF ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF LLOYD’S SYNDICATES 540 AND 542 FOR THE 1989 AND 1990 UNDERWRITING YEARS OF ACCOUNT) (APPELLANT)

ON 22ND MAY 1996

Lord Goff of Chieveley

Lord Griffiths

Lord Browne-Wilkinson

Lord Mustill

Lord Hoffmann