CALLAGHAN AND ANOTHER v. DOMINION INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS

[1997] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 541

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Sir Peter Webster(Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)

Insurance (Fire) - Indemnity - Limitation of time - Defendants insured plaintiffs’ discotheque against damage by fire - Discotheque damaged by fire - Defendants avoided policy on grounds of non-disclosure - More than six years after property damaged by fire plaintiffs brought proceedings against defendants - Whether cause of action arose at date of loss or on avoidance of policy - Whether plaintiffs’ action statute barred.