LAMBERT v KEYMOOD LTD

[1999] Lloyd's Rep IR 80

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr Justice Laws

Insurance (property) - Landlord and tenant - Property damaged by fire by negligence of tenants - Action for damages by landlord - Whether landlord obliged to insure premises on behalf of the tenants as well as himself - Whether policy would have contained precautions clause - Whether tenants had been reckless in setting bonfire - Whether landlord contributorily negligent by not passing on insurers’ warnings to tenants.