The Weekly Law Reports
[2001] 3 WLR 1435
Court of Appeal
Charlton v Fisher and another
[2001] EWCA Civ 112
2000 Dec 15;
2001 Feb 2
2001 Feb 2
Kennedy, Laws and Rix LJJ
Road traffic
— Third party insurance
— Insurer's liability to indemnify insured
— Insured deliberately reversing his car into another car and causing injury to third party
— Incident occurring on private property
— Insurance policy indemnifying insured in respect of legal liability to third parties in event of accident involving his car
— Whether injury caused by “accident”
— Whether insurer obliged to indemnify insured or discharge his liability to third party
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Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52), ss. 143(1), 145(1)(3), 151