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Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG

Hearings

England & Wales

28 Oct 2011 [2011] EWHC 2806 (QB); [2012] RTR 137, QBD

25 Jun 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 854, CA

02 Apr 2014 [2014] UKSC 22; [2014] AC 1379; [2014] 2 WLR 948; [2014] 2 All ER 926; [2014] RTR 280; [2014] WLR (D) 150; Case details, SC(E)

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Tort — Choice of law — Claimant widow of UK soldier killed in road traffic accident in Germany — Claim against German insurer — Whether claimant able to base claim on English Fatal Accidents Act — Whether German law applicable to heads of damage — Fatal Accidents Act 1976, s 1 — Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995, ss 9, 11

[2011] EWHC 2806 (QB); [2012] RTR 137, QBD

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Tort — Assessment of damages — Englishman hit by car and killed in Germany — Driver of car German national insured by German insurance company — Widow claiming damages in England for bereavement and loss of dependency — Whether English or German law applicable to assessment of damages — Whether English fatal accidents legislation having any application — Whether restrictions on damages in German statute procedural or substantive — Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (as amended by Administration of Justice Act 1982, s 3), ss 1A, 3(1)(3), 4

[2014] UKSC 22; [2014] AC 1379; [2014] 2 WLR 948; [2014] 2 All ER 926; [2014] RTR 280; [2014] WLR (D) 150; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2012] EWCA Civ 854, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC 22; [2014] AC 1379; [2014] 2 WLR 948; [2014] 2 All ER 926; [2014] RTR 280; [2014] WLR (D) 150; Case details, SC(E)

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2011] EWHC 2806 (QB); [2012] RTR 137, QBD

Decision of Sir Christopher Holland affirmed

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2012] EWCA Civ 854, CA

Commentary

UK Supreme Court Blog
Case Comment: Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria) [2014] UKSC 22 [2014] Cas Com 22

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