Bates v Hewitt: the Duty of Utmost Good Faith - Part 2 | A podcast with Professor Robert Merkin
Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In the second of a two part series Peter Mansfield is joined by Professor Robert Merkin, and they discuss the origins of the Duty of Utmost Good Faith and the case of Carter v Boehm.
In this episode they discuss:
- A recap of the last episode, and the story of Carter v Boehm
- An overview of another key case, Bates v Hewitt
- nsight into the key individuals involved in the case, Edward Bates, and an insurance underwriter 'Hewitt'
- How the decision in Bates v Hewitt defined the way in which duty of good faith was interpreted in the future
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