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Lies, Collateral Lies and Insurance Claims: The Changing Landscape in Insurance Law

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Edinburgh Law Review, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 237 - 265

Swansea University Author: Baris Soyer Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3366/elr.2018.0484

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Determining the scope of the fraudulent claims rule in insurance law has posed a significant challenge for the courts, particularly in the last two decades. In the shadow of the doctrine of utmost good faith, the law in this area has developed in an uncompromising fashion introducing draconian remed...

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Published in: Edinburgh Law Review
ISSN: 1364-9809 1755-1692
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2018
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