23 Dec 1985
RE SINGAPORE INSURANCE CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- RE SINGAPORE INSURANCE CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCW29/1980
Court ruled that unliquidated third party personal injury/death claims under the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance do not give rise to provable debts during insolvency because the insurer's liability in respect of such third party claims arises by virtue of the statute and not by reason of the contract of insurance; employees' compensation claims under s.44 Cap.282 are provable because s.44 deems the claimant party to the policy and thus the right arises from the contract; rights transferred to third parties under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Ordinance (Cap…