Bates v Hewitt: the Duty of Utmost Good Faith - Part 2 (With Professor Robert Merkin KC)

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. This is the second of our two part series looking at Carter v Boehm and the duty of utmost good faith. For this episode Peter is joined by Professor Robert Merkin.

In this episode we discuss:

• A recap of the last episode, and the story of Carter v Boehm.
• An overview of another key case, Bates v Hewitt
• Insight 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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