Life Insurance Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean - Hardcover

Denbow, Claude H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847663648 ISBN 13: 9781847663641

Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional, 2009

Synopsis

Providing a comprehensive study of the English law of life insurance as it applies in Trinidad and Tobago, this book deals with the relevance of the doctrines and terminologies the law has absorbed and adopted from other jurisdictions, and it provides a detailed overview of the many crucial issues of modern life insurance law. This second edition includes for the first time: the treatment of the new statutory provisions dealing with beneficiary designations . the decision of the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago in the case of Cheong v Board of Inland Revenue . the repeal of the English Life Insurance Act of 1774 . the decision of the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago in the case of Bank of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago Limited v Lakhan . the new forms of life policies . the question of insurable interest . the issue of policies being used as instruments to extract bonuses in a tax free manner in Trinidad and Tobago . the presumption against suicide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847663648
• ISBN 13: 9781847663641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 257