Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010

1. Introduction

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   Background

   1. Review of Current Position

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   Summary of Reforms

   1. Rights of Action for the Third Party

   2. Insurer’s Defences

   3. Scope

4. Territorial Extent and Application

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   Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Rights against insurer of insolvent person

   2. Section 2: Establishing liability in England and Wales and Northern Ireland

   3. Section 3: Establishing liability in Scotland

   4. Section 4: Individuals

   5. Section 5: Individuals who die insolvent

   6. Section 6: Corporate bodies

   7. Section 7: Scottish trusts

   8. Section 8: Limit on rights transferred

   9. Section 9: Conditions affecting transferred rights

   10. Section 10: Insurer’s right of set off

   11. Section 11: Information and disclosure for third parties and Schedule 1

   12. Schedule 1: Information and disclosure for third parties

       1. Paragraph 1: Notices requesting information

       2. Paragraph 2: Provision of information where notice given under paragraph 1

       3. Paragraph 3: Notices requiring disclosure: defunct bodies

       4. Paragraph 4: Disclosure and inspection where notice given under paragraph 3

       5. Paragraph 5: Avoidance

       6. Paragraph 6: Other rights to information

       7. Paragraph 7: Interpretation

   13. Section 12: Limitation and prescription

   14. Section 13: Jurisdiction within the United Kingdom

   15. Section 14: Effect of transfer on insured’s liability

   16. Section 15: Reinsurance

   17. Section 16: Voluntarily-incurred liabilities

   18. Section 17: Avoidance

   19. Section 18: Cases with a foreign element

   20. Section 19: Power to amend Act

   21. Section 20: Amendments, transitionals, repeals, and Schedules 2, 3 and 4

   22. Section 21: Short title, commencement and extent

6. Commencement

7. Hansard References