Read the full judgment text of CACV 000123/1990 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 24 January 1991.
1. On the 26th August 1988 the late Mr. Tse Yok Kwan went into China on business. On the same day, before he left, he took out a Travel Insurance Policy with the Commercial Union Assurance Co., plc through its agent in Hong Kong, Gilman Insurance. The premium was in fact paid subsequent to his death by his sister, but Mr. Litton, who now appears for the Respondents, accepts that the payment was in pursuance off contractual obligation undertaken by Mr. Tse nimself. The "Period" of the policy was