Hackney Empire Ltd v Aviva Insurance Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted January 7th, 2013 in appeals, contracts, damages, guarantees, law reports, surety by sally

Hackney Empire Ltd v Aviva Insurance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1716; [2013] WLR (D) 2

“The rule in Holme v Brunskill (1878) 3 QBD 495, permitting the discharge of a surety’s liability under a guarantee, only applied where the parties to the principal contract guaranteed had varied the terms of that contract without the surety’s consent.”

WLR Daily, 19th December 2012

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