Law of Insurance Contracts
| This chapter was updated in March 2025. The next review of this chapter is due in July 2025. |
Chapter 5
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
5-1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter is concerned with the right, if any, of a third party, i.e. a person who is not a party to the contract between insurer and insured, to benefit from the contract. In England the position of the third party at common law is poor, being caught by the rule of privity of contract1: no one may enforce all or part of a contract to which he is not a party.2 The law was modified by the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.3