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1372, The Savoy. Widow woman Katherine Swynford offers herself for a task within the family of cruel royal prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, hoping to finish her destitution. however the Duke’s scandalous proposition leaves her lifetime of pious integrity reeling... Seduced via the glare of royal adoration, Katherine turns into John’s mistress. she is going to depart in the back of every thing she has stood for to play moment mess around to his younger spouse and ruthless ambition. she's going to reside within the shadows of the main robust guy in England within the desire of a love more than propriety. yet quickly the court docket whispers – whore, harlot, vile temptress – succeed in the ears of not only John’s bride yet his most deadly political enemies. because the Plantagenet prince is accused of bringing England to its knees, who higher accountable than shameless she-devil Katherine Swynford? Dragged from the shadows, Katherine needs to resolution for her sins.

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11. 13). Bei reinen Interessenversicherungen nach § 120 ADS bzw. § 123 ADS ist der Verzicht auf den Nachweis des Interesses wegen der besonderen Eigenart einer solchen Deckung vertretbar; in anderen FäUen ist er als ein Migstand anzusehen. Der deutschen Klausel, dag die Police im Schadenfan als alleiiliger Beweis des Interesses gilt, entspricht im englischen Transportversicherungsrecht die sogenannte PPI-Klausel (PPI - Policy Pro of of Interest - aUein die Police beweist das Interesse). In vielen Fällen ist eine PPI-Police erforderlich und zweckmägig, wenn es sich urn ParaUelfälle zu § 120 ADS bzw.

Das Interesse an diesen über den Versicherungswert im Sinne von Ziffer 6 ADS Güterversicherung 1973 hinausgehenden Teilen der Versicherungssumme entsteht jedoch erst später. Werden die Güter nun von einem Schaden betroffen, bevor das versicherbare Interesse an diesen Teilen der Versicherungssumme ent standen ist, so kann bezüglich dieser Summen auch kein Schaden entstehen und der Versicherte deshalb auch keine Ersatzleistung beanspruchen. Dieser Grundsatz entsprach schon stets den ADS (Vgl. Ritter-Abraham, Vorbemerkungen IX Vorteilsausgleichung, Anm.

SchlieBlich muB noch darauf hingewiesen werden, daB der Versicherungsschutz sich immer nur auf solche Schäden bezieht, die an der Substanz der versicherten Sache eintreten oder die sich als versicherte Kosten in den von den ADS bestimmten Fällen darsteIlen. (Über den Kausalzusammenhang zwischen Gefahr und Schaden vgl. unten B. I. 2b).

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