Volenti non fit injuria

To him who is willing there can be no injury.’ No action in tort is sustainable by a person who has expressly or impliedly assented to the risk, i.e. he cannot enforce a right that he has voluntarily waived. There is no consent when a person acts under a moral or legal constraint or when rescuing a person endangered by a third party’s negligence.
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To him who is willing there can be no injury. If a person voluntarily consents to a risk, he has no right of action against anyone for injuries suffered as result of his actions.

Volume risk

The effect of demand for a product or service on revenue. Energy sector sales fall during warm winters regardless of price. Heating fuels are bought because it is cold not because prices are low. Weather derivatives are used as a hedge against the volume risk.

Voluntary assumption of responsibility test

Following Henderson v. Merrett Syndicates Ltd (1994), this test has been accepted as the correct basis of liability where issues of a duty of care and economic loss arise as they do in professional negligence cases. The giving of advice and providing a service call of a duty of care when the party concerned assumes or undertakes a responsibility to another. In this case the managing agents at Lloyd’s owed a duty of care to names who had suffered disastrous financial losses following the negligent management of the syndicates.

Voluntary schemes

Pension, life insurance or other benefit schemes in which the members select the type and level of benefits they require from the range available. The members pay the contributions and premiums. The collective nature of affinity groups and trade unions means the members get better terms than they would as individuals.

Voyage policy

Marine policy covering the subject-matter from the port of departure to destination irrespective of any time element. In practice the Institute Cargo Clauses (Clause 8 the Duration Clause) includes a time element by a provision to extend cover to up to 60 days after discharge from the vessel.
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A marine Insurance Policy to cover a specific voyage. Also, a clause in Ocean Marine policies specifying the period of tie of the number of trips that may be grouped together as one voyage.