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The chain of causation: “one thing led to another”

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 28 2013

In Sealion Shipping Ltd & Anor v Valiant Insurance Company (Toisa Pisces) the insurers denied liability for the insured's loss of hire claim on

Warranty to insure creates an assumption of risk and responsibility

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 15 2013

In Bunga S.A. v. Kyla Shipping Company Limited 2012 EWHC 3522 (Comm), the Commercial Court considered whether an arbitrator had made an error of

Excess of loss reinsurance - the importance of exclusive jurisdiction clauses

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 9 2013

The recent English Court of Appeal decision of Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors v Oriental Assurance Corporation 2012 EWCA Civ 1341 (Amlin v

Valiant appeal in loss of hire case dismissed

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 3 2013

The Court of Appeal in Valiant Insurance Co v (1) Sealion Shipping Ltd (2) Toisa Horizon Inc 2012 EWCA Civ 1625 has affirmed the High Court's first

Starlight Shipping v Allianz ("Alexandros T")

  • 20 Essex Street
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 20 2012

In May 2006 the Vessel "Alexandros T" became a total loss. Following the loss, the owners of the vessel, Starlight Shipping Company, sued its insurers in

No general reinsurance exception when seeking stay

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 28 2012

Court of Appeal confirms reinsurance is not a general exception to principle that a stay of proceedings should only be granted in rare and compelling circumstances

Court of Appeal rules 'follow the settlements' clause not sufficient to permit a stay of proceedings

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 1 2012

In Amlin Corporate Member Ltd v Oriental Assurance Corporation 2012 EWCA Civ 1341, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the court of first instance in refusing a stay of English proceedings brought by reinsurers to seek to establish that they were not liable under a contract of reinsurance

Philippine insurer is not entitled to stay of London reinsurers’ declaratory coverage action regarding vessel sinking

  • Jorden Burt LLP
  • -
  • Philippines, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

A consortium of London reinsurers are seeking a declaration from an English court regarding their duty to indemnify Philippine insurer Oriental Insurance Company for losses resulting from the sinking of a cargo passenger ship during Typhoon Frank in 2008

Proximate KOS

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 11 2012

For the first time since 1974, The Supreme Court has had the chance to reconsider the "proximate cause" rules where there are multiple causes of loss

Inherent vice vs. peril of the seas

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 25 2012

Marine insurers (and courts) must sometimes base their decisions on how a vessel lost insured cargo at sea