Navigators Insurance Company Ltd and ors v Atlasnavios-Navegacao LDA [2018] UKSC 26: malicious acts and exclusion of cover in standard war...


In Navigators Insurance Company Ltd and ors v Atlasnavios-Navegacao LDA (formerly Bnavios-Navagecao LDA), the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the insured shipowners challenging the decision by insurers to decline cover to a vessel held by…

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Englehart CTP (US) LLC v Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 and others [2018] EWHC 900 (Comm): all risks marine cargo insurance and fraud...


After being provided with fraudulent bills of lading for a shipment of non-existent copper ingots, Englehart’s attempt to recover its losses under an all risks Marine Cargo and Storage policy was rejected by the Court on the…

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The ‘MV Renos’ [2018] EWCA Civ 230

In the ‘MV Renos’ the Court of Appeal had to determine whether the Respondents (“Owners”) had lost the right to abandon the vessel and claim that it was a constructive…

Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd and another The ‘Ocean Victory’ [2017] UKSC 35

In Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd, the Supreme Court addressed the impact of a clause requiring the charterers to effect joint insurance on the…

Atlasnavios – Navegacao, LDA v Navigators Insurance Company Ltd & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 808

In circumstances where an insured party has potentially been caused loss by both an insured peril and an eventuality excluded by a clause of their policy, the courts have to…

Versloot Dredging BV and another v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG and others [2016] UKSC 45

In Versloot Dredging the Supreme Court had to consider whether the rule against fraudulent claims was engaged where an insured had told lies to support a bona fide claim. The…