The Weekly Law Reports
[2015] 2 WLR 1471
Supreme Court
International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc UK Branch (Association of British Insurers and another intervening)
[2015] UKSC 33
2014 July 15,
16
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath JJSC
2015 Jan 27,
28;
May 20
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge JJSC
Guernsey— Insurance— Liability insurance— Guernsey employer’s liability insurance covering employee’s injury or disease “caused during any period of insurance and arising out of … his employment”— Employer paying premium for six years out of 27 in which employee exposed to asbestos dust— Employee developing mesothelioma— Employer compensating employee— Whether insurers liable to provide full or proportionate indemnity to employer— Whether liable to pay all defence costs incurred by employer in defending employee’s claim