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Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua)

Hearings

England & Wales

18 Feb 2010 [2010] EWHC 280 (Comm); [2010] 2 All ER 593; [2010] 1 All ER (Comm) 1067; [2010] 1 Lloyd's Rep 509; [2010] Lloyd’s Rep IR 345, QBD

26 Jan 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] 1 WLR 2012; [2011] Bus LR 1082; [2011] 3 All ER 554; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 764; [2011] 1 Lloyd's Rep 630; [2011] WLR (D) 23, CA

12 Jul 2011 (appn dis) [2011] Bus LR 1181, SC(E)

Ships

Bunga Melati Dua

Subject Matter

INSURANCE — Marine — Cargo — Ship and cargo seized by pirates — Whether seizure amounting to actual total loss irrespective of prospects of recovery — Whether permissible to take ransom into account when calculating possibility of recovery — Effect of absence of duty to pay ransom — Marine Insurance Act 1906, s 57(1)

[2010] EWHC 280 (Comm); [2010] 2 All ER 593; [2010] 1 All ER (Comm) 1067; [2010] 1 Lloyd's Rep 509; [2010] Lloyd’s Rep IR 345, QBD

[2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] 1 WLR 2012; [2011] Bus LR 1082; [2011] 3 All ER 554; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 764; [2011] 1 Lloyd's Rep 630; [2011] WLR (D) 23, CA

Appellate History

Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua) [2010] EWHC 280 (Comm); [2010] 2 All ER 593; [2010] 1 All ER (Comm) 1067; [2010] 1 Lloyd's Rep 509; [2010] Lloyd’s Rep IR 345, QBD

Decision of David Steel J affirmed

Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua) [2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] 1 WLR 2012; [2011] Bus LR 1082; [2011] 3 All ER 554; [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 764; [2011] 1 Lloyd's Rep 630; [2011] WLR (D) 23, CA

Commentary

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