Paul Toomey Of Syndicate 2021 v Banco Vitalicio De Espana SA De Seguros Y Reasseguros

Decision date: 18 May 2004

Neutral citation: [2004] EWCA Civ 622

Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

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This dispute arose from reinsurance of a contingency policy insuring Atlético de Madrid against relegation-related loss of contracted television rights; the central issue focused on the nature of the obligations between the insured and the contracting broadcaster and the reinsurers' refusal to pay and claim for rescission. The trial judge declared the reinsurers discharged from liability, and the Court of Appeal dismissed the insurers' appeal.

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