Global Process Systems Inc & Anr v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad
Decision date: 17 December 2009
Neutral citation: [2009] EWCA Civ 1398
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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The dispute concerned loss of an oil rig (Cendor MOPU) during tow and whether that loss was excluded from an all-risks cargo policy as due to "inherent vice" rather than a peril of the sea. At first instance Blair J held the loss was due to inherent vice and excluded from cover. The Court of Appeal concluded the appeal should be allowed.
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