Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co (Europe) Ltd & Ors v Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
Decision date: 20 May 2014
Neutral citation: [2014] EWCA Civ 682
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This judgment arises from looting and arson at a Sony warehouse in Enfield during the August 2011 riots and concerns whether the attackers were "persons riotously and tumultuously assembled" such that the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC) would be liable to compensate victims (or their insurers). The High Court judge (Flaux J) found that the gang were so assembled and held MOPC liable, and MOPC appealed that finding (with insurers cross‑appealing on extent of liability). The supplied text does not include the Court of Appeal's decision on the appeal.
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