Cape Distribution Ltd v Cape Intermediate Holdings Plc
Decision date: 17 May 2016
Neutral citation: [2016] EWHC 1119 (QB)
Court: High Court (King's Bench Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
Short overview
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This case concerns whether Cape Distribution Ltd (CDL) is entitled under a 1964 Sale Agreement to indemnity from its parent Cape Intermediate Holdings Plc (CIH) for asbestos-related claims by former employees, and whether an employers' liability insurance policy and a November 1964 endorsement affect CIH's liabilities or give CIH an indemnity from the insurer (Aviva as successor). The judgment records that a set of 16 preliminary issues about contractual construction, the scope and timing of any indemnity, and the effect of the Policy and Endorsement were tried. The supplied excerpt does not contain the court's conclusions on those issues.
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