Mayban General Assurance BHD & Ors v Alstom Power Plants Ltd & Anor
Decision date: 7 May 2004
Neutral citation: Neutral citation not available
Court: High Court (Commercial Court)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: high
Short overview
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This case concerns damage to a transformer shipped from the UK to Malaysia and an insurers' denial of liability on the ground of inherent vice. The material issue was whether the loss was caused by an accidental peril of the voyage or by the transformer's inability to withstand ordinary sea transit conditions. The judge found the damage resulted from the transformer's inability to withstand ordinary voyage conditions and held the insurers were not liable.
Ratio decidendi
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Where loss to insured goods results from the goods' inability to withstand the ordinary incidents of the intended voyage (rather than from an extraordinary peril), that loss falls within the inherent vice exclusion and the insurer is not liable.
Obiter dicta
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No clear obiter dicta can safely be identified from the judgment.
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