What is in this Bulletin?

• Delos Shipholding SA & others v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE & ors [2024] EWHC 719 (Comm)
  • Marine war risks insurance. 
  • “Illegal parking” in territorial waters without permission.
  • Constructive total loss. 
  • Detention by governmental authorities.
  • Exclusion of cover for “arrest under customs or quarantine regulations or similar arrest, restraint or detainment”.
  • Duty to sue and labour (s 78(4) Marine Insurance Act 1906).
  • Duty to make fair presentation of the risk (s 3(1) Insurance Act 2015)
  • Duty to pay within a reasonable time (s 13A Insurance Act 2015)

• The London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Trico Maritime (Pvt) Ltd & ors [2024] EWHC 884 (Comm)
  • Third parties’ direct claims against P&I clubs.
  • “Pay to be paid” clause.
  • Anti-suit injunction.