Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law
Inherent vice and proximate cause
European Group Ltd and Others v Chartis Insurance UK Ltd [2012] EWHC 1245 (Comm)
Serhan Handani, LLB, LLM Maritime Law (Southampton)
Marine insurance – Proof of cause – Doctrine of proximate cause – Whether the loss the result of an inherent vice – Which
of two insurers was liable for damage to the cargo caused by fatigue cracking?