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SIRIUS INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO. (PUBL) v. FAI GENERAL INSURANCE LTD

[2005] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 461

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Steyn, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

Reinsurance - Agreement for fronting arrangement supported by back-to-back retrocession - Reinsurers requiring letter of credit - Agreement that no draw down was possible until retrocessionaires agreed that reinsurers should pay a claim - Dispute between parties resolved by Tomlin order - Whether Tomlin order amounted to agreement that reinsurers should pay a claim - Whether reservation of rights in Tomlin order in relation to letter of credit overrode right to recover under letter of credit following agreement that payment should be made.

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