Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. v. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., AND ATLANTIC ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1927) 28 Ll.L.Rep. 243

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Bateson (sitting as an additional Judge of the King's Bench Division).

Marine insurance-Reinsurance-Loss (gunpowder) -Payment by original insurers- Claim against reinsurers for reimbursement - "To pay as may be paid thereon" - "Seaworthiness admitted" clause in reinsurance policy but not in original policy-Unseaworthiness of ship due to faulty stowage of sulphuric acid - Non-liability of original insurers - Claim against reinsurers limited to liability of original insurers.

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