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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