Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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NORSKE ATLAS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. v. LONDON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

(1927) 28 Ll.L.Rep. 104

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice MacKinnon.

Marine insurance - Reinsurance - Treaty between Norwegian insurance company (plaintiffs) and English insurance company (defendants) - Termination of treaty - Dispute - Arbitration - Norwegian award in favour of plaintiffs- Action on award-Treaty not stamped as policy-Admissibility-Clearest indication that Norwegian law was to apply -Proof of validity of treaty in Norway -Lex fori-Stamp Act, 1891, Sects. 12 (5) (6), 93, 97-Marine Insurance Act, 1906, Sects. 22, 23 - Judgment for plaintiffs.

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