JAN DE NUL (U.K.) LTD. v. N.V. ROYALE BELGE

[2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 700

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Moore-Bick

Insurance (Third party liability) - Negligence - Nuisance - Public nuisance - Capital dredging operations in Southampton Water - Silt deposited in estuary - Occupiers of property lying along estuary required claimants to carry out remedial works to remove silt - Whether claimants incurred any legal liability to those claimants in negligence, nuisance and public nuisance - Whether claimants could recover under policy costs incurred in removal of silt.