Goods in transit: causation and inherent vice

The decision of Popplewell J in European Group Ltd and Others v Chartis Insurance UK Ltd [2012] EWHC 1245 (Comm) is a neat illustration of the operation of two principles: that it is possible to establish proximate cause by eliminating other possible causes as long as there is sufficient evidence available; and that inherent vice is no longer to be regarded as an insured peril but rather a restriction on the definition of the insured peril itself.

EGL : the facts