Suez Fortune Investments Ltd and Another v Talbot Underwriting Ltd and Others (The "Brillante Virtuoso") - QBD (Comm Ct) (Flaux J) [2015] EWHC 42 (Comm) - 15 January 2015

Marine insurance - Pirates taking over vessel and causing explosion - Whether vessel a constructive total loss - Whether owners had lost right to claim for a CTL by selling vessel - Measure of indemnity recoverable for a partial loss - Whether owners entitled to indemnity for loss of hire - Sue and labour expenses

On 5 July 2011 the tanker Brillante Virtuoso was waiting off Aden when a group of armed uniformed men in a small boat approached, describing themselves as the “port authorities”.