Versloot Dredging BV and Another v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG and Others (The “DC Merwestone”) – Supreme Court (Lord Mance, Lord Clarke, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson JJSC) [2016] UKSC 45 – 20 July 2016

Marine insurance – Time policy – Vessel suffering ingress of seawater in bowthruster room causing damage to engine – Whether insured forfeited claim by employment of fraudulent devices

The defendant insurers were the hull and machinery insurers of the vessel DC Merwestone under a time policy. The policy included the Institute Time Clauses – Hulls 1/10/83 and the Institute Additional Perils Clauses.